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Transformation through Experience · First15 Devotional

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  [SPEAKER_01]: in the middle of our week on transformation.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to take time today to discover how God belongs to transform us through experience.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Every experience we have in life shapes us in some way.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: An experiencing God is no different.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: When we make space to truly experience God, He molds and fashions us into who we were created to be in marvelous ways.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May God stir up our faith and our passion to be transformed in His presence right now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Our Scripture for today comes from 2 Corinthians 3-18, Scripture says, and we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: No Christian practice can take the place of experiencing God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's inexperience in God that we begin to live in response to the unconditional unfathomable depths of God's love.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's an experiencing God that we learn to discern and trust is perfect pleasing will.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's inexperienced in God that our hearts are transformed into powerful reflections of his wonderful character.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Second Corinthians 3-18 says, And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: When we see God face to face, everything changes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You can't see God and stay the same.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Encountering Him always requires something from us.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Experiencing His holiness always calls us to be holy as He is holy.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Experiencing His love always calls us to love, because He has first loved us.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and experiencing his heart for transformation, always calls us to surrender our lives to Him as a living sacrifice, holy, and pleasing.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: In Isaiah 6, verses 1 through 6, Isaiah's encounter with the living God speaks to the truth of transformation through experience.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: In response to seeing the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and hearing the seraphim called to one another, holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The whole earth is full of His glory.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Isaiah's natural response was, Woe is me, for I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: For my eyes have seen the king, the Lord of hosts.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And upon declaring the truth of His depravity, a seraphim touches his lips with a burning coal and says, behold, this has touched your lips.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned form.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Isaiah was transformed through experiencing God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If you want your life to be transformed, you must set out to seek the face of God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You must respond daily to His invitation to meet together.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Your life must be centered around the fact that perfect, blameless Jesus gave His life, that you might simply have a relationship with the Father.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If you do, if you give your life to experience the fullness of God's love, power and presence, you will never be the same.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May you behold the glory of the Lord today, as you enter into a time of guided prayer.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: as we begin, meditate on the transformation that takes place in experiencing God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: 2 Corinthians 3-18 says, and we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and next.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Turn your heart to God and seek His face.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Have faith that when you set aside time to experience God, He will manifest His presence to you.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: His presence is His promise.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Psalm 27 verse 8 says, You have said, seek my face.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: My heart says to you, Your face Lord,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and last, rest in the presence of your loving father.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Confess any sin you have in response to his holiness and promise to forgive you, and receive the cleansing that comes from repentance.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Acts 3.19 says, repent then and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So great is God's love for you that He longs to meet with you.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: In Revelation 320, God says, behold, I stand at the door and knock.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him and he with me.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: God is already knocking on the door of your heart.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You don't have to wonder if he will meet with you when you open your heart to him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Revelation 320 is his promise.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He longs for you to encounter him more than you do.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He wants to be known by you more than you want to know him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Have faith in the goodness of your God and live a lifestyle of encounter.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May your life be transformed by a revelation of God's unfailing love and presence.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for listening to today's podcast on transformation through experience.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm Josh Miller with verse 15.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: As you go about your day today, try and notice how your various experiences are impacting you or shaping you, even just for a moment.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And as you do, take those experiences to God and allow him to bring his wisdom and understanding into your life.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If today's devotional was meaningful for you, consider sharing your experience with someone else by writing a review.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And subscribe and rate the show if God is using this space for his presence in your life in beneficial ways.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you see Kim.