Hope in God’s Nearness
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🗓️ 29 December 2025
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Today we’re going to take a look at the fresh hope we have in God’s nearness. God’s promise to be near to us as his people, and the great lengths he’s gone to commune with us in the Holy Spirit, has the power to change every moment of our lives. And one of the most powerful changes his nearness provides is hope, and the peace that comes with it. As we make space for his presence today, I pray that he fills us with a new measure of hope and life in his nearness.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're going to take a look at the fresh hope we have in God's nearness. |
| 0:10.0 | God's promise to be near to us as his people, and the great lengths he's gone to commune with us in the Holy Spirit, |
| 0:18.0 | has the power to change every moment of our lives. And one of the most |
| 0:23.5 | powerful changes his nearness provides is hope and the peace that comes with it. As we make space for |
| 0:31.3 | his presence today, I pray that he fills us with a new measure of hope and life in his nearness. |
| 0:39.0 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Psalm 33, verse 22. |
| 1:09.7 | Scripture says, |
| 1:10.6 | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us. 33, verse 22. Scripture says, |
| 1:13.2 | Let your steadfast love, |
| 1:15.1 | O Lord, be upon us, |
| 1:17.6 | even as we hope in you. |
| 1:22.5 | As sons and daughters of the living God, |
| 1:25.5 | faith founded on God's nearness should be at the core of our hope for next year. |
| 1:29.8 | Psalm 139 verses 7 through 12 says, |
| 1:33.7 | Where shall I go from your spirit? |
| 1:37.0 | Or where shall I flee from your presence? |
| 1:40.4 | If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in shield, you are there. |
| 1:48.0 | If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, |
| 1:54.4 | even there your hand shall lead me and your right hand shall hold me. |
| 2:00.3 | If I say surely the darkness shall cover me and the light about me be night. |
| 2:06.6 | Even the darkness is not dark to you. |
| 2:09.6 | The night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. |
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