Throughout scripture we see countless examples of God meeting with man and

countless lives being transformed as the result. These examples are in scripture to stir our faith

and fill us with a desire to meet with our Creator. When we read about the life of

David, we should be filled with a longing to live as he did, centered around

meeting with our Heavenly Father.

When we read about Gideon or Moses, we should long to know our God as they did.

When we read about Jesus coming down to us or his heart for the woman caught in adultery,

we should respond by pursuing encounters with our Savior. And when we read a Pentecost in Jesus' Second Coming,

we should seek out the fullness of God's presence

available to us on this Earth

in preparation for the age that is to come.

May your heart be filled with a wholehearted desire

to pursue meeting with God this week.

Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Psalm 84 verses 1 through 2.

Scripture says, how lovely is your dwelling place,

O Lord of hosts.

My soul logs, yes faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart

and flesh sing for joy to the living God. The meetings between God and David shaped human history forever.

David knew what it was to be in the presence of God.

In fact, being in God's presence was his fuel, greatest joy, and

source of courage. In Psalm 1611, David writes, you make known to me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy.

At your right hand are pleasures forevermore. And in verse five he writes,

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