Solitude with Emmanuel - December 21
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🗓️ 21 December 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
How often are you alone with God? Truly alone, pulled away from the rest of the world, in the quiet and stillness of his presence? I believe God is beckoning his people this holiday season to experience his Immanuel, God with us, nearness. Our souls need it, and God longs for it. Just as you desire to experience his presence and peace, God wants to experience your nearness too, simply because he loves you. May you be encouraged and motivated today to get truly alone with the Father in these days.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 1:14, and today's worship is Letting Go by Bethel Music featuring Steffany Gretzinger.
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| 0:00.0 | How often are you alone with God? |
| 0:05.0 | Truly alone pulled away from the rest of the world and the quiet and stillness of his presence. I believe God is beckoning |
| 0:16.0 | his people this holiday season to experience his Emmanuel, God with us nearness. souls need it and God longs for it |
| 0:26.3 | Just as you desired to experience his presence and peace |
| 0:29.8 | God wants to experience your nearness too, simply because he loves you. |
| 0:35.0 | May you be encouraged and motivated today to get truly alone with the Father in these days. |
| 0:42.0 | Welcome to the First in these days. |
| 0:42.8 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from John 1 verse for today comes from John 1 verse 14. |
| 1:00.0 | Scripture says, and the word became flesh and dwelt among us. |
| 1:05.0 | And we have seen his glory. |
| 1:07.8 | Glory is of the only son from the father, |
| 1:10.5 | full of grace and truth. |
| 1:15.0 | One of the greatest privileges of the Christian faith is solitude with God. |
| 1:21.0 | Engaging in solitude with our Creator is a life-giving celebration of his heart. |
| 1:27.8 | Our God isn't after what we can do for Him. |
| 1:31.0 | He is not after fixing us. He's all about having us. He's all about being with his people and |
| 1:38.3 | restored, unhindered relationship. Behold the Virgin's shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name |
| 1:55.2 | Emmanuel. |
| 1:56.8 | Emmanuel means God with us. How amazing is it that the King of Heaven and Earth would desire to be called God with us, |
| 2:07.0 | and that our Creator would want to be known as one who would write himself into the story of his creation in such a way as to be |
| 2:16.4 | tangibly truly present. When we take time to get alone with the father apart from any other agenda, to simply open our hearts and be with them, |
| 2:30.0 | we declare to ourselves and to God that our lives are centered around him |
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