
A 2022 Daily Thunder Series
Presented by Nathan Johnson

Soul Drift
Discover Your Heart's Greatest Longing
Idolatry is a central theme in Scripture; yet most of us presume that because we don't bow at the altar of a statue that we are idol-free. The truth is, all of us need God to reveal our heart's greatest longing and for Him to give us clean hands and a pure heart. In this powerful series, Nathan Johnson explores the biblical concepts of idols, altars, and our need to forsake all substitutes to pursue God alone.
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Part 1: Soul Drift and Broken Cisterns
In this introduction to his new series, Nathan Johnson talks about the heart behind “Soul Drift” and our need to repent of our broken cisterns to embrace the fountain of living waters.
Part 2: Clean Hands and a Pure Heart
God has chosen you before He spoke creation into existence that you might be holy and blameless before Him. This call to holiness is not something we add to our lives, rather it is to define every action, thought, and word we speak. In this study, we examine Psalm 24:4 and what it means to live with clean hands a pure heart in this dark and polluted world.
Part 3: Do You have Ears to Hear?
Idols and those who worship them are called blind and deaf throughout the Bible. They don’t have eyes to see nor ears to hear.
In this message, we begin to examine the great “Shema” of Deuteronomy 6:4-5. In the Shema, we are told to love God with all we are and all we have. As we begin this mini-series amidst our series on idols, we look at what it means to listen (“shema”) and ask if we truly have ears to hear.
Part 4: An Exclusive Relationship
God has called us into an exclusive relationship with Himself—and thus we are not to entertain other “gods” or “lovers” in our lives. As we continue to look at the Shema in Deuteronomy 6, Nathan Johnson talks about the importance of God’s call to exclusivity and three benefits we experience when Yahweh alone is our God.
Part 5: Three Dimensions of Loving the Lord Your God
After reminding the Israelites that Yahweh alone is their God, Moses declared that they should love their God with all their heart, soul, and might. But what does it mean to truly love God? In this message, Nathan Johnson explains the Hebrew concept of love and gives three dimensions of love that need to be in our lives toward our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Part 6: You Become What You Love
Humans are imaging creatures and we will either reflect our Creator or something in His creation. But even more than reflecting, we will slowly drift and become the thing we love most. In this message, Nathan Johnson further explores the command to love God with everything, and how in doing so, we become more Christlike and unlike the world around us.