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January 4th, 2026 | Encounter | Hosea 10
What does it really mean to encounter God—not just know about Him, but experience His presence as a lived reality?
In this first message from the Encounter series, Pastor Matt Darby invites us into a deeper understanding of how God moves toward His people and how we respond to experience Him personally. Drawing from Hosea 10, Pastor Matt reminds us that encounters with God don’t happen by accident—they happen when hungry hearts meet a willing God.
Through Scripture, illustration, and pastoral insight, this teaching explores three ways we prepare our hearts for an encounter with the presence of God: sowing righteousness, breaking up the fallow ground of spiritual drift and hardness, and intentionally seeking the Lord. This message confronts subtle cynicism, self-reliance, and spiritual neglect, while offering hope that God is near, ready, and eager to be found.
If you’ve ever felt weary, disappointed, spiritually dry, or hungry for more of God, this message is a call back to simple faith, renewed hunger, and joyful pursuit—trusting that when we seek the Lord, He will come and rain righteousness upon us.
Do you know JESUS? https://www.nbgilmer.org/do-you-know-jesus
Need PRAYER? https://www.nbgilmer.org/pray
Support through GIVING: https://www.nbbctx.org/giving
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January 4th, 2026 | Encounter | Hosea 10
What does it really mean to encounter God—not just know about Him, but experience His presence as a lived reality?
In this first message from the Encounter series, Pastor Matt Darby invites us into a deeper understanding of how God moves toward His people and how we respond to experience Him personally. Drawing from Hosea 10, Pastor Matt reminds us that encounters with God don’t happen by accident—they happen when hungry hearts meet a willing God.
Through Scripture, illustration, and pastoral insight, this teaching explores three ways we prepare our hearts for an encounter with the presence of God: sowing righteousness, breaking up the fallow ground of spiritual drift and hardness, and intentionally seeking the Lord. This message confronts subtle cynicism, self-reliance, and spiritual neglect, while offering hope that God is near, ready, and eager to be found.
If you’ve ever felt weary, disappointed, spiritually dry, or hungry for more of God, this message is a call back to simple faith, renewed hunger, and joyful pursuit—trusting that when we seek the Lord, He will come and rain righteousness upon us.
Do you know JESUS? https://www.nbgilmer.org/do-you-know-jesus
Need PRAYER? https://www.nbgilmer.org/pray
Support through GIVING: https://www.nbbctx.org/giving

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