Encountering God through the Receiving of His Presence
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🗓️ 23 June 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Many of us know God’s presence is always available to us, but rarely do we take a second to become aware of how near he truly is. Today we’ll explore what it means to encounter God through receiving his presence. This simple concept has radically changed my life, and it is my prayer it changes yours too. May we learn to practice God’s presence on a regular basis and see his goodness flood our lives.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 139:7, and today's worship is Where You’ll Find Me by First15 Worship feat. Mark Alan Schoolmeesters.
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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 | Many of us know that God's presence is always available to us, but rarely do we take a second to become aware of how truly near he is. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, we'll explore what it means to encounter God through receiving His presence. |
| 0:20.0 | This simple concept has radically changed my own life, |
| 0:23.7 | and it's my prayer that it changes yours as well. |
| 0:27.0 | May we learn to practice God's presence on a regular basis |
| 0:30.4 | and see His goodness flood our lives. |
| 0:33.9 | Welcome to the First of teen podcast. |
| 0:50.7 | Our verse of today comes from Psalm 139 verse 7. |
| 0:58.5 | Scripture says, where shall I go from your spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? |
| 1:09.5 | God's presence has been made fully available to us by the sacrifice of Jesus, our pure and spotless lamb. |
| 1:13.6 | When we become Christians, we're made totally new. 2 Corinthians 517 tells us, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. |
| 1:21.6 | The old is passed away. Behold, the new has come. We are now able to fellowship with the presence of God in a closer and more intimate way than any people of God before the coming of Christ. |
| 1:37.3 | We can now have God Himself dwelling within us, His very spirit fellowshiping with ours. |
| 1:45.0 | Ephesians 518 says, |
| 1:48.0 | And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, |
| 1:52.0 | but be filled with the spirit. |
| 1:55.0 | To be filled with the spirit is not a suggestion, but it is a command. We as believers must continually be filled with the |
| 2:04.2 | spirit in order to access the fullness of relationship and life available to us on this earth. |
| 2:11.7 | We need God's presence as sojourners on this earth. We need God's spirit dwelling within us to live out the wonderful, |
| 2:20.9 | life-giving commands of Scripture. We need God's spirit to experience the fullness of God's |
| 2:27.7 | presence available to us through the powerful sacrifice of Jesus. You see, God's presence is already here. Psalm 139, 7 through 12 says, |
| 2:41.3 | Where shall I go from your spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I send to heaven, |
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