WEBVTT 00:04.370 --> 00:06.991 [SPEAKER_01]: in the middle of our week on transformation. 00:07.631 --> 00:13.714 [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to take time today to discover how God belongs to transform us through experience. 00:14.855 --> 00:18.676 [SPEAKER_01]: Every experience we have in life shapes us in some way. 00:19.477 --> 00:21.738 [SPEAKER_01]: An experiencing God is no different. 00:22.538 --> 00:31.022 [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. 00:32.089 --> 00:38.312 [SPEAKER_01]: May God stir up our faith and our passion to be transformed in His presence right now. 00:39.132 --> 00:41.193 [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast. 01:10.938 --> 01:30.669 [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. 01:31.790 --> 01:34.992 [SPEAKER_01]: For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit, 01:38.330 --> 01:43.234 [SPEAKER_01]: No Christian practice can take the place of experiencing God. 01:44.395 --> 01:53.362 [SPEAKER_01]: It's inexperience in God that we begin to live in response to the unconditional unfathomable depths of God's love. 01:54.583 --> 02:00.868 [SPEAKER_01]: It's an experiencing God that we learn to discern and trust is perfect pleasing will. 02:02.154 --> 02:10.140 [SPEAKER_01]: And it's inexperienced in God that our hearts are transformed into powerful reflections of his wonderful character. 02:11.982 --> 02:25.552 [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. 02:26.473 --> 02:29.515 [SPEAKER_01]: For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. 02:32.165 --> 02:35.806 [SPEAKER_01]: When we see God face to face, everything changes. 02:36.806 --> 02:39.347 [SPEAKER_01]: You can't see God and stay the same. 02:40.708 --> 02:44.049 [SPEAKER_01]: Encountering Him always requires something from us. 02:45.209 --> 02:50.151 [SPEAKER_01]: Experiencing His holiness always calls us to be holy as He is holy. 02:50.911 --> 02:56.513 [SPEAKER_01]: Experiencing His love always calls us to love, because He has first loved us. 02:57.687 --> 03:07.423 [SPEAKER_01]: and experiencing his heart for transformation, always calls us to surrender our lives to Him as a living sacrifice, holy, and pleasing. 03:09.502 --> 03:18.828 [SPEAKER_01]: In Isaiah 6, verses 1 through 6, Isaiah's encounter with the living God speaks to the truth of transformation through experience. 03:19.848 --> 03:31.095 [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. 03:31.755 --> 03:34.297 [SPEAKER_01]: The whole earth is full of His glory. 03:35.675 --> 03:47.783 [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. 03:48.564 --> 03:52.507 [SPEAKER_01]: For my eyes have seen the king, the Lord of hosts. 03:54.568 --> 04:05.759 [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. 04:06.440 --> 04:11.184 [SPEAKER_01]: Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned form. 04:13.146 --> 04:16.810 [SPEAKER_01]: Isaiah was transformed through experiencing God. 04:18.524 --> 04:24.868 [SPEAKER_01]: If you want your life to be transformed, you must set out to seek the face of God. 04:26.029 --> 04:29.732 [SPEAKER_01]: You must respond daily to His invitation to meet together. 04:30.833 --> 04:41.060 [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. 04:42.352 --> 04:51.714 [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. 04:53.394 --> 04:59.196 [SPEAKER_01]: May you behold the glory of the Lord today, as you enter into a time of guided prayer. 05:27.040 --> 05:33.662 [SPEAKER_01]: as we begin, meditate on the transformation that takes place in experiencing God. 05:33.682 --> 05:50.208 [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. 06:39.292 --> 06:39.752 [SPEAKER_01]: and next. 06:40.913 --> 06:43.956 [SPEAKER_01]: Turn your heart to God and seek His face. 06:45.357 --> 06:52.343 [SPEAKER_01]: Have faith that when you set aside time to experience God, He will manifest His presence to you. 06:53.304 --> 06:55.345 [SPEAKER_01]: His presence is His promise. 06:56.847 --> 07:01.791 [SPEAKER_01]: Psalm 27 verse 8 says, You have said, seek my face. 07:02.852 --> 07:05.574 [SPEAKER_01]: My heart says to you, Your face Lord, 07:46.944 --> 07:51.327 [SPEAKER_01]: and last, rest in the presence of your loving father. 07:52.769 --> 08:03.657 [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. 08:05.381 --> 08:17.119 [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. 09:02.138 --> 09:06.400 [SPEAKER_01]: So great is God's love for you that He longs to meet with you. 09:07.721 --> 09:13.624 [SPEAKER_01]: In Revelation 320, God says, behold, I stand at the door and knock. 09:14.705 --> 09:22.789 [SPEAKER_01]: If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him and he with me. 09:25.790 --> 09:28.592 [SPEAKER_01]: God is already knocking on the door of your heart. 09:29.970 --> 09:34.453 [SPEAKER_01]: You don't have to wonder if he will meet with you when you open your heart to him. 09:35.833 --> 09:37.935 [SPEAKER_01]: Revelation 320 is his promise. 09:39.135 --> 09:42.497 [SPEAKER_01]: He longs for you to encounter him more than you do. 09:43.838 --> 09:47.480 [SPEAKER_01]: He wants to be known by you more than you want to know him. 09:49.401 --> 09:55.245 [SPEAKER_01]: Have faith in the goodness of your God and live a lifestyle of encounter. 09:56.757 --> 10:02.999 [SPEAKER_01]: May your life be transformed by a revelation of God's unfailing love and presence. 10:20.348 --> 10:25.251 [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for listening to today's podcast on transformation through experience. 10:25.852 --> 10:27.653 [SPEAKER_01]: I'm Josh Miller with verse 15. 10:28.614 --> 10:37.179 [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. 10:37.860 --> 10:45.585 [SPEAKER_01]: And as you do, take those experiences to God and allow him to bring his wisdom and understanding into your life. 10:46.812 --> 10:52.339 [SPEAKER_01]: If today's devotional was meaningful for you, consider sharing your experience with someone else by writing a review. 10:53.120 --> 10:59.128 [SPEAKER_01]: And subscribe and rate the show if God is using this space for his presence in your life in beneficial ways. 11:00.130 --> 11:04.135 [SPEAKER_01]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you see Kim.