A Foundation of Affection
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 29 July 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
God is such a good, loving Father that he wants us to live with a foundational understanding of his affection toward us. He wants the knowledge of his unconditional love for us to be so deeply rooted within us, that all striving ceases and we live in total freedom as his children. Today we’re going to further explore that concept as we begin to finish up our week on knowing the heart of God.
Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians 3:17-19, and today's worship is Sails by Pat Barrett feat. Steffany Gretzinger & Amanda Lindsey Cook.
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| 0:00.0 | God is such a good, loving Father that He wants us to live with a foundational understanding |
| 0:11.4 | of His affection towards us. |
| 0:13.6 | He wants the knowledge of His unconditional love for us to be so deeply rooted within |
| 0:18.2 | us that all striving ceases and we live in total freedom as His children. |
| 0:24.0 | Today, we're going to further explore that concept as we begin to finish up our week |
| 0:29.2 | on Knowing the Heart of God. |
| 0:31.3 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:34.8 | One of the most wonderful results of Knowing the Heart of God is living with a foundation |
| 0:40.0 | of affection. |
| 0:41.5 | Often, we spend too much of our daily time and energy working for the affection of others. |
| 0:47.7 | From trying to earn the respect and admiration of friends and family, divine for approval |
| 0:53.1 | from a complete stranger, we are in constant need of affection. |
| 0:58.3 | But as believers, we've been given a wellspring of love and affection in communion with our |
| 1:03.7 | Heavenly Father. |
| 1:05.2 | There's nothing we have to do or could ever do to earn the love of God. |
| 1:10.6 | His love is the beginning. |
| 1:12.8 | His affection is meant to be the catalyst for our emotions, thoughts and actions rather |
| 1:18.5 | than the result. |
| 1:20.6 | It's for this reason God calls us to be rooted and grounded in His love. |
| 1:25.1 | Ephesians 3, 17 and 19 says, |
| 1:56.1 | When we discover the unfathomable depths of God's affection for us, we naturally stop |
| 2:01.5 | vying for love from others. |
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