A Constant Companion
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 8 April 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re wrapping up our week-long series of stirring up our affections for God by looking at what it means to have friendship with the Holy Spirit. The nearness of God’s Spirit, the reality of his voice and leadership, is our deepest connection to God on this earth. And like any other relationship, any other connection, it takes time to develop a true friendship with the Spirit. So today we’re embarking on a journey with one simple goal in mind: growing a little bit closer to the Spirit in friendship. May God guide us and empower us today, and reveal himself in a fresh way.
Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 8:26-27, and today's worship is Abide by Dwell Songs feat. Aaron Williams.
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As believers, we want a real connection with God every day, not just on Sunday. We want the peace and passion that comes from living with God, not for God. But when Monday morning rolls around we’re left thinking:
“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
At First15, we know that meaningful worship isn’t just for Sunday. Every believer should be able to find a daily connection to God with fresh worship created specifically for their weekday.
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First15 is a daily devotional written and recorded by Craig Denison. If you would like to learn more about the First15 app, books, blogs, videos and our other resources, please visit first15.org. You can always reach out to us on our contact page on the website.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're wrapping up our week-long series of stirring up our affections for God |
| 0:10.0 | by looking at what it means to have friendship with the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:14.0 | The nearness of God's Spirit, the reality of His voice and leadership, |
| 0:19.0 | is our deepest connection to God on this earth. |
| 0:23.3 | And like any other relationship, any other connection, it takes time to develop a true |
| 0:28.5 | friendship with the Spirit. |
| 0:31.3 | So today, we're embarking on a journey with one simple goal in mind, growing a little |
| 0:36.5 | bit closer to the spirit and friendship. |
| 0:40.1 | May God guide us and empower us today and reveal himself in a fresh way. |
| 0:45.6 | Welcome to the first of teen podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Romans 8, 26 through 27. God's word says, |
| 1:06.7 | Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know what to pray for as we ought, |
| 1:14.3 | but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
| 1:20.4 | And He who searches hearts knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, |
| 1:25.2 | because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. |
| 1:32.9 | At salvation, you were given the gift of God Himself, the Spirit of Christ dwelling within you. |
| 1:41.7 | Ephesians 1 13 through 14 says, in Him also, when you heard the Word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, |
| 1:51.0 | we're sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance, until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory. |
| 2:03.6 | And with the indwelling of the Spirit, friendship with God has been made available to greater depths than you can imagine. |
| 2:10.6 | He longs to spend time with you like a friend. |
| 2:14.6 | He longs for you to know how he feels, |
| 2:19.2 | what he thinks is best, |
| 2:22.1 | in your Heavenly Father's heart for you. |
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