presence of God – Apprentice 2 Jesus

The withdrawing hand of God

Reading for today: Ps. 30, 32, 42, 43 Ez. 49:21-29 Phil. 4:10-20 John 17:20-26

I am walking through part of Zechariah in preparation for a message on June 14. Two things the Lord wants us to know in our lives, and I am thinking specifically for our church right now: 1. He is passionate about his people. He is passionate about his Church. He is passionate about Heights Church. 2. He is theContinue reading “The glory in your midst”

The necessity of waiting on God

Moses was called up to the mountain. There he was in the powerful presence of God 40 days and nights. Moses spent the forty days in the presence of God and received the blueprint for God’s heart concerning Israel. Israel “waited” at the bottom of the mountain and fell back to their old patterns fromContinue reading “The necessity of waiting on God”

God hiding his presence

But then you hid your presence. I was terrified. (Ps. 30:7b) Does that even terrify us anymore? If God hid his face from us… would that terrify us? What is an even more horrific thought to me is this: Would we even notice?

The Presence of God is NOT a Good Luck Charm

1 Samuel 4 When Israel was pummeled by the Philistines yet again, they turned to the ark of the covenant. They didn’t turn there to seek God. They turned to it as a good luck charm. They thought if they took it into battle it would bring them the luck they needed to defeat theContinue reading “The Presence of God is NOT a Good Luck Charm”

The “Crushing” Beauty of the Savior

For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. (Isa. 57:15, NIV) We are toContinue reading “The “Crushing” Beauty of the Savior”