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A Meditation to Imagine Sharing in Christ’s Glory in 2 Thessalonians 2:14 Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave Cover
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This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to stop, relax, refocus, and re-narrate your life. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination.
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1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?”
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 NIV
13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:11-13, 17 NIV
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground… Take the helmet of salvation.”
Matthew 13:43 NIV
“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.”
Colossians 3:1-4 NIV11-GK
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. …3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Ephesians 2:5-6 NIV
“[God] made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:20-21 NIV
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.”
Romans 8:18 NIV
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
“The glory that will be revealed in us” is…
Romans 8:23-24 NIV
“…The redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.”
Ultimately “the redemption of our bodies” is…
Romans 8:29-30 NIV
“…To be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. …Those he justified, he also glorified.”
Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.
Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover
Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod
Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.
This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.
This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to stop, relax, refocus, and re-narrate your life. I’m Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God’s presence through biblically guided imagination.
If your podcast app is set to skip the silent sections, disable that in your podcast app for this podcast.
1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?”
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 NIV
13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:11-13, 17 NIV
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground… Take the helmet of salvation.”
Matthew 13:43 NIV
“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.”
Colossians 3:1-4 NIV11-GK
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. …3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Ephesians 2:5-6 NIV
“[God] made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:20-21 NIV
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.”
Romans 8:18 NIV
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
“The glory that will be revealed in us” is…
Romans 8:23-24 NIV
“…The redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.”
Ultimately “the redemption of our bodies” is…
Romans 8:29-30 NIV
“…To be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. …Those he justified, he also glorified.”
Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it.
Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover
Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod
Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack.
This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.
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