TLP 377 (COG 1): What Is The Year Long Celebration of God?

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TLP at truthloveparent .com All right, that's enough introduction my friends.

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Here. It is the celebration of God What if there were a person who every moment of every day provided everything for you?

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Your food, your shelter, your possessions, even your health What if you would die if this person wasn't carefully and consciously watching over you?

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And now what if that person consistently provided for you Even when you didn't want anything to do with him, when you were ignorant of his existence

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And even when you deliberately rejected him He cared for you just as meticulously as he does the people who zealously follow him

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Imagine the love he would have for you Wouldn't that be worth celebrating? The one true

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God of the universe has existed since eternity past in ultimate perfection He spoke the cosmos into existence for his soul honor and glory

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He moved heaven and earth to redeem mankind Even though we have nothing to offer him and he's given us everything we need for life and godliness in his word

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He deserves our worship, he deserves our adoration, he deserves our praise

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I'm your host to A .M. Brewster and this is the celebration of God We generally celebrate the most important events of our lives for one day only

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Birthdays, anniversaries, adoption days, and religious holidays galore are revisited every year for just one day

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But think with me for a minute What if something or someone were so amazing that you couldn't possibly do it justice with only one day of celebration?

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What if you needed a whole week? My dear friends from Germany celebrated their wedding over the course of a full week

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They had various parties and photo shoots and activities all dedicated to the celebration of their becoming one flesh

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However, as far as I know, they still only celebrate their anniversary over the course of one day But what if the thing you wanted to celebrate was so incredible that even after a week of celebrating it

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You just couldn't wait to do it again next year. No, that's just too far away. There's still more to laud

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There's still more to do to show your joy and admiration What would a month -long party look like?

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Think about that. No breaks. No going back to work. No other responsibilities But the continual celebration of something or someone for the entire month

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Now we have to stop here because I think we might be wondering if that were just a little bit overboard I think we have a hard time imagining something that is so worthy of a month -long celebration that it wouldn't get boring

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Seriously, how much partying can a person take? How many speeches and feasts and activities dedicated to just one person or one event can you endure before?

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Surprisingly all the fun and festivities just get to be too much And I think we feel that way because we all know there is no thing no event no person on this planet who is so Incredibly amazing that anyone would dedicate day after day to celebrate their awesomeness

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After a while, it would be strained and difficult and we would all be yearning to return back to some productive activities and normal life

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We'd be excited actually to get back to work after a while because we crave rhythm. I completely understand.

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I feel the exact same way but And I think you know where i'm going with this

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There is someone who is so incredibly infinitely and eternally majestic magnificent and marvelous that even a month -long celebration

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Wouldn't be long enough If god really is who he says he is in the bible Then it makes all the sense in the world that his followers will be able to spend all eternity

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Worshiping and celebrating him without once getting bored or running out of things to praise Still I think we need to pause again for a moment

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If you're a born -again believer, you know what i'm saying is true, but it still fries our brains to think about it

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You try to imagine worshiping god for 1 million years and then you know that's not long enough to represent eternity

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So you add another million and then another We can barely conceptualize what a billion years would even mean

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So trying to picture the fact that we could for the never -ending Span of eternity find new things to celebrate and new facets to explore and new depths to worship in our great god

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It's a little overwhelming Especially when we imagine that we absolutely will love every minute of it and we will never get bored

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We can't fathom it now. It hurts our brains Part of that's due to the fact that we're finite beings who think that living 100 years would be overwhelming

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We wonder what a couple would have left to discuss after being married for 50 years Fantasy movies about immortal beings always portray them as somber and sober and often yearning for death because there's just no more purpose left in their never -ending lives

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We're just too limited in our physical and spiritual capacities to even begin to imagine an eternity of worship and praise

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But my friends the idea that celebration is an all -or -nothing endeavor is simply not true

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Though we may not be able to perfectly conceptualize what it will mean to spend eternity with god on the new earth and celebrate him and Love him and fellowship with him and live the life he intended from the very beginning

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I do believe we can and should get a foretaste of that glory divine right here and right now

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But the second problem we face when imagining what it would look like to celebrate god for even let's say 12 hours straight

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Is the fact that though we know how awesome he is. We don't really believe it You see knowing something is just that it's possessing information and facts

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Understanding something takes that information to a new level where it really sinks in But I can know and understand something but without allowing it to change my life

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I know who santa claus is both the historical figure and the fantasy character I understand who he is and what he does and why and how but I don't live like he's real because I don't believe he's real

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And I think we christians can sometimes slip into a practical atheism where we read our bibles and pray and sing and attend church

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But then we spend the rest of our day and our week not really thinking about who god is My relationship with him and how

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I should be living in light of the fact that he's my savior and my god So those two reasons right there the fact that we're finite beings and the fact that I don't think we really believe in and love

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God the way we should those are the big reasons that imagining an eternally long celebration leaves some of us a little nonplussed

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But I hope to change that in me And I hope my family's journey can be part of the process god uses to help your family truly know and believe that he is

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God and that he's worthy of an eternity of worship and praise that will never get boring Never get old and never run out of things to celebrate

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And I believe that we will accomplish that in part by learning what it looks like to celebrate god Not just for a day or a week or even a month, but over the course of the entire year

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Yes, christmas and easter and thanksgiving will all still be there But instead of seeing them as individual events those holidays and many others will become mere slices of a much larger celebration

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But we'll also learn that sometimes celebration happens in the pomp and circumstance of activity and excitement while other celebration happens in the quiet of solitude

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God has designed celebration to flow through the natural rhythms. He's imbued in creation It's not all on celebration at christmas and then stop celebrating until easter.

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It's a new kind of celebration it ebbs and it flows I believe that if our families can start to truly understand and appreciate the year -long celebration of god

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We will all start looking forward to what an eternity of perfect worship could look like We'll stop wondering how we won't get bored and we'll start really loving god and praising him and worshiping him every day of our lives

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And I believe achieving that slice of heaven here on earth is not only going to be a really great experience But I believe it's an absolute necessity if we want our families to truly know god and glorify him

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That's right I'm saying that our families aren't going to be who god wants them to be here on this earth if we're not Participating in some version of a celebration of god

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Hey, everyone. My name is Aaron Michael Brewster I'm the president of truth love parent, which is one of the ministry arms of evermind ministries

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And this is the year -long celebration of god podcast I originally created the celebration of god as a parenting resource to help families

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Know god believe him and bask in his awesomeness so that our homes can truly be christ -honoring places

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So we and our spouse and our kids could achieve our full potential in god Of course, if you don't have a spouse or kids this podcast is still definitely for you

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All christians regardless of their age or nationality or family status should participate in celebrating god

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However as a unique tool for the family I believe christian parents will find the celebration of god to be instrumental in capturing their kids hearts

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Teaching them about god and training them to walk with him every day of their lives Over the next few episodes

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I hope to unpack for you what the year -long celebration of god is how it works and why it's absolutely

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Vital for us and our families and then i'm so excited to be able to actually step you through the entire year -long celebration

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That's right I plan to walk hand in hand or maybe just voice and ear with you as your family experiences the celebration firsthand

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And then just as gift giving becomes more meaningful as the giver matures and better understands the person to whom they're giving a gift

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Every year we have a new opportunity to make our family celebration of god even better and more grand and more

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Impactful and more glorious than the year before to deepen the rhythms to bask in the significance

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I hope you'll join us for each show and take what you've learned and teach it to your family In fact, I encourage you to listen to these episodes along with your family

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The totality of our content is all about celebration. So, you know, it's a topic that's exciting and encouraging and something toward which you can

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Look forward every week Now given the nature of the subject content. This can't really be a once or twice a week podcast

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Sometimes it will be once or twice a week But there may also be times that an episode posts every day of the week in preparation or observance of a specific slice of the year -long celebration

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Now don't worry the more episodes that post in a week the shorter they will be And though you may be wondering why the show will post so sporadically

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I'm going to have to leave you in some suspense and explain that more later So when it comes to learning this material for yourself and then perhaps teaching it to your family

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In addition to the podcasts However often they're going to post you can go to celebrationofgod .com

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or celebrationofgod .org for more resources Of course, if you're joining us during our first year -long celebration starting in 2020

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There won't be that many resources there yet But those resources will grow as we progress through 2020 and into the future

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Which means that if you're just joining us sometime after 2020 There should be plenty of amazing resources for you at celebrationofgod .org

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or .com Some of the things you can expect to find at celebrationofgod .com right away is a calendar with the various events and special days already recorded

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Some of them you'll recognize some of them you won't and some of them you may even wonder why they're there

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Trust me, it will all make sense as we move through the year together And you'll also find episode notes for each podcast

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Those notes will be a valuable resource as you teach your children how to celebrate god all year long Or you just want to work back through the material yourself.

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So I hope you'll take advantage of them I am so incredibly excited about this I've been working on this for years studying it and researching and implementing and speaking on it

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And i'm extremely happy to finally be walking through this with you Of course, I must admit that it's not all finalized and completed picture perfect with a little bow on it

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I believe the year -long celebration of god will continue to grow and mature and change every year from now to eternity as we learn

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To better know and believe god So gather your family invite your friends and get excited as we embark on a year -long celebration of the most amazing person in the entire universe

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One way to get others involved is simply by sharing this episode on your favorite social media outlets So christians all over the world can get in on the party

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God is so awesome. So a celebration better be awesome, too And I hope you're excited about that.

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So join me next time as we learn that god himself invented celebrations. That's right He's the king of parties and feasts and I think that when we understand how much god loves celebrating

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We'll get even more excited about what it means to truly celebrate him in a way that he loves If you want to know god better celebrate him more and help the ones you love to do the same

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Subscribe to this podcast and visit celebrationofgod .com to learn more about this dynamic discipleship resource

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And remember the celebration of god is a listener supported ministry Truth love

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Parents is part of the evermind ministries family and is dedicated to helping you become an intentional