Encountering God through Faith
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🗓️ 18 June 2021
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Summary
Having consistent and transformational encounters with God while on earth is meant to be foundational to the Christian life. Our God has not left us. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we’ve been filled with the very Spirit of God who longs to reveal to us daily the nearness and love of our heavenly Father. We are never alone. There is nowhere we can flee from the presence of our God. May this week be filled with transformational encounters with the living God as we learn what it is to seek the face of the one who has formed us, knows us, and loves us unconditionally.
Our Scripture for today comes from Hebrews 11:6, and today's worship is Jireh by Elevation Worship & Maverick City.
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As believers, we want a real connection with God every day, not just on Sunday. We want the peace and passion that comes from living with God, not for God. But when Monday morning rolls around we’re left thinking:
“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
At First15, we know that meaningful worship isn’t just for Sunday. Every believer should be able to find a daily connection to God with fresh worship created specifically for their weekday.
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| 0:00.0 | Having consistent and transformational encounters with God while on earth is meant to be foundational to the Christian life. |
| 0:12.0 | Our God has not left us. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we've been filled with the very spirit of God, |
| 0:19.0 | who longs to reveal to us daily the nearness |
| 0:22.3 | and love of our Heavenly Father. |
| 0:24.8 | We are never alone. |
| 0:26.8 | There's nowhere we can flee from the presence of our God. |
| 0:30.7 | May this week be filled with transformational encounters with the living God, as we learn |
| 0:35.8 | what it is to seek the face of the one who has formed |
| 0:38.9 | us, knows us, and loves us unconditionally. Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our verse for today comes from Hebrews 11, verse 6. |
| 1:02.0 | Scripture says, and without faith, it is impossible to please him. |
| 1:07.2 | For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. |
| 1:16.6 | By faith, we come into the throne room of God and have an authentic, transformational encounter with our Creator. |
| 1:24.6 | By faith, we accept the free gift of eternal salvation. By faith, we believe we |
| 1:31.2 | will one day live in heaven with our Father. And it's by faith that we seek the fullness of |
| 1:37.7 | relationship available to us on earth. Hebrews 11, verse 6 says, and without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever |
| 1:48.5 | would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. |
| 1:55.5 | The Lord longs to reward your seeking him with an abundance of his presence. You can have consistent transformational |
| 2:04.1 | encounters with God. But in order to seek God, you must take him out his word. You must believe that |
| 2:11.4 | he will reward you out of his good pleasure when you come to him with faith. |
| 2:25.0 | Romans 1017 says, so faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of Christ. |
| 2:30.1 | Faith is simply a response to God's promises and faithfulness. |
| 2:35.0 | We can have faith because our God has proven himself wholly faithful. When He says on Revelation 320, |
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