In today's verse 15, we're going to stir up our affections for God

by looking at what it means when Scripture calls us His children.

As a child of God, you are adopted into the family of the creator of all.

And you have a good and loving father filled with grace, mercy, and compassion.

May God give us eyes to see who we are to him today and the courage to abide in him in life-giving relationship.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Galatians 4, verses 6 and 7.

Scripture says,

And because you are sons, God has sent the spirit of his son into our hearts,

crying, Abba, Father.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son.

And if a son, then an heir through God.

You are the child of God, brought into his family by the power and grace of Jesus' sacrifice for you. As believers, we hear we are God's children, but often we don't live our lives in response to that truth, and instead live out of the mindset of an orphan.

Children don't worry when they have a good father.

They don't wonder if they'll be able to eat,

if they're loved, or if they have a place in this world.

The unconditional love of a parent lays a foundation

for them to have secure peace and joy.

Your God desires the same for you.

God wants to lay an unshakable foundation for you, based solely on his love for you as his child,

so that when the storms come and waves crash over you,

you remain strong in your identity.

First, let's look at what Scripture says about you,

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