The Honeymoon That Never Ends

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

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Joy, Unknown, Devotional, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Daily Devotional, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Solid Joys, Jesus, John Piper

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

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With God the honeymoon never ends. He is infinite in power and wisdom and creativity so that there will be no boredom for the next trillion ages of millenniums.

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0:00.0	June 15, the honeymoon that never ends.
0:04.9	As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you, Isaiah 62-5.
0:13.5	When God does good to his people, it is not so much like a reluctant judge showing kindness
0:19.2	to a criminal he finds despicable, it is like a bridegroom showing affection to his bride.
0:26.6	Sometimes we joke and say about a marriage, the honeymoon is over, but that's because
0:31.2	we are finite.
0:33.4	We can't sustain a honeymoon level of intensity and affection, but God says that his joy over
0:41.6	his people is like a bridegroom over a bride, and he doesn't mean it starts out that way
0:47.9	and then fades.
0:49.8	He is talking about honeymoon intensity and honeymoon pleasures and honeymoon, energy and excitement
0:58.3	and enthusiasm and enjoyment, he is trying to get into our hearts what he means when he
1:05.2	says he rejoices over us with all his heart.
1:09.7	Jeremiah 32-41, I will rejoice in doing them good, I will plant them in this land in faithfulness
1:18.2	with all my heart and with all my soul.
1:23.1	Zephania 3-17, the Lord your God is in your midst a mighty one who will save.
1:30.1	He will rejoice over you with gladness, he will quiet you by his love, he will exalt
1:36.4	over you with loud singing, with God the honeymoon never ends.
1:44.4	He is infinite in power and wisdom and creativity so that there will be no boredom for the next
1:54.2	trillion ages of millenniums.

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