God Desires to be Encountered
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🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In today’s devotional, we’re going to respond to God’s open invitation to seek his face. God desires to meet with you just as you are. So great was his desire for real, restored relationship with you, that he would send his only Son. May the weights and cares of the world fall off of your shoulders today as you set out to seek the heart of your good and loving Father.
Our Scripture for today comes from Jeremiah 29:13, and today's worship is Fresh Wind by Hillsong Worship.
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“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
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| 0:00.0 | In today's Verse 15 podcast, we're going to respond to God's open invitation to seek his face. |
| 0:11.7 | God desires to meet with you just as you are. |
| 0:15.0 | So great was his desire for real, restored relationship with you that he would send his only son. |
| 0:22.7 | May the weights and cares of the world fall off of your shoulders today as you set out to seek the heart of your good |
| 0:28.0 | and loving father. The scripture for today comes from Jeremiah 2913, where God promises, you will seek me and find me |
| 0:54.5 | when you seek me with all of your heart. |
| 0:59.4 | There's a misconception in Christianity |
| 1:01.5 | that we cannot tangibly encounter our Heavenly Father. |
| 1:06.2 | Often we're taught that we're too broken, |
| 1:08.6 | dirty, or sinful to experience God. We're told that experiencing |
| 1:13.2 | God is only for some people, or only for some nations and cultures. Or maybe as a result of a lack |
| 1:19.6 | of experiencing God in the past, we believe that we're made without something that allows us to |
| 1:24.3 | encounter God. Maybe we believe that encountering God is for other people, but not for us, |
| 1:29.3 | and nothing further could be from the truth. |
| 1:32.3 | We encounter God because he desires to be encountered, |
| 1:36.3 | not because we possess some special ability. |
| 1:39.3 | We encounter God because he longs for us to know him, |
| 1:42.3 | not because we're more holy than someone else. |
| 1:46.0 | You see, encountering God is entirely based on his grace and love for us. |
| 1:51.0 | In Jeremiah 2913, God promises us, |
| 1:55.0 | You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all of your heart. |
| 2:00.0 | All that's required for us to experience God |
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