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Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 10 a.m.

This is our final episode in our much-beloved series, God's Glory, our delight! What a journey! Our conclusion today calls us to step from darkness to glory. Stephanie spends a moment reminiscing on the journey we have undertaken together. Over the 12 episodes of this series, we have sought to create a new perspective through which to view the world, our life, our circumstances, our choices, and our identity \u2013by learning to see God as He is.

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We have wondered, How can I delight in God\u2019s glory in\u2026

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-\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 My identity

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-\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 My choices + behaviors + thoughts = ever deepening work of the Cross in me

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-\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 My circumstances \u2013 past, present, future.

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-\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 My relationship with God

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-\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Others

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We've looked at understanding what keeps us from delighting in God\u2019s glory - misunderstandings about...

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-\xa0 who He is

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-\xa0 His heart for us

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-\xa0 the depth of our sin nature and ability to overcome and our need for Him

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-\xa0 His utter ability to save us from ourselves and give us His resurrection power.

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-\xa0 who we truly are in His sight

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-\xa0 what glory is, and what delight is

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-\xa0 what humility is

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We've pondered our lack of beholding the perspective of heaven, through\xa0His eternal purpose in creating us and our eternal glorified state (in body, soul, spirit). We've started on the path to step into His ultimate purpose for our life \u2013 delight in His glory. We've studied practical habits of growth in Christlikeness, individually (with a focus on humility as meekness; dependence on Him; correct beholding of Reality/Truth; love), delight through individual spiritual disciplines of Bible intake, prayer/fasting, journaling, worship) and corporately (church, mentoring, love).

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We've tried to approach a definition of the glory of God \u2013 who He is, and who we are. He says, " I am, and there is no other." So we are called to choose: His glory, or mine?

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What a journey! So today we are pondering: How can I be different because I delight in His glory? How delighting in His glory changes me?

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Today's verses: "Now the Lord is the Spirit,\xa0and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.\xa0And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord\u2019s glory,\xa0are being transformed into his image\xa0with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." (2Corinthians 3:17-18)

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GOD'S GLORY, OUR DELIGHT | THE GOSPEL SPICE SERIES

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Delighting in the glory of God. Does this concept strike you as reserved for spiritual contemplatives? What if, instead, it proved the highly practical, deeply foundational perspective you need right now?

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Why does God\u2019s glory even matter in our day and age? How can we learn from Jesus to make His glory our true North and lifelong quest? What keeps us from fully stepping into this God-ordained purpose for our life? How do we kindle delight for God on a daily basis? And, once we have embraced God\u2019s glory as our heart\u2019s true delight, how can we then come alongside others?

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Join us to cultivate a sincere delight for God\u2019s glory, rooted in an honest, hard look at the depth of our need, and in the much deeper Reality of His grace. Trace the glory of God through Scripture and in your own life. Behold the exact radiance of God\u2019s glory, revealed in Jesus. Learn to see yourself as Christ does\u2014through the lens of the Father\u2019s love at the cross. Jesus offers to overwhelm our deadly self-centeredness with His resurrection power. He carries us every step of the way, even as He calls us to true humility on the path to glory.

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Who has time to cultivate the delight that comes from pondering the glory of God? And yet, nothing could be more urgent today. Marthas and Marys, Peters and Johns\u2014we are all invited to dare to dream of a lifestyle of God-centered delight. Nothing could be more practical.

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