God Promises His Return
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🗓️ 16 July 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In the last devotional of this series on God’s promises, today we’re looking at the promise of his return. The suffering and pain we’re experiencing right now is not for forever. There is a conclusion to this story, to all of our stories. And that conclusion is being written by a God so good, so loving, and so powerful, that we know this story of humanity ends triumphantly. So may God fill us with hope, peace, and passion today as we take time to focus on his return.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 14:2-3, and today's worship is All Hail King Jesus by Jeremy Riddle.
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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 | In the last episode, this series on God's promises, today we're looking at the promise of His return. |
| 0:11.0 | The suffering and pain we're experiencing right now is not forever. |
| 0:16.0 | There is a conclusion to the story, to all of our stories. |
| 0:20.0 | And that conclusion is being written by a God so good, so loving, and so powerful |
| 0:26.0 | that we know the story of humanity ends triumphantly. |
| 0:31.0 | So may God fill us with hope, peace, and passion today as we take time to focus on His return. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | The second coming of Christ will mark the end of this age with resounding and final punctuation. |
| 0:50.0 | First Thessalonians 416 says, |
| 0:53.0 | For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with a voice of an archangel, |
| 1:00.0 | and with the sound of the trumpet of God. |
| 1:03.0 | Jesus promises that He is coming back for you and me. |
| 1:07.0 | He's returning to make His worship known to all the earth. |
| 1:11.0 | Upon His return, He will destroy once and for all the destructive works of the enemy. |
| 1:16.0 | He's going to rid the earth of the damage sin has caused and bring about the final restoration of all things to Himself. |
| 1:25.0 | Jesus's return will both be powerful and triumphantly. |
| 1:29.0 | It will be a time of sorrow for those who did not believe in Him and a time of rejoicing for us, His bride. |
| 1:37.0 | Jesus is coming back in all His glory. |
| 1:40.0 | Love sick for those who have been brought into His fold by faith. |
| 1:44.0 | You see, He's coming back for you because He loves you. |
| 1:48.0 | He longs for the day when you can be with Him face to face, held back by nothing. |
| 1:53.0 | He's so overjoyed to walk in relationship with you right now. |
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