Welcome to the Jesus Image podcast.

This is a message I've had on my heart.

Gosh, I feel like I've been downloading this message for a few months now.

And when Michael said, you know, I think you need to preach tonight.

I thought, okay, I feel like this is what God

has been speaking to my heart, and it's about touching the glory. And I might get emotional

because I have seen people do that. And it's a great fear of mine to never do it and you might say just that's too intense but i have seen

people be trusted with the glory of god and they've merchandised it and i've seen the cost of giving jesus your everything and I've seen the cost of giving Jesus your everything and I've seen it taken from people so quickly

before they even know it's gone because sometimes you can still operate in the gifting but the glory

of God is departed and it's a very sobering thing when that's happened.

I've been in environments where I go, it's not the same.

Yeah, maybe the crowds are still here.

Maybe the views are there.

But it's not the same.

What is it?

It's that the glory has departed.

And I pray that we are never a church or a people where that has ever said about us.

And when I say it's a fear, I don't mean that in a bad way, but I'm just so aware that it has

nothing to do with us.

And I hope that you're aware it has nothing to do with you.

It's his glory and his alone.

And when we were singing awake, our soul as all of you guys were jumping like crazy people, I just couldn't help but cry because that song, the first year

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