God's Relentless Pursuit
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🗓️ 5 February 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In today’s devotional we’re beginning a brand new series, focusing on the fact that God is first and foremost after our hearts. In a world that defines us by what we do, God looks at who we are. May we openly accept his gaze today, with faith in our hearts that he always looks at us with grace. And may his pursuit of our hearts stir up a pursuit within us of his heart, setting out every morning to experience the fullness of his love and compassion.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 23:6, and today's worship is Cory Asbury by United Pursuit.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's devotional, we're beginning a brand new series, focusing on the fact that |
| 0:10.0 | God is first and foremost after our hearts. |
| 0:13.8 | In a world that defines us by what we do, God looks at who we are. |
| 0:19.1 | May we openly accept His gaze today, with faith in our hearts, that He always looks at us |
| 0:25.1 | with grace. |
| 0:26.5 | It may His pursuit of our hearts, strap a pursuit within us of His heart, setting |
| 0:32.0 | out every morning to experience the fullness of His love and compassion. |
| 0:37.3 | Welcome to the first-of-team podcast. |
| 0:40.3 | Our verse for today comes from Psalm 23 verse 6. |
| 1:00.1 | The foundation for our faith is not meant to be built on our works or our understanding, |
| 1:18.3 | but rather on God's relentless pursuit of us. |
| 1:22.7 | We have relationship with our Creator, not because we sought Him out, but because He |
| 1:28.0 | is always pursuing us. |
| 1:31.2 | Any elements of Christian spirituality at work in our lives are the result of His constant |
| 1:37.9 | grace, drawing us deeper and deeper into the abundant life that Jesus died to give us. |
| 1:46.1 | Faith built on anything else but God's pursuit is faith built on our own strength and unsure |
| 1:53.5 | and consistently failing foundation. |
| 1:57.4 | Ephesians 1 16 through 18 says, |
| 2:01.5 | I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus |
| 2:08.4 | Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation and |
| 2:15.6 | the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what |
| 2:22.0 | is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance |
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