Faith in word and deed | God's glory, our delight

<p>Welcome back to our Gospel Spice fall 2022 series, God's glory our delight! We took a break from this theme over the summer with our "summer inspirations" but this is officially our "back to school" episode as we dive back into our favorite series to date. </p> <p><u><strong><a href="https://www.podcastics.com/manager/podcast/38/series/1317/" rel="" target="_blank">"God's glory, our delight" </a></strong></u>is Stephanie's personal motto. In the spring, with <a href="https://www.podcastics.com/manager/podcast/38/series/1317/" rel="" target="_blank">episodes 146 through to 155</a>, we entered into the deep waters of defining the glory of God and the quest of our hearts. Now with the second half of the series, we are going to the more practical side of delight. Stephanie invites us to ponder two illustrations to help us wrap our minds around the scope of our ambition to make the glory of God the delight of our heart. She quotes one of her favorite authors and theologians, Andrew Murray: <em>“Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.”</em></p> <p>Stephanie says, "<span style="color:#16a085;"><strong><em>The Christian life is about growing in our experience of what we know to be true</em></strong></span>." She adds, "<span style="color:#16a085;"><em><strong>The glory IS there, and it IS real, and it IS delightful.</strong></em></span>" She brings us back to Andrew Murray: <em>“Faith is the organ or sense for the perception and apprehension of the heavenly world and its blessings.”</em> Finally, she invites us to wonder: "<span style="color:#16a085;"><em><strong>how can we live a life that is the practical application of this objective reality?</strong></em></span>"</p> <p>Let's be practical...</p> <p>- Reminder – there are listening guides for each episode. They allow you to follow with pen and paper, or with your phone to take notes from the app. These listening guides are part of the workbook you can download for free as a member.</p> <p>- Today and each GGOD episode has a l