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The glory of the Lord · The Call to Women in Faith Podcast

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  I know every Christian has challenging days, like I had this morning.
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  I had chaotic thought process. I was hyper-focused on inconsequential matters.
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  You know the evil force is trying to pull you away from a place of peace when this happens.
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  The minute you notice a pattern turned to God, yes, there is a pattern.
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  Look for three things. Chaos.
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  Satan prefers to attack with more than one flaming dart.
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  Look for negative feelings towards others. This is counter to what Jesus expects of us.
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  And also take into consideration how you're feeling about the problem.
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  Do you have a desire to take care of it yourself, deal with the people involved?
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  Or are you feeling like showing mercy and submitting to God?
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  You may end up thinking no one but you can fix the issue at hand.
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  These three are a pattern that are typically followed when Satan's attacking.
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  I have the good fortune of experiencing one of these situations today.
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  Why am I calling it good? Because something wonderful happened.
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  I looked up, and through the dawn light, I could see the thick, dense fog.
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  I love it when it gets foggy.
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  It reminds me of various scripture verses from the Bible.
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  Quote, Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there,
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  and proclaimed the name of the Lord. End quote.
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  Exodus chapter 34, verse 5.
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  Quote Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the
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  Lord filled the tabernacle.
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  And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud
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  rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
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  End quote. Exodus 40, verses 34 and 35.
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  When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the
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  burnt offering and the sacrifices,
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  and the glory of the Lord filled the temple, and the priests could not enter
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  the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house.
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  2 Chronicles 7, 1-2 When I watch dense clouds that descend over the water or
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  in the mountains, I imagine that
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  Father Almighty wants to be with us and cannot wait for us to go to him.
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  So he comes down to visit us.
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  But he stays over the water because we are too impure as a collective and may
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  be burned to smithereens when we come in contact with him.
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  Because he is so pure. This is not theologically vetted, and I'm no scholar,
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  so please take it with a grain of salt.
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  When we do not accept Christ, we have impure hearts and are not cleansed by his blood.
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  If in this state we see the most pure, or touch the most pure,
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  we will burn to ashes, like dross that is overexposed to heat.
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  When silver that is contaminated by dross is put through high temperatures,
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  silver turns to liquid but the dross burns.
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  When we do not open our eyes to the great commission fulfilled by Jesus,
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  we are chock full of dross and hence not ready to be in contact with Father Almighty.
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  God loves us so very much that every once in a while he visits from afar even
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  though he can see us from the heavens above.
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  Like I said, this is not theologically sound. But the clouds remind me of God's
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  desire to be with us and that he will take us home one day.
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  This thought this morning did snap me out of my piddly issues that were plaguing
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  me and set my mind on him and cheered me up.
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  I went off into the foggy morning with a newfound joy of abounding love.
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  I hope you find something that reminds you of his eternal love for you,
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  no matter how silly it may be.
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  Dear God, the world you created for us is beyond beautiful.
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  You handcrafted each atom in a large mountain with the same effort and beauty.
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  Thank you for giving us this green earth which reflects your love for us.
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  Help me seek you out in everything I see today. Amen.