You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast to help you find the sacred in

the ordinary.

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Have you ever been startled out of a deep sleep by an unrelenting knocking at your front door

or maybe someone pounding at your bedroom door?

So many emotions stream through your mind in a flash, anger, fear, caution, anxiety.

Do you answer?

Do you hide?

Or do you find someone to answer it for you?

Or have you ever been the one knocking, feverishly trying to get someone's attention inside,

one to ask for help, knocking, and seeking answers?

Well this meditation from Revelation chapter 3 is a reflection on answering the knocking,

opening the door to accept the promises of God and fellowship with His Son.

So where do you go to escape the frenetic pounding of the world?

Where is your quiet place?

To begin your meditation by settling into a humble posture, to listen, to answer, and

to respond, a divine retreat if you will.

And as your breathing begins to relax, your eyes move from open to closed.

Later on the eternal presence of God, spirit and Son, seeking you, drawing near to you.

Continuing this time of reflection by responding to this passage from John chapter 14, and

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