Hi, I'm Leslie Ludi, host of the Sonapar Podcast, biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today I'm excited to be starting a three-part series on cultivating incorruptible beauty.

As Christian women in this culture, in this day and age, how do we allow the beauty of Christ,

the beauty of heaven to come shining through our lives?

Before we dive in, I wanted to remind you that if you'd like to join us for one of our 2022 discipleship programs, go to

Ellerslie.com or click the link in this podcast description to learn about how you can be a part of

our week-long or five-week program. It's a great opportunity to come away from

the distractions of everyday life and sit at Jesus' feet. There are only a few spots left in our

programs for this year, or we've already opened up registration for our

2023 programs so either way we would love to see you in Colorado either this year

or next year and invest into your spiritual life. Let's dive into cultivating incorruptible beauty.

In 1st Peter 3.4 it says that we are to exude the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit

which is very precious in the sight of God. Now this is a verse

that a lot of Christian women misunderstand and I misunderstood this verse for a number of

years as well. For those of you who have been following this podcast for a while some of this

material may be familiar to you because we've talked about overcoming

insecurity and true beauty on previous episodes and yet I know for me I need to constantly be

reminded of these truths and I'd like to break down the concept of incorruptible beauty in a very practical way for you that we haven't done before in these next few episodes.

So first we need to understand the difference between inner beauty and

as described in this verse. Inner beauty is a very popular phrase

that we've heard for the last couple of decades

in this culture,

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