WEBVTT 00:04.790 --> 00:09.134 [SPEAKER_00]: as we begin to wrap up our week on Jesus High Priestly Prayer. 00:09.875 --> 00:13.738 [SPEAKER_00]: Today we look at what it means to reflect God's glory. 00:14.739 --> 00:17.362 [SPEAKER_00]: How could man ever look like God? 00:18.303 --> 00:22.927 [SPEAKER_00]: In our broken fallen state, can we ever reflect His glory? 00:23.928 --> 00:33.497 [SPEAKER_00]: Let's find out as we explore God's heart and intention behind filling us with His Holy Spirit 00:34.118 --> 00:41.229 [SPEAKER_00]: May your heart and mind be open to God's truth and will for your life today as we seek him together. 00:42.211 --> 00:55.992 [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast. 01:12.374 --> 01:17.756 [SPEAKER_00]: Our scripture for today comes from John 17 vs. 22 through 24. 01:18.841 --> 01:19.684 [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says. 01:21.132 --> 01:28.782 [SPEAKER_00]: The glory that you have given me, I have given to them, that they may be one, even as we are one. 01:29.823 --> 01:42.499 [SPEAKER_00]: I, in them, and you, in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you set me, and love them, even as you loved me. 01:42.479 --> 01:57.314 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 01:59.456 --> 02:08.605 [SPEAKER_00]: As disciples of Jesus, we are being fashioned into His likeness, that we might be reflections of His glory. 02:09.901 --> 02:23.096 [SPEAKER_00]: Jesus' praise in John 1722 through 24, the glory that you have given me, I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one. 02:24.158 --> 02:36.432 [SPEAKER_00]: I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them, even as you loved me. 02:37.660 --> 02:51.408 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me, maybe with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 02:54.835 --> 02:57.120 [SPEAKER_00]: Through the power of Christ's death. 02:57.421 --> 03:07.015 [SPEAKER_00]: We are now filled with His very spirit, who is working constantly to fashion us into Christians in the truest sense of the word. 03:08.237 --> 03:12.283 [SPEAKER_00]: To be a Christian is literally to be a little Christ. 03:13.706 --> 03:19.294 [SPEAKER_00]: We are meant to be marked by similarity to the one whom we serve and love. 03:20.354 --> 03:23.058 [SPEAKER_00]: our lives are to be filled with His love. 03:24.279 --> 03:32.350 [SPEAKER_00]: Our minds are to be transformed by His words, and our hearts are to be devoted to serving Him alone. 03:33.552 --> 03:48.792 [SPEAKER_00]: 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. 03:49.278 --> 03:52.862 [SPEAKER_00]: for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. 03:54.624 --> 03:59.430 [SPEAKER_00]: Through the death of Jesus, we can come before God with unveiled face. 04:00.772 --> 04:11.725 [SPEAKER_00]: Jesus came to declare the truth about who our Father is and to clear the path to restore intimacy between humanity and our Creator. 04:12.768 --> 04:19.758 [SPEAKER_00]: And as we devote our lives to seeking the face of our Heavenly Father, we will naturally become like Him. 04:21.481 --> 04:30.594 [SPEAKER_00]: God's desire is that we would live with the same freedom, intimacy, power, authority, and good works as Jesus. 04:32.156 --> 04:38.826 [SPEAKER_00]: He sent His Son to die that we might be clothed from the inside out 04:39.413 --> 04:44.143 [SPEAKER_00]: thereby affording us a new life, nature, and identity. 04:45.906 --> 04:49.093 [SPEAKER_00]: You are not the person you were before salvation. 04:50.556 --> 04:59.835 [SPEAKER_00]: When you were filled with the spirit of God, you were filled with the very glory of God, the image of Christ engraved upon your heart. 05:01.317 --> 05:11.392 [SPEAKER_00]: and while this concept of becoming like Christ often sounds heady and theological, it couldn't be of greater practical importance. 05:12.674 --> 05:19.845 [SPEAKER_00]: It couldn't be more vital for us to believe and pursue the life given to us by the grace of God. 05:21.488 --> 05:28.438 [SPEAKER_00]: Being transformed into the image of Jesus has powerful and practical implications for you and me. 05:29.279 --> 05:38.369 [SPEAKER_00]: When you spend time with the Father, He desires to love you with the love He has shown Christ, a tangible and transformational love. 05:39.891 --> 05:44.275 [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to set you free from the bonds of worldliness and sin. 05:45.577 --> 05:55.067 [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to empower you and leads you to a life of purpose, miracles, and good works, filled with the love of God Himself. 05:56.144 --> 06:02.434 [SPEAKER_00]: and he longs to lead you to a destiny laid before you since the foundation of the world. 06:04.417 --> 06:06.740 [SPEAKER_00]: Take time to seek the face of God today. 06:07.902 --> 06:16.616 [SPEAKER_00]: Come before Him with unveiled face and allow Him to reveal to you the imprint of Christ upon your heart. 06:16.636 --> 06:21.223 [SPEAKER_00]: Allow the Spirit to show you the purpose for which you were created. 06:22.047 --> 06:32.239 [SPEAKER_00]: and receive the love of God that has the power to transform you into the very image of Jesus Christ, your Lord and example. 06:34.061 --> 06:46.536 [SPEAKER_00]: Open your heart as you enter guided prayer. 07:12.335 --> 07:13.176 [SPEAKER_00]: as we begin. 07:13.216 --> 07:25.608 [SPEAKER_00]: Meditate on God's glory, given to you at salvation, reflect on the importance and availability of living like Jesus. 07:27.610 --> 07:32.756 [SPEAKER_00]: Galatians 220 says, I have been crucified with Christ. 07:33.937 --> 07:39.102 [SPEAKER_00]: It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. 07:39.672 --> 07:48.248 [SPEAKER_00]: In the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 08:31.850 --> 08:32.451 [SPEAKER_00]: next. 08:33.772 --> 08:36.636 [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you a fresh. 08:38.078 --> 08:43.445 [SPEAKER_00]: Ask him to engrave upon your heart the love and image of Christ in new ways. 08:44.947 --> 08:51.175 [SPEAKER_00]: Ask him to guide you into a direct encounter with Jesus that you might know him personally. 08:52.775 --> 09:02.683 [SPEAKER_00]: Ephesians 5 vs 18 says, and do not get drunk with wine for that is dissipation, but be filled with the spirit. 09:39.080 --> 09:59.602 [SPEAKER_00]: And last, spend time allowing God to transform you, love you, and set you free. 10:01.163 --> 10:04.547 [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Lord what in your life isn't like Jesus. 10:05.742 --> 10:11.289 [SPEAKER_00]: As he reveals thin in your life, confess it, in turn to Jesus as your model. 10:12.631 --> 10:15.034 [SPEAKER_00]: Seek out a life like his today. 10:16.977 --> 10:30.855 [SPEAKER_00]: First Peter, two 21 says, for to this you have been called because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow in His steps. 11:14.137 --> 11:21.025 [SPEAKER_00]: that death of Christ has more powerful implications than you or I will ever know this side of heaven. 11:22.467 --> 11:28.834 [SPEAKER_00]: God has truly paved the way for us to live a life of incredible abundance. 11:28.854 --> 11:33.460 [SPEAKER_00]: He offers us a life greater than we will find in anything of the world. 11:35.082 --> 11:40.228 [SPEAKER_00]: May you pursue all the wealth of relationship available to you by the blood of Jesus. 11:41.440 --> 11:45.132 [SPEAKER_00]: may he be transformed into his reflection on the earth. 11:46.235 --> 11:51.231 [SPEAKER_00]: And may others come to know him by the depth of his love in you. 12:21.063 --> 12:24.227 [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much for listening to today's podcast. 12:24.247 --> 12:26.050 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with First of Team. 12:27.011 --> 12:31.117 [SPEAKER_00]: I hope that today you caught a glimpse of the glory of God in yourself. 12:32.098 --> 12:34.101 [SPEAKER_00]: You are made in his image. 12:34.802 --> 12:36.224 [SPEAKER_00]: You are his child. 12:37.186 --> 12:42.773 [SPEAKER_00]: May a sense of his glory in you fill you with courage, confidence, and joy today. 12:43.755 --> 12:48.201 [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you see Kim.