A Foundation of Affection

First15 Devotional

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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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 Your Love Is A Well by First15 Worship feat. Rachel Denison.

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0:00.0	Our God is such a good, loving Father, that he wants us to live with a foundational understanding of his affection toward us.
0:14.0	He wants the knowledge of his unconditional love for us to be so deeply rooted within us
0:21.8	that all striving ceases, and we live in total freedom as his children.
0:27.9	Today, we're going to further explore that concept
0:31.3	as we begin to finish up our week on knowing the heart of God.
0:36.1	Welcome to the first of teen podcast.
0:51.5	Our scripture for today comes from Ephesians 3, 17 through 19, where Paul writes,
0:59.0	So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
1:07.0	may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and
1:14.4	depth and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled with all the fullness
1:21.9	of God. One of the most wonderful results of knowing the heart of God is living with a foundation of affection.
1:34.3	Often we spend too much of our daily time and energy working for the affections of others.
1:42.3	From trying to earn the respect and admiration of friends and family,
1:47.0	to vying for approval from a complete stranger,
1:51.0	we're in constant need of affection.
1:55.0	But as believers, we've been given a wellspring of love and affection
2:00.0	in communion with our Heavenly Father.
2:03.2	There's nothing we have to do or could ever do to earn the love of God. His love is the beginning.
2:11.4	His affection is meant to be the catalyst for our emotions, thoughts, and actions rather than the result.
2:19.8	And it's for this reason that God calls us to be rooted and grounded in his love in Ephesians 3, 17 through 19.
2:29.1	To read it again, Paul writes, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted
2:36.6	and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth
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