Encountering God through Scripture
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🗓️ 22 June 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this world, it’s not difficult to become disheartened, visionless and confused about the direction of our lives or our circumstances. But God has given us a priceless gift to ground and root us in truth and vision for life—his word. If you’re feeling purposeless or lost today, look no further than the wisdom God has graciously provided through the Bible. Today we’ll dive into how we can encounter God through Scripture.
Our Scripture for today comes from Jeremiah 15:16, and today's worship is Your Word by Hillsong Worship.
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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 | In this world, it's not difficult to become disheartened, visionless, and confused about the direction of our lives or our circumstances. |
| 0:13.7 | But God has given us a priceless gift to ground and root us in truth and vision for life, His Word. |
| 0:23.6 | If you're feeling purposeless or lost today, |
| 0:29.8 | look no further than the wisdom that God has graciously provided through the Bible. Today, we'll dive into how we can encounter God through Scripture. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. |
| 0:49.2 | Our verse for today comes from Jeremiah 15, verse 16. |
| 0:52.7 | Scripture says, |
| 0:53.5 | Your words were found, and I ate them. |
| 0:57.1 | And your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart. |
| 1:01.6 | For I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. |
| 1:08.9 | In Scripture, we have a perfect and direct avenue to powerful and transformational encounters |
| 1:15.1 | with God. Jeremiah 1516 says, Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me |
| 1:23.6 | a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. |
| 1:31.0 | In Scripture, we find both our weakness and God's unfailing love portrayed through countless |
| 1:36.8 | stories. God has spoken to us all that we need in Scripture to both understand and pursue |
| 1:43.2 | wholehearted, unveiled relationship with Him. |
| 1:47.5 | The very spirit who authored the words of Scripture longed to use it to guide you and me |
| 1:53.1 | into powerful encounters with our Heavenly Father. I fear that many believers today are missing |
| 2:00.4 | the intended meaning behind Scripture. |
| 2:03.4 | The Bible is not God. It's designed to act as a guide to knowing its author. It's designed |
| 2:10.6 | to give us a desire and understanding about this God who is living, active, and near to us. |
| 2:19.0 | Isaiah 5511 says, |
| 2:21.4 | So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth. |
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