God's Heart to Meet with Man: John on Patmos
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🗓️ 1 July 2020
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Summary
As we wrap up our week on God’s heart to meet with man, today we’ll look at the encouraging story of John on the island of Patmos. Right when we think we’re unusable, a season is too dry or we’re past our prime, God comes and speaks fresh life and vision. If you find yourself like John on Patmos today, I pray God brings a new word of courage and life to you despite your season.
Our Scripture for today comes from Revelation 1:17-19, and today's worship is Communion by Bryan McCleery.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | As we wrap up our week on God's heart to meet with man, today we'll look at the |
| 0:08.6 | encouraging story of John on the island of Patmas. Right when we think we're unusable, a season is too dry or |
| 0:16.8 | we're past our prime. God comes and speaks fresh life and vision. If you find yourself like John on Patmas today, I pray that God |
| 0:25.7 | brings a new word of courage and life to you despite your season. Welcome to the |
| 0:31.6 | First of Teen Podcast. The scripture for today comes from Revelation 1 versus 17 through 19. |
| 0:50.0 | God's word says, when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. |
| 0:55.2 | But he laid his right hand on me saying, |
| 0:58.2 | Fear not, I am the first and the last and the living one. |
| 1:04.2 | I died and behold I am alive forevermore and I have the keys of death and Hades. |
| 1:11.8 | Right there for the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. |
| 1:21.5 | The story of John receiving the Book of Revelation from Jesus brings tears to my eyes. |
| 1:27.0 | I imagine an isolated, weary, and lonely John on Patmas, spending his days waiting until he gets to be with his beloved |
| 1:37.6 | Jesus again. |
| 1:39.6 | I imagine his heart yearning just to see his friend and savior. And suddenly, after years of |
| 1:47.3 | serving Jesus, he appears to John once again, his Lord and King standing before him, speaking to him that which will be the final |
| 1:57.2 | words of scripture. |
| 1:59.9 | In Revelation 1, 12 through 20, John records Jesus is coming to meet with him, saying, |
| 2:05.8 | Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven |
| 2:11.3 | golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lamp stands one like a son of man |
| 2:17.0 | clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. |
| 2:22.3 | The hairs of his head were white like wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like |
| 2:30.7 | burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar |
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