Hey, hey, welcome to the church home podcast with Judah Smith. My amazing husband, my name is Chelsea,

and he is about to give you an incredible message, and I know we are going to hear about Jesus and

his love for you. And if there's anything we can do as a church home community, we would love to

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Enjoy the message.

Hey, welcome everybody to a climactic conclusion, frankly.

This is the end of six weeks we dedicated on you and me becoming closer to God. It's like one of the most Google things

in the whole wide world around God.

How do I get closer to God?

They say, I think it's the number one reason,

people attend church services or spiritual gatherings

because they crave and desire to be close to God.

So I took some time in preparation and study and research and meditation and

prayer and basically condensed what is not an exhaustive list of dynamics, but getting closer to

God goes like this. God moves near. God becomes dear. God removes fear. We look in a mirror. I know. I know.

It rhymes near, dear, fear, mere. But I'm actually hoping. A hoping? I'm hoping. I am hoping that this is

happening. I think that's hoping is hoping and happening all in one word. I am hoping that this is happening. I think that's, hoping is hoping and happening all in one word. I am

hoping that what is happening to you is that this will be something you can recall throughout your

journey and stay here on earth. If you want to be close to God, God's got to come close to you. We can't

find God. I can't even find, you know, Chick-fil-A or Starbucks

on my maps, you know, like God has to find you. When he finds you, you realize that you're broken,

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