A “Quiet Time” To See God’s Goodness and Love | Psalm 118

The New Testament tells us that “https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%204%3A4-6&version=NIV (the god of this age)” casts a kind of spell on our minds and hearts to keep us from seeing God’s glory. One way he does it is by constantly filling our lives with cultural distractions. An incessant stream of noise to keep us from being able to contemplate spiritual reality. This episode will help you create some “quiet time” so you can https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%203%3A14-18&version=NIV (contemplate God’s glory) in his goodness and steadfast love for you, so that the Holy Spirit can transform your life more and more. 2 Corinthians 3:14–18 NIV 14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 4:3–6 NIV 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. Psalm 118:1–4 ESV 1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!  2 Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”  3 Let the house of Aaro