Topic: Presence of God

Even when you do not look for God, even when you do not lean into the presence of God, He is fully present. You have never been alone, because God is everywhere present. But we can pretend we are by ourselves. You can pretend you’re by yourself. And I can deny His presence. I can refuse to acknowledge it.

The verbs of salvation are never the final blessing. Rather, they are gracious ways for you to get to the glorious end—GOD. GOD is what makes salvation worth celebrating.

Because GOD separated death from Jesus, life with GOD can never be separated from you.

When everything in life is falling apart, run and take shelter in the presence of GOD.

Without suffering, we would never know if we loved GOD for His presence or His presents.

The blessing always turns out to be less satisfying than GOD.

Christianity is not about ignoring pain. Rather, in the pain, it looks to GOD and insists, “You must be so good, because this hurts so bad.” GOD leverages your pain to draw you into His presence and love.

You exist to help people think the most important thought in the world—GOD!

The 3 greatest words ever are: GOD is here. Problem is…