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It i s G o d ’ s p romi se to yo u t hat as you c ont inue to A dven t u re T oget h er
L et ’ s rea d t h rou gh P s a l m 1 9 : 1 - 4
a n d seek h i s wi sd om in yo ur r e lat io ns hip, He wil l revea l h im self t o y ou in bea u t i fu l way s. Cozy up and dive int o what G od h a s in st ore for y ou t h r o u g h some h on est dis c us s io n, r e f le ct ion and pra y er. - Be su r e to h ave your bible handy. If yo u do n’t h a ve a c c ess t o on e, c h ec k o u t th e B i b l e Ga teway app available o n your App le or A n droid devic e.
“ 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” If c re ati o n i s so m agn ificen t, h ow magn ificen t mu st God be? If life is
H a v e y o u ev er b een out in t he middle of no whe r e, su rrou n ded by n ot h in g
so i ntri c ate , ho w in tricate mu st ou r creator be? If n igh t after n igh t th e
b u t n a tu re an d th ou g ht “G o d was he r e ” … This m a y sou n d silly bu t it ’ s
he ave ns re ve al bu t a glimpse of h is kn ow ledge, h ow kn ow ledgeable
t h e sa m e i d ea as carving your init ials in a t r e e , p u t t in g a loc k on t h e
must he re al l y be ?
lov e br i d ge or l ea vi n g yo ur g um on t he g um wall (if y ou ’ ve ever been t o S e a ttl e) . You fi n d p l ac e s all o ve r t he wo r ld t hat are piled h igh w it h t ra c es o f p e o p l e a n d th ei r st or ie s of “be ing he r e ”. We ll w h a t a bou t w h en y ou f i n d y o u rsel f some p lace and all yo u can s e e in every direc t ion a re flow ers
Pause here and take a
minute to admire God’s beauty.
g r o w i n g , mou n tai n s i n t he dis t anc e , maybe a be a u t ifu l st a r filled sk y . N o o n e i s arou n d ; n ob ody has made t he ir mar k, le f t t h eir in it ia ls, bu t G OD
B ri ng yo ur di sc ussion gu ide alon g w ith y ou as y ou fin d a qu iet place
W A S H E RE . Ta ke a mi nut e t o r e c all t he las t t ime t h a t y ou w ere t ot a lly
o utsi de unde r the stars. Take some time (silen tly or alou d togeth er) to
u n p l u g ged ; wh en God had t he oppo r t unit y t o f ill a ll of y ou r sen ses, ju st
thank Go d f o r thi s momen t an d w h en y ou are ready , read back th rou gh
y o u a n d H i m, n ob od y e ls e .
Psal m 19:1-4 sl o wly .
T h er e i s someth i n g so po we r f ul about loo king out over t h e va st expa n se of
No ti c e ho w qui e t t h e n igh t can be. As y ou focu s in on on e sin gle star,
t h e sk y a n d kn owi n g that it was G od br e at he d. He h a s orc h est ra t ed every
re c o gni z e i ts magn ificen ce an d imagin e its in tricacies. N otice h ow
sta r r y ni gh t th at you have e ve r e njo ye d. He cr e a t ed t h is m a jest ic displa y
so me thi ng so small an d so far aw ay is sh ou tin g ou t a declaration of
sp e c i f i c al l y for y ou r e njoyme nt and his g lo r y. We a re w orsh ipin g ou r
Go d’ s gl o ry and i s speakin g to y ou r spirit.Th e creator an d su stain er of
c r ea to r wh en we take t ime t o s imply e njo y his crea t ion !
the uni ve rse spe a ks in ten tly w h en y ou take th e time to listen to h im, and l i ste ns i nte ntly w h en y ou speak. En joy a few min u tes togeth er
D o you en joy spendi ng ti me wi th God i n natur e ? Wh e r e do y o u l i k e to
l i ste ni ng and spe akin g w ith y ou r creator. If y ou are n ot su re w h ere to
ad v e n ture t og et her ?
start, pray the se w ords:
Is a a c N e wton wa s u n dis put e dly o ne of t he g r e at est sc ien t ific min ds of a ll
Father, thank You for allowing us to enjoy the beauty of all that Your hand has created. The highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to You. We are blessed to be the recipients of all the beauty that surrounds us and testifies of Your awesome glory. We thank You tonight for meeting us here and we pray that you would remind us to give all the glory to You as we continue to adventure together...
t i m e . H e d ed i ca ted h is lif e t o s cie nt if ic dis cove r y a n d h e h a d t h is t o sa y a bo u t G od ’ s crea ti on . “I mus t conf e s s t o a f e e ling of profou n d h u milit y in th e presen ce of a unive r s e whic h t r ans ce nds us a t a lm ost every poin t . I f eel l i ke a ch i l d wh o while playing by t he s e as h ore h a s fou n d a few b r i g h t c ol ored sh el l s and a f e w pe bble s while t h e w h ole va st oc ea n of t r u th s tr etch es ou t almo s t unt o uche d and unr uffled before m y ea ger f i n g e r s .” W e see b u t a g limps e of his be aut y and it c a n be a t ru ly h u mblin g ex p e r i e nce wh en we r e alize jus t how big o ur G od rea lly is.