Hope in God's Nearness
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 30 December 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
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.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 33:22, and today's worship is Closer by Brandon Lake.
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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. God's promise to be |
| 0:11.4 | nearest as his people and the great lengths he's gone to commune with us and the Holy Spirit has the power to change every moment in our lives. |
| 0:19.4 | And one of the most powerful changes his |
| 0:21.6 | nearness provides is hope and the peace that comes with it. As we make space for his presence today, |
| 0:27.7 | I pray that he fills us with a new measure of hope and life in his nearness. Welcome to the |
| 0:33.8 | First 15 podcast. |
| 0:45.8 | As sons and daughters of the living God, faith founded on God's nearness should be at the core of our hope for next year. Psalm 139-7 through 12 says, where shall I go from your spirit? |
| 0:52.7 | Where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend |
| 0:55.6 | to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed and shield, you are there. If I take the wings of the |
| 1:01.3 | morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your |
| 1:06.9 | right hand shall hold me. If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me |
| 1:12.2 | be night. Even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is bright as the day, for darkness is as |
| 1:18.8 | light with you. There is no greater source of hope than God's resounding declaration of his nearness. |
| 1:25.0 | Jesus paid the ultimate price that you and I might be no longer separated |
| 1:29.0 | from God. His presence now dwells within us through the Holy Spirit. And that fact brings |
| 1:35.0 | a pervasive hope that has the ability to profoundly impact every aspect of our lives. As you |
| 1:41.6 | look forward, know that the God who dwells within you knows every little thing |
| 1:46.3 | that will happen next year. |
| 1:48.0 | He dwells within all of eternity. |
| 1:51.1 | Time for him is not as it is for us. |
| 1:54.2 | And he promises to be with you in the midst of any trial, pain, victory, or defeat. |
| 2:00.0 | He longs for you to know his presence moment by moment |
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