Be Who You Are
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 9 February 2021
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In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the opportunity God gives us every day to simply be who we are. His pursuit of our hearts frees us as we experience his unconditional, all-encompassing love. So as we open our hearts to his loving pursuit today, I pray that God would do a mighty work of freedom in our hearts.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 139:13, and today's worship is Who You Say I Am by Hillsong Worship.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's devotional, we're going to look at the opportunity God gives us every day to simply be who we are. |
| 0:12.0 | His pursuit of our hearts frees us as we experience his unconditional, all-encompassing love. |
| 0:20.0 | So, as we open our hearts to his loving pursuit today, |
| 0:24.0 | I pray that God would do a mighty work of freedom in our hearts. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the First of Team podcast. Our verse for today comes from Psalm 139, verse 13, where Scripture says, |
| 0:55.0 | You formed my inward parts. |
| 0:58.0 | You knitted me together in my mother's womb. |
| 1:05.0 | God will never ask you to be anyone other than who you are. |
| 1:10.0 | He's not asking you to be just like other believers. |
| 1:14.6 | He's not asking you to copy those around you |
| 1:17.6 | that seem to be well liked or accepted. |
| 1:21.6 | So often we view God as a parent |
| 1:24.6 | who spends all his efforts trying to fix us on the outside that we might keep up appearances. |
| 1:32.3 | But it couldn't be more the opposite. God doesn't spend time trying to cover up who we are. |
| 1:39.3 | Rather, he devotes himself to uncovering who we truly are, who he made us to be. |
| 1:48.3 | Psalm 139.13 says, for you formed my inward parts. You knitted me together in my mother's womb. |
| 1:59.2 | God formed you wonderfully and uniquely. |
| 2:01.6 | He gave you a personality in calling all your own. |
| 2:06.6 | He sees past all the exteriors we create to try and fit in. |
| 2:12.6 | He sees through all our efforts to cover up what makes us unique and different. |
| 2:19.3 | He sees us for who we really are. |
| 2:23.3 | And he's calling us to cast down our facades and live out of the revelation that we are already |
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