A Lifetime of Love
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Every single one of us has an innate need to know we’re loved. And yet, so many of us go too many days wondering or unsure of the love our heavenly Father has for us. Today as we continue our week on living for heaven, we’re going to dive into our need to be loved and to love others deeply in order to be successful in this pursuit toward heaven. God doesn’t want you to even go one day without knowing how truly loved you are.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 15:9, and today's worship is This is Love by New Wine Worship.
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Each reading only takes a few minutes and the stories behind how these Christmas hymns came to be are sure to make you hear & sing them in a whole new way. You and your family will want to listen to the songs with a newfound appreciation for how God worked to bring such timeless songs into our yearly celebrations of the gift of Christmas. Our hope is that each story reveals more of God’s heart for you in this season and renews your sense of wonder for the birth of our Savior.
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| 0:00.0 | Every single one of us has an innate need to know that we're loved, and yet so many of us go too many days wondering or unsure of the love our Heavenly Father has for us. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, as we continue our week on living for heaven, we're going to dive into our need to be loved and to love others deeply |
| 0:21.6 | in order to be successful in this pursuit toward heaven. |
| 0:25.9 | God doesn't want you to go even one day without knowing how truly loved you are. |
| 0:30.9 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our verse for today comes from John 15, verse 9. |
| 0:50.0 | Scripture says, |
| 0:50.8 | As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. |
| 0:55.0 | Abide in my love. |
| 1:00.0 | We belong to a kingdom built not by the blood, sweat, and tears of servants, but by the wounds |
| 1:06.0 | and scars of a loving and sacrificial king. |
| 1:10.0 | As disciples of Jesus, we've been granted access into a lifetime of giving and receiving |
| 1:15.6 | unconditional love. |
| 1:18.0 | Our Savior willingly laid down His life that we might know the love of our Heavenly |
| 1:22.8 | Father throughout this life and all eternity. |
| 1:30.8 | John 15 9 through 13 says, |
| 1:34.6 | As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. |
| 1:36.5 | Abide in my love. |
| 1:40.3 | If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, |
| 1:44.0 | just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I've spoken to you, |
| 1:47.0 | that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
| 1:56.0 | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
| 2:03.6 | To live for heaven is to abide in a lifetime of constant and tangible love from the Father, |
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