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City of Light Church
Sermon Notes: 7.19.2026 Still With You
Speaker: Diana Williams
Locations & Times
City of Light Church
6725 W Burleigh St, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
THE BIG IDEA
The God who knows everything about you still chooses to stay with you. His presence is not meant to make you afraid, it is meant to remind you that you are never alone.
The God who knows everything about you still chooses to stay with you. His presence is not meant to make you afraid, it is meant to remind you that you are never alone.
• You cannot hide from God’s presence.
• God knows you completely and still chooses you.
• His presence is your refuge, not your exposure.
• God knows you completely and still chooses you.
• His presence is your refuge, not your exposure.
Teaching
Historical & Cultural Context
1. There is no place outside God’s presence.
2. God Knows You Completely and Chooses You Anyway
Teaching
Hebrew Word Study
The Hebrew word chaqar means: To investigate thoroughly.
The Hebrew word chaqar means: To investigate thoroughly.
3. His Presence Is Our Refuge, Not Our Exposure
Teaching
The Gospel
The Shekhinah Presence
The Hebrew word Shakan means “to dwell.”
The Hebrew word Shakan means “to dwell.”
Application
CONCLUSION
KEY TAKEAWAYS
• You cannot outrun a God who is already where you’re running.
• God knows everything about you and still chooses relationship with you.
• His presence is not surveillance, it is protection.
• God doesn’t expose you to shame you; He exposes you to heal you.
• The God who searched you is the same God who saved you.
• You are fully known, fully loved, and never alone.
• You cannot outrun a God who is already where you’re running.
• God knows everything about you and still chooses relationship with you.
• His presence is not surveillance, it is protection.
• God doesn’t expose you to shame you; He exposes you to heal you.
• The God who searched you is the same God who saved you.
• You are fully known, fully loved, and never alone.
APPLICATION & DISCUSSION
→ What area of your life have you been trying to hide from God?
What would it look like to stop hiding and bring that area completely into His presence?
→ Psalm 139 ends with, “I awake, and I am still with You.”
What would change in your life if every morning you started with the awareness that God is already with you before checking your phone, your calendar, or your responsibilities?
→ What area of your life have you been trying to hide from God?
What would it look like to stop hiding and bring that area completely into His presence?
→ Psalm 139 ends with, “I awake, and I am still with You.”
What would change in your life if every morning you started with the awareness that God is already with you before checking your phone, your calendar, or your responsibilities?