Encountering God Through the Receiving of His Presence
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🗓️ 23 June 2022
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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 Won't Stop Now by Elevation Worship.
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Faith doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a byproduct of time spent experiencing the faithfulness of our God. It’s a gift given to us by the Giver of good gifts, himself.
It was a supernatural faith that allowed Paul to sing even while in chains. It was supernatural faith that allowed Peter to proclaim the gospel, even unto death. And it’s supernatural faith that will carry you to and through the greatest gospel opportunities in front of you.
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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 |
| 0:10.8 | to become aware of how truly near He is. |
| 0:14.3 | Today, we'll explore what it means to encounter God through receiving His presence. |
| 0:20.2 | This simple concept has radically changed my own life, and it's my prayer that it changes |
| 0:25.3 | yours as well. |
| 0:27.0 | May we learn to practice God's presence on a regular basis, and see His goodness flood |
| 0:32.6 | our lives. |
| 0:33.9 | Welcome to the 1st of Teen Podcast. |
| 0:36.4 | Our verse of today comes from Psalm 139, verse 7, Scripture says, Where shall I go from |
| 1:00.3 | your spirit, or where shall I flee from your presence? |
| 1:07.8 | God's presence has been made fully available to us by the sacrifice of Jesus, our pure |
| 1:14.2 | and spotless Lamb. |
| 1:16.5 | When we become Christians, we're made totally new. |
| 1:20.4 | 2nd Corinthians 517 tells us, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation. |
| 1:28.2 | The old is passed away, behold, the new has come. |
| 1:33.5 | We are now able to fellowship with the presence of God in a closer and more intimate way than |
| 1:39.9 | any people of God before the coming of Christ. |
| 1:43.9 | We can now have God Himself dwelling within us, His very spirit, fellowshiping with ours. |
| 1:52.2 | Ephesians 518 says, And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled |
| 1:59.4 | with the spirit. |
| 2:01.6 | To be filled with the spirit is not a suggestion, but it is a command. |
| 2:07.2 | We as believers must continually be filled with the spirit in order to access the fullness |
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