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You make known to me the path of life in your presence

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There is fullness of joy and at your right hand are

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pleasures forevermore Psalm

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1611 I

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Know my husband's voice when he calls and says hello

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I don't have to look at a caller ID and ask Bruce. Is that really you because after years of relationship?

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I recognize him immediately and not because I've read a lot about him or I've had people tell me what he's like

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but because I know him through conversations through experiences through being together and

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I think about this in terms of my relationship with God often

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I've sought to know more about God through intellectual study instead of seeking to know him more through relationship

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Looking back I can honestly say some of my biggest

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deepest pits of despair were when I had to face hard circumstances without a

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Revelation of who God really is without knowing his nature his character his voice

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We don't expect our human relationships to flourish through head knowledge alone. So why would we treat our relationship with God like that? I

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Could tell you so much about God all day long and I love doing that

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I love telling people about him, but if you never experience him for yourself

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You're probably gonna forget what I say when the accuser comes to lie to you about who God is

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so today

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Before you seek to figure something out about who God is

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I want to encourage you to first simply ask him to make you aware of his presence

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Because his never leaving never forsaking presence is the starting line for everything