When God Feels Far Away | Ever Wonder Why: Part 6

Life.Church with Craig Groeschel

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🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Bible says God will never abandon us (Deuteronomy 31:6). So why are there times when God feels distant? And what do you do when you can't feel Him at all? Let's find out in our series, Ever Wonder Why?

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0:00.0	Today I want to talk to you about the presence of God.
0:04.5	And I'm curious how many of you, and there's no right or wrong answer is how many of you
0:09.3	believe you felt the presence of God at some point in your life.
0:13.0	Type that in the chat if you want to. I felt the presence of God.
0:15.5	Now, here's a question. For those of you that are at worship today,
0:19.6	how many would say that you felt the presence of God today?
0:26.5	I got a question for you. Follow up because I'm curious.
0:28.4	How do you know?
0:32.2	Like, how do you know you felt the presence of God today?
0:39.1	Did you get tingly? Because sometimes I do.
0:44.5	Were you so overwhelmed with emotion that you maybe just cried in the presence of God?
0:48.0	Because sometimes I have.
0:50.3	Did you feel an unusual, like heavenly peace, even though your life may be chaotic,
0:55.2	but in the presence of God you just felt a peace?
0:58.4	Is that how you knew you were in the presence of God?
1:01.3	Because God's presence can give you a tingly feeling.
1:06.0	And so can sit and close to somebody really cute.
1:09.3	Are you mad?
1:10.5	Can you say, I'm mad at that? It's true.
1:13.4	God's presence can make you cry.
1:16.8	And so can I really touch in YouTube videos.
1:19.9	Right?
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