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Light outshines darkness

Wednesday Wanderings with Dr. Sherri is biweekly and a time we set aside to wander in the Presence of Jesus and ponder His truths. When you are ready, prepare your mind, body, and soul to have a transformational encounter with Jesus.

Watch the Wednesday Wanderings Welcome for this week.

Now that we have cleared our minds of the clutter, we can wander on the journey with Jesus.

PREPARATION: In our last Wandering with Dr. Sherri, we examined Seeing the glory and Giving the glory. This week we will compare and contrast light and darkness.  When you are ready, you may begin the dialogue with Jesus and state: “Jesus, I invite you to help me to leisurely wander into your Presence. Prepare my heart to receive, and illuminate my spiritual senses to encounter you.”

PROMISE: John 8:12 Amplified Bible

12 Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “[a]I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

Jesus identifies Himself as the Light of the World and promises that as we follow Him, we will not walk in the darkness.

PSALM: Revive us Again By: Mackay, William Paton, M.D. (1839-1885)

We praise Thee, O God,
for Thy Spirit of Light,
Who has shown us our Savior
and scattered our night.
Refrain: Hallelujah! Thine the glory!
Hallelujah! Amen!
Hallelujah! Thine the glory!
Revive us again.
The Spirit of Light shines brightest in the darkness.  Has Jesus, the Light of the World, ever shined a light on your darkness? 

PARABLE:  Darkness and light are opposites. Yet, you can’t know one without the other. It is light that chases darkness into the shadows. It is darkness that attempts to overshadow the light. Darkness can represent depression, death, danger, and detours.

Jesus promises that if we follow Him we will by no means walk in any form of darkness but will have the Light of Life. There is no type of darkness including detours to sin that the Glory of God and the Light of the World cannot outshine. We detour to sin because we allow someone or something other than Jesus to guide us.

Darkness cannot take the Believer by surprise because when we are approaching darkness, we are provided a way of escape. The Holy Spirit tells us the truth about our darkness. However, we may choose to ignore His warning. 

Whether your current darkness is depression, you are walking through the shadows of grief, you are in an unhealthy and unsafe relationship, or you have detoured and are sinking into unhealthy hurts, habits or hangups, the Glory of God is pointing you to the Savior. Jesus, the Light of the World, can rescue you and scatter the darkest rays of night. Hallelujah, Jesus is the Light of the World. So be it that His Light can cleanse us from sin and revive us from the breathlessness we experience in the darkness. Darkness will continue to tempt us but GREATER is the light within us than the darkness that is in this world.

PONDER and WANDER:  If you choose, take time to ponder these questions: Is there an area in your life in which you are walking in darkness? Is there someone or something other than Jesus that I am following into the darkness of sin?  
Soul care training exercise:  If you would like to bring light into any darkness that is present from a detour to sin in your life, I invite you to complete the L.I.G.H.T. soul training exercise.

  • First, Listen to the truth the Holy Spirit is revealing to you about the dark areas in your life. Perhaps it is a secret sin, a habit or hangup that no one but God sees such as lust or pornorgrapy; a sin of omission such as unforgiveness; or a sin of commission such as gossip, drunkenness, racism, or violence.
  • Next,  Investigate where those areas are rooted. Where do they stem from? What is guiding you to choose this area of darkness as an option for your life? What do you need to do to walk away from this darkness?
  • Then, Give God permission to shine the light of His Glory into this darkness and direct you on what you need to do to walk away from this darkness.
  • Now, Have an open mind and heart to make the changes necessary to walk in the light. 
  • Finally Take the necessary steps to change your actions. 

PRAYER: Jesus, Light of the World, overshadow my darkness. Save me from the shadows of things that appear to be options in my life and return me to truth of your Presence. Revive me again. In the name of Jesus, the LIGHT I pray. Amen. 

PRAISE: Now that you have emptied your mind of the clutter and wandered with Jesus, take a closing moment to breathe in His Light and let the work of your wandering fill you with hope.

Then take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes of wandering into the next ones and beyond.

Until next time, be Resonant.

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What’s the Key to Continued Praise?

We Praise Thee O God

We praise Thee, O God!
For Thy Spirit of light,
Who hath shown us our Savior,
And scattered our night.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Revive Us Again (1863)

By: Mackay, William Paton, M.D. (1839-1885)

Listen to this version in a gospel style as you prepare to ponder this hymn. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone, enjoy this video, and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

We continue our journey through this classic hymn sung across oceans and denominations for 150 years. Our prayer is the same as all the saints who have sung it before, “Revive us again”. Let’s tune our hearts.

Continued Praise

What’s the key?

We tend to get off to a good start in our spiritual walk. Having stumbled around in the darkness for longer than we realized, it is so good to finally be able to see where we are going. Just the thought of that makes the prospect of welcoming darkness seem silly, but we are all guilty of doing it.

Try to imagine it. You are looking for you car keys, in the dark. You believe you left them on the corner of the counter so you don’t bother turning on the light. As you feel for the edge of the counter you trip over something on the floor you had forgotten you left out. As you tumble forward, turning on the light suddenly seems like it would have been a really good idea.

So why do we fail to turn on the light? Sometimes we think we know the way. We do not need help. Sometimes there are things we want to keep hidden. We do not want help. Sometimes we are too proud to acknowledge our need. We do not want to ask for help.

How do we turn on the light? We praise God. Praising Him pushes back the darkness and shows us a clear, favorable path forward. Not to mention it is also the only appropriate response to His calling us out of darkness in the first place.

We praise Thee, O God!

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 ESV

We praise Him at first because of His Son. We keep praising Him because of His Spirit. We will forever praise Him because He is our Father.

RESONATE!
Having made the choice to praise God at the prompting of the Holy Spirit, we depend on His power to keep praising. Giving glory to God is a way of life, not an occasional occurrence. How are you doing with your continual praise offering to Him? Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the quality of your offering of praise, and the power to improve the quantity of it as well. Depending on Him is the key to a life of continued praise.

Finding His Way

For Thy Spirit of Light

Once you have found your keys you are off and ready to go. Maybe you remember the era when your car headlights did not have an automatic feature and you had to turn them on. Maybe you can recall a moment when you left a well-lit area and suddenly realized your lights were not on, or someone flashed their lights at you to warn you.

This is the work of the Spirit of light.

He leads us in ways we formerly did not know. He turns darkness into light. He makes rough places into level ground. There are the things He does.

For Thy Spirit of light,

And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16 ESV

We were stumbling around in the darkness and did not even know it. Then the Spirit of light revealed to us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. How grateful we are for His work of bringing light to our darkness. He pushed the darkness back by revealing our Savior. He continues to do that every day.

RESONATE!
Do you recall when He first pushed back your darkness? Can you recall when He last did it? Take a few moments and ask Him to do that work again today. We need Him to do it every single day because the darkness seems in unbeknownst to us. Walk with Him today with this prayer on your lips, “Spirit, please show me my Savior again.”

Spirit, do Your work of revealing my Savior to me again today. Push back my darkness once again. I need You. In Jesus’ name.  Amen!

Illuminated Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence.   We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

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Video 22.2 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

 

We praise Thee, O God!
For Thy Spirit of light,
Who hath shown us our Savior,
And scattered our night.

 

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Having made the choice to praise God at the prompting of the Holy Spirit, we depend on His power to keep praising. Giving glory to God is a way of life, not an occasional occurrence. How are you doing with your continual praise offering to Him?

God, show me how to praise You more consistently.

We were stumbling around in the darkness and did not even know it. Then the Spirit of light revealed to us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. How grateful we are for His work of bringing light to our darkness. Thank Him.

Spirit, thank You for illuminating my darkness.

He pushed the darkness back by revealing our Savior. He continues to do that every day. Do you recall when He first did that? Can you recall when He last did? Walk with Himi today with the prayer on your lips, “Spirit, please show me my Savior again.”

Spirit, please show me my Savior again.

What a beautiful image of our night scattering in response to the coming of the light of Christ! Welcome Him again today to do that work, but realize it may be a little painful if you have grown accustomed to the darkness. Thankfully, He is gracious and kind.

Jesus, please come and kindly scatter the darkness in my heart.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Renewing Your Reverence

We Praise Thee O God

We praise Thee, O God!
For the Son of Thy love,
For Jesus Who died,
And is now gone above.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

Revive Us Again (1863)
By: Mackay, William Paton, M.D. (1839-1885)

Listen to this version in a gospel style as you prepare to ponder this hymn. Please make certain to enjoy the video below.

Below is video content always available as part of an extensive archive of resources. We have lots of tools and options designed to help you be Resonant!  Check them out today and please consider becoming a Subscriber to support our mission of providing these tools to everyone with access to the internet!!

Everyone, enjoy this video, and the transcript below.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

We begin our journey through this classic hymn sung across oceans and denominations for 150 years. Our prayer is the same as all the saints who have sung it before, “Revive us again”. Let’s tune our hearts.

Praise Him

It’s a good place to start a cry for revival.

How often we need revived because life has squeezed what seemed like all the praise out of us? Or maybe we simply let it slowly seep out without taking time to nurture more of it until we were all but empty? Or maybe we have allowed ourselves to question if He is even worthy of praise, or if we even want to offer it?

Ever had any of those feelings? Or others that resembled them? I figure you have. I certainly have. And if you can acknowledge it, then you are in good company.

But you are also not alone if you are ready and eager to join the praise again. Praise has both vertical and horizontal impacts. We praise Him! We come together to acknowledge His worth. We send His praise vertically, as we declare our need for revival horizontally. And when we do, we join the saints of old and on high.

We praise Thee, O God!

Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power. Psalm 21:13 ESV

Praising God is a choice and commitment. We must make this choice based on His worth, put on display by His powerful acts. We also make this commitment as a result of the choice. We will sing…

Sometimes, however, the choice is not easy. He is always worthy, but sometimes the circumstances in which we find ourselves make acknowledging that difficult. How will you acknowledge God’s praiseworthiness today?

RESONATE!
Are you offering praise to God? If something has stopped your praise, you have at least two ways to address it. You can try to identify whatever is keeping you from offering your praise, confess it to God, and ask Him to deliver you from it. Or you can think about His strength and power and begin offering praise as a result of it. Make a choice to praise, and ask for God’s help to offer it.

What For

For the Son of Thy Love

Maybe you struggled as you tried to think of God’s strength and power on display in your life. We have shared that perspective at one time or another, often when there is a particular way we are longing to see God move and He does not seem to be. We all share that malady.

But that is not all we share.

As we contemplate the praiseworthiness of God, there is another perspective we can share. Imagine for a moment you are standing at the foot of the cross. You look up and see Jesus hanging there, and you lock eyes with him. You might expect to feel pity, but instead, you feel acceptance.

Jesus is the incarnate expression of God’s great love for us. The hymnwriter calls Him, “the Son of Thy love”. If you ever struggle to find a reason for praise, think on this: God loves you so much He sent His Son to earth to complete the mission of reconciling lost sinners to Himself. The Father was pleased with Jesus from the beginning to the end of His work.

For the Son of Thy love,

And behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:17 ESV

RESONATE!
Because of what Jesus did, we have both a reason and the means to praise God. Even when we drift and loose sight of it, He draws us back, reviving our hallelujahs. What is the state of your praise today? Hearty or anemic or somewhere in between? Think on Jesus and give praise to God today.

Jesus, thank You for giving me a reason to praise. Forgive me for the times I have taken the gift of life for granted and have remained silent. Renew my hallelujah today I pray. In Jesus’ name.  Amen!

Refreshing Tuning!

Keep coming back, and we will work to help you remove the things that may hinder your longing for His return by cultivating an awareness of God’s presence.   We will help you tune your heart to live out your worship by providing resources like this to help you acknowledge the greatness of God as you become more Resonant, 7 days a week.

Like what you’re finding here?  Fill out the form to the right to get an email with each fresh post and updates of new tools to help you be Resonant.

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Video 22.1 Transcript

Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.

We praise Thee, O God!
For the Son of Thy love,
For Jesus Who died,
And is now gone above.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

We must make the choice to praise God, and sometimes that choice is not easy. He is always worthy, but sometimes the circumstances we are in make acknowledging that difficult. How will you acknowledge God’s praiseworthiness today? Make a choice, and ask for help.

Jesus, help me to acknowledge Your worth today.

The Father loves His Son. And He loves us, too. So much so that He was willing to do whatever it would take to reconcile us to Himself, including sacrificing His Son. Thank Him again today for offering you such an incredible, unmerited favor, the love of God.

Father, thank You for loving me.

We praise Him for Jesus who died. Though there are many things for which we can praise God, the death of Jesus, which makes eternal life available to us, is easily the greatest, for without it we are lost. Ask the Holy Spirit to revive your faith in Jesus today.

Holy Spirit, revive my faith in Jesus.

He died, but is alive forever, and has ascended to the right hand of the Father. From there, He will return one day to take us to be with Him forever. There will be many hallelujahs sung that glorious day. Give God glory now and forevermore for the hope we have in Him. 

God, I praise You for the hope I have in You.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.

Sing

Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Is Your Living Giving All Glory to Jesus?

Jesus Be Thou Our Glory Now

Jesus, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize will be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now,
And through eternity.

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee (Early 12th Century)
By: Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153)

Listen to this version with a single solo voice as you prepare to ponder this hymn. 

Please make certain to enjoy the podcast below.

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Everyone enjoy this podcast and transcript below!  It features meditative music and moments to contemplate the Scriptures and reflections shared.

Transcript may be found below, at the end of the blog.

We continue our journey through this ancient hymn originally written in Latin, but still true today. Consider the blessing of knowing the glory of Jesus now, and later. Let’s think about this.

Glory Now

How fortunate we are! We know the wonder of the revealed glory of the Son of God. We may struggle to wrap our minds around it but that makes it no less true.

Our prayer in these closing lines of the hymn simply asks Him to be our glory. What does that mean to you? How do you imagine Jesus will be your glory today?

Glory has two different aspects to it, honor and beauty. Jesus is both to us. He is our honor and beauty when others see and acknowledge something about us that we know is a direct result of our surrendering our lives to Jesus. Maybe you respond to a difficult situation in an unusual way. Maybe you show someone a remarkable measure of grace.

Things like this demonstrate that Jesus is our glory now, and we must be ready and willing to give Him the glory rather that keep it to ourselves. We can thank people for the recognition, but we need to be careful to redirect that to our Lord. To make light of the glory in our lives that reflects Jesus diminishes His glory in us. We can receive those words, but only long enough to give Him praise for it.

Jesus, be Thou our glory now,

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 ESV

He is our glory now, not only to those who saw Him face-to-face. He wants to show Himself in your flesh today. We have seen His glory in His blending of grace and truth and want to reflect it to the world around us. 

We are not simply waiting until the day we can live in the glory of Jesus eternally. We can do that today. There is an inheritance that will be ours one day, but we can walk in the reality of it even now. How can you do that today?

RESONATE!
How can you allow the glory of Jesus to be seen in your life today? You need to make certain you can identify it, so spending regular time with Him is essential. As you become more like Jesus at the core of who you are, reflecting the reality of who He is will become more natural, while always remaining supernatural. Thank Him for revealing His glory to You. Ask Him to help you be ready when He brings opportunities to you today to reflect it to the world.

 

Glory Later

And Through Eternity

Keeping the end in mind balances this struggle of glory now and later. We can welcome the truth of His glory into our lives today more easily when we are convinced it is already ours in some measure and will be fully ours one day because of what Jesus has already done. Are you living today with an eye on eternity?

And through eternity.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ…Philippians 3:20 ESV

This earth is not our home, our final destination. We are passing through. Keeping eternity in mind becomes more difficult when we forget this and become more concerned with making this life as comfortable as possible. We are waiting for something, and waiting is never easy.

Jesus is our joy and glory now, but even still we await an incredible inheritance, the privilege of living in the very presence of God forever. That will be heaven indeed. We need to be careful not to act like we have become naturalized citizens of earth.

RESONATE!
What things in your life make it clear you are living for now? For later? Is there a balance, or do you need to make some adjustments? We must look forward to what is to come, but remember that if we are still here, God has a purpose for us. That purpose is always to reflect His glory by living in the reality of it every moment, even as we wait for the fulfillment of it one day. Ask Him to show you how to do that today.

Jesus, thank You for being my glory now. May I be quick to point others to you when they see it in me today. May I also long for more of it now, and later. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Glorified Thinking!

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Podcast 21.4 Transcript

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.

Jesus, our only joy be Thou,

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. John 15:11 ESV

We find joy in many things in life, but Jesus is the source of them all. In this passage, Jesus is speaking of living in His love, for doing so provides us life. When we stay connected to Jesus, His joy flows through us. Ask Him to help you abide in His joy today.

As Thou our prize will be;

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14 ESV

We also know there is more coming. Jesus is our joy today, and one day soon will be our prize. It is the ultimate conclusion of living in the call of God. Press on today through even delight and dilemma, listening to His voice. Praise Him for calling you upward.

Jesus, be Thou our glory now,

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 ESV

He is our glory now, not only to those who saw Him face-to-face. He has made His grace and truth known to us, and surrendering to walk in it with Him has ushered His glory into our lives. Thank Him for the glory He is making known to you today.

And through eternity.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ…Philippians 3:20 ESV

Jesus is our joy and glory now, but even still, we await an incredible inheritance, the privilege of living in the very presence of God forever. That will be heaven indeed. Ask Him to help you wait for His return and the anticipation of enjoying your forever home.

Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.

Jesus, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize will be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now,
And through eternity.

Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond.  Until next time, Be Resonant.

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Give the Glory See the Glory

Wednesday Wanderings with Dr. Sherri is biweekly and a time we set aside to wander in the Presence of Jesus and ponder His truths. When you are ready, prepare your mind, body, and soul to have a transformational encounter with Jesus.

Watch the Wednesday Wanderings Welcome for this week.

Now that we have cleared our minds of the clutter, we can wander on the journey with Jesus.

PREPARATION: In our last Wandering with Dr. Sherri, we examined hope. This week we will compare and contrast  Seeing the glory and Giving the glory.  When you are ready, you may begin the dialogue with Jesus and state: “Jesus, I invite you to help me to leisurely wander into your Presence. Prepare my heart to receive, and illuminate my spiritual senses to encounter you.”

PROMISE: John 11:4 Amplified Bible

 When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death; but [on the contrary, it is] for the glory and honor of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

Even trials come to glorify God and provide an opportunity for us to give God glory and to see and experience the Glory of God.

PSALM: Jesus the Very Thought of Thee  (Early 12th Century) By: Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153)

Jesus, our only joy be Thou,
As Thou our prize will be;
Jesus, be Thou our glory now,
And through eternity.
Clairvaux recognized that our joy is found in Jesus, the Lord of Glory (James 2:1), the Glory of God. We come to know this truth as we give Glory to God and we experience the Presence of Jesus which is the very Presence of God. To give God glory is to honor His Being and the significance of All He is. To experience God’s glory is to be honored by His Presence. Do you give God glory? Do you experience God’s glory?

PARABLE: 

It is easier to give God glory when we are experiencing joy. It is challenging to give God glory when we are experiencing grief and trials. Over the last few years, as grief has become my travel companion and visited me as if we had a shared vacation agreement, I have often sought God’s glorious presence to clear my mind of sorrowful thoughts and open my heart to His healing love.

Yet, I have to admit that I have not always given Him glory and honor FOR the sorrow. While preparing for this blog, I had an aha moment. God’s glory and Giving glory are traveling companions. They share a space. I have been guilty or separating these privileges.

I desire to make giving GLORY an act of worship. This will entail me pairing giving God glory and encountering His Glory as partners (the same way I acknowledge grace and mercy as partners).  Whether this is an old concept, you need a reminder, or if it is a new one, I need to illuminate the truth for my own sake.

The more we practice seeking His Presence, the more we receive the presents of His being– such as joy, peace, love, compassion, and hope. As we receive His Presence, we offer Him Glory. This allows the cycle of giving God glory to continue. I realize that if I reframe my perspective that when trials and temptations occur in my life and when grief visits me again (and it will) that my default will be to glorify God in the circumstance and then receive His Glory as a result of glorifying His being!

Because Jesus IS the GLORY of God, He deserves the GLORY regardless of our circumstances. I now see this as a spiritual equation. Give God Glory = Experiencing God glory. Are giving God glory and experiencing God’s glory synonymous in your life?

PONDER and WANDER:  If you choose, take time to ponder these questions: Do I seek to give God glory and experience God’s glory? Have these been a both/and in your life or an either/or? 
Soul care training exercise:  If you would like to move Giving God Glory and Experiencing God glory into a synonymous act of worship in your life, I invite you to complete the below G.L.O.R.Y. soul training exercise.

  • First, Give God glory because He deserves it regardless of your circumstance. 
  • Next,  Let His presence fill you.
  • Then, Offer your praise and worship for His Presence.
  • Now, Receive His joy, hope, peace, and compassion. 
  • Finally surrender your Yes to the process.

PRAYER: Lord of Glory, forgive me for oftentimes seeking to experience your Presence without offering you the Present of giving you glory. I desire to encounter you in my giving your glory and in your being the Glory! In your loving name I pray, Amen. 

PRAISE: Now that you have emptied your mind of the clutter and wandered with Jesus, take a closing moment to breathe in His Glory for His Presence is with you and let the work of your wandering fill you with hope.

Then take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes of wandering into the next ones and beyond.

Until next time, be Resonant.

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BONUS REFLECTION: GLORY guided meditation. If you choose click below and take five minutes to experience the GLORY guided meditation.

 

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