Encountering God through Worship
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Worship is essential to a vibrant, thriving Christian life. In worship, much like thanksgiving, we are reminded of who our God is, and who we are. Worshipping Jesus grounds us in our identity because it reminds us whose we are and all that he has done on our behalf. Jesus is worthy of all our worship, and it’s my prayer today that you have a fresh encounter with him through this transformative avenue.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 29:2, and today's worship is You Remind Me by Madison Street Worship.
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We just launched Vol. 7 of our First15 Devotional Series, Trust. And I couldn’t be more excited!
Trust is one of the devotional books I’ve been most anticipating, because of how critical trust is to our ability to thrive in and out of life’s difficult seasons.
This year has been arguably the hardest year we’ve faced globally in a generation. The pandemic has quickly taken its toll in every corner of our society, and every corner of the human heart. And the effects of systematic racism, and our lack of true racial reconciliation across the U.S. and beyond has brought us face to face with the mountain of division we’ve yet to overcome.
Personally, when life is good I find it easy to trust God, to be grateful for the ways he’s providing for me. But when my circumstances get hard, I find myself taking my life back in my control, and suffering as a result.
In Scripture, so many of God’s promises of peace, of provision, of safety are linked to our trust. Trust is like the “yes” that empowers God to move in deeper and more profound ways in and through us.
So I want to sincerely encourage you to get Trust today, to immerse yourself in this 5-week guide that will help you genuinely and wholeheartedly trust God. Because when you give God your trust, you’ll find an abundant peace and life that can carry you with unshakable joy through even life’s hardest challenges.
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| 0:00.0 | Worship is essential to a vibrant, thriving Christian life. In worship, much like Thanksgiving, |
| 0:12.1 | we are reminded of who God is and who we are. Worshipping Jesus grounds us in our identity |
| 0:18.6 | because it reminds us of who we are and all that has been done on our behalf. Jesus |
| 0:24.7 | is worthy of all our worship, and it's my prayer today that you have a fresh encounter |
| 0:30.3 | with Him through this transformative avenue. Welcome to the first 15 podcasts. |
| 0:42.9 | Jesus taught us in John 4.23, but the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers |
| 0:50.1 | will worship the Father and Spirit and truth. For the Father is seeking such people to |
| 0:55.6 | worship Him. Your Heavenly Father is seeking your worship. He longs for it. He still values |
| 1:02.2 | your love and adoration that He would send His Son to die that the path to encountering |
| 1:08.0 | Him would be made available. You were first and foremost created to worship. You were |
| 1:14.4 | created to receive the love of your Creator and in response give Him your heart. You |
| 1:20.2 | will never feel as whole as when your heart is connected to your Father's and you are |
| 1:25.4 | giving and receiving love and worship. Colossians 3, 14 through 17 says, above all else put |
| 1:33.0 | on love which binds everything together in perfect harmony and let the peace of Christ |
| 1:38.6 | rule in your hearts to which indeed you are called in one body. And be thankful that |
| 1:44.9 | the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, |
| 1:50.9 | singing Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. |
| 1:55.6 | And whatever you do in Word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving |
| 2:00.5 | thanks to God the Father through Him. The Christian life is to be marked by heartfelt |
| 2:06.2 | genuine worship. Worship filled with God's presence and nearness and that responds to |
| 2:11.7 | a true encounter with the heart of God. If that type of worship is new to you, that's |
| 2:17.7 | okay. If the idea of encountering God and worship is new to you, there is joy and grace |
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