What Misconceptions of God Keep You From Knowing Him More?
Rush
Gather Ministries
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
How do you feel about God? Often, our misconceptions of God and who He is block us from knowing Him better. Learn how to expose those misconceptions and believe the truth about God's character.
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Rush Podcast is a production of Gather Ministries (https://www.gatherministries.com/), a non-profit organization led by Jennifer & Justin Camp. Through our five ministries, we equip men and women to encounter God in the every-day lives they're living. From Loop for Women, an email devotional focused on beauty & prayer, to WiRE for Men, an email devotional that helps men see life with God as the greatest adventure of all time, we hope we have something that matters to you.
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Looking for more FREE resources to equip your heart and fortify your spirit? Consider:
→ Loop for Women, a three-times-a-week email devotional anchored in prophetic prayer and designed to help you receive God's love, meditate on his beauty, and tend to your precious heart. Subscribe FREE at https://www.loopforwomen.com.
Jennifer is the author of the best-selling book Breathing Eden: Conversations with God on Light, Fresh Air, and New Things. You can find it at https://bit.ly/Breathing-Eden.
→ WiRE for Men, a twice-a-week email devotional for men that tackles tough questions like "What does it mean to be a man today?" and "Why am I so angry?" and "How can I find true friendship?". Subscribe FREE at https://www.wireformen.com.
WiRE is written by Justin Camp, author of Invention: Break Free from the Culture Hell-Bent on Holding You Back, Odyssey: Encounter the God of Heaven and Escape the Surly Bonds of this World, and Rescue: When God's Cavalry Arrives to Deliver You from Quiet Desperation. You can find them at https://bit.ly/WiRE-Series-for-Men or wherever books are sold.
→ Flag Messages, a once-a-week email that helps you encounter God through prayer, Scripture, and guided exercises. Flag invites you to go deeper into who God is, who he says you are, and what it means for the lives we're living right now. Subscribe FREE at https://flagmessages.io/.
→ Rapt Interviews is a hub for curious, thoughtful thinkers, culture-changers, and creatives. Through interviews with the authors, pastors, and musicians you know and love, we give you a glimpse into how they're encountering God in the midst of their dynamic lives. Twice a month, we serve up a curated newsletter of fascinating articles, new books & music we think you might like, exclusive book previews, and more. Like everything else we do, it's FREE! Subscribe at https://raptinterviews.com/.
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About your hosts:
Justin Camp is a writer and storyteller with a heart for adventure. He created the WiRE devotional for men with modern, busy men in mind and writes books, articles, and devotionals aimed at equipping & encouraging men of all ages. He is a co-founder of Gather Ministries, a nonprofit he runs with his wife, Jennifer, and before he decided to spend his days with a pen and his favorite journal always nearby, he was a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and a lawyer on Wall Street. Justin, Jennifer, and their three children live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jennifer Camp, co-founder of Gather Ministries, grew up in an almond orchard in Northern California. A former high school English teacher, she loves to write and encourage people to go deeper into their own stories and into their identities in Christ. Jennifer is the Amazon bestselling author of Breathing Eden: On Light, Fresh Air, and New Things and Loop: What Women Need to Know. She also writes at jenniferjcamp.com and is bringing a poetry collection into the world in early 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know I can take all your pain? Do you know I can take all your suffering? Do you |
| 0:13.7 | know I can bear all your sadness? I am tender toward you. My heart is not hard. I am |
| 0:23.0 | not resistant to loving you. I am not more willing to be present with someone else |
| 0:29.0 | than I am with you. I am willing to love you. I am willing to be with you. I am willing |
| 0:36.9 | to rescue you. I am willing to come and hold you, shepherd you, guide you toward greener |
| 0:44.8 | pastures. I am willing to give you rest, restoration, comfort, shelter for your heart. |
| 0:52.8 | You belong under my wings. You belong under my care. I am your father and I have everything you need. |
| 1:03.3 | Rush podcast, Holy Spirit in modern life. |
| 1:22.3 | Nehu, chapter 1, verse 7, the message. God is good. A hiding place in tough times. He recognizes |
| 1:43.9 | and welcomes anyone looking for help. No matter how desperate the trouble. |
| 2:02.1 | Holy Spirit in us, this is what we heard for you. |
| 2:06.5 | There is so much beauty, all that I have made. Its original plan, its intention was beauty. |
| 2:19.6 | It was good, complete, carefully designed. I made this world to be the place where you could live |
| 2:28.8 | and thrive. I made it as a gift. All things a gift from me. What you do in this world can be beautiful. |
| 2:40.0 | How you can work, how you can play, how you can love, how you can rest. There is so much for you |
| 2:48.9 | to explore and do, even if your circumstances don't allow it right now. Someday you will have no |
| 2:57.4 | limits. Someday you will have nothing to hold you back. No hardship, no disease, no financial |
| 3:06.5 | pressure. What limits could there possibly be? Right now, where do you feel limited? Where do you |
| 3:16.6 | feel held back? Where do you feel your desires are being thwarted? Where do you feel limited in |
| 3:24.0 | receiving love or in experiencing play, exploration and adventure? How do you feel I haven't given you |
| 3:33.3 | what you need? What resources do you lack? How do you feel held back in what you can do? |
| 3:42.1 | Someday you will not feel these limits on you. This world will be made whole and you will be |
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