Declaring God's Glory
First15 Devotional
First15
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Being used by God requires inward humility and exaltation of Jesus as King. It’s the only way being used by the Lord can work. Today we’ll take a deeper dive in our own hearts and examine who is actually enthroned there.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Corinthians 10:31, and today's worship is You Get The Glory by Jonathan Traylor.
________
Do you ever feel like life just happens to you?
Instead of choosing the things that fill your day, does life always somehow sweep you up into its endless flow of expectations and obligations?
If so, there’s a better way! It’s called a Rule of Life, and Craig Denison has written a new book about creating your own Rule of Life called Living Intentionally. We’d love to put a copy in your hands to say thanks for your donation to help more people experience God the first 15 minutes of their day.
_____
First15 is a daily devotional written and recorded by Craig Denison. If you would like to learn more about the First15 app, books, blogs, videos and our other resources, please visit first15.org. You can always reach out to us on our contact page on the website.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Being used by God requires inward humility and exultation of Jesus as king. |
| 0:11.0 | It's the only way being used by the Lord can work. |
| 0:15.0 | So today we'll take a deeper dive in our own hearts and examine who is actually enthroned there. Welcome to the |
| 0:23.4 | first of team podcast. Our verse for today comes from 1 Corinthians 10, verse 31, where Scripture says, |
| 0:44.4 | So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |
| 0:53.6 | To declare the glory of God is to put all things in their proper place. |
| 0:59.0 | Chaos and struggle are always the result of humanity trying to gain glory for ourselves. |
| 1:07.0 | God alone is worthy. God alone was made to be above all else, and God alone is worthy. God alone was made to be above all else, |
| 1:13.6 | and God alone can handle the weight of receiving glory. |
| 1:18.6 | 1st Corinthians 1031, our verse for today says again, |
| 1:24.6 | whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |
| 1:31.8 | We were made to declare the glory of God. We were made to proclaim through word and deed, |
| 1:38.3 | the majesty, splendor, and worthiness of the God of heaven and earth. |
| 1:45.0 | Proclaiming God's glory to the world always begins by taking a look at our own hearts. |
| 1:52.0 | We can't declare that God is above every other name if we're still on the throne of our own hearts. |
| 1:59.0 | We can't proclaim His excellencies and then seek to gain success, approval, and affirmation |
| 2:06.9 | from others. |
| 2:08.9 | Declaring God's glory starts with our own humility. |
| 2:13.3 | It begins with living a life of sacrifice to the one who's given up everything for us. |
| 2:21.3 | When we remove ourselves from the throne of our own hearts, we're set free to magnify Jesus. |
| 2:29.3 | When we set our own eyes on our Savior King, that we are freed from the weights and pressures that come |
| 2:35.4 | from living selflessly. And in this freedom, we find the life we were always meant for, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from First15, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of First15 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.