Delighting in God's Love
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 5 April 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
As we reach the middle of our week-long focus on stirring up our affections for God, today we’re going to create space to simply delight in God’s love. Oftentimes focusing on the simple, foundational aspects of our relationship with God will produce more fruit than trying to journey beyond them. And I pray that God reveals his love in a tangible and fresh way today for you and me as we open our hearts to meet with him.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 17:26, and today's worship is Your Love is a Well by First15 Worship feat. Rachel Denison.
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As believers, we want a real connection with God every day, not just on Sunday. We want the peace and passion that comes from living with God, not for God. But when Monday morning rolls around we’re left thinking:
“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
At First15, we know that meaningful worship isn’t just for Sunday. Every believer should be able to find a daily connection to God with fresh worship created specifically for their weekday.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | As we reach the middle of our week-long focus |
| 0:05.0 | on stirring up our affections for God, |
| 0:10.0 | today we're going to create space to simply delight in God's love. |
| 0:14.0 | Oftentimes, focusing on the simple, foundational aspects |
| 0:18.0 | of our relationship with God will produce more fruit than trying to journey |
| 0:22.6 | beyond them. And I pray that God reveals his love in a tangible and fresh way today for you |
| 0:29.5 | and me as we open our hearts to meet with him. Welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 0:52.3 | Our verse of today comes from John 17, verse 26. |
| 1:00.9 | Scripture says, I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them. |
| 1:08.7 | John 17 is an incredibly significant passage of scripture for Christians today. |
| 1:14.9 | Jesus prayed perfectly in accordance with the will of the Father in submission to him during |
| 1:20.6 | his time on earth. |
| 1:22.8 | Therefore, everything Jesus prayed, God will accomplish. |
| 1:32.3 | Part of the beauty of their oneness is shared desires. In John 1726, Jesus prays to the Father, |
| 1:36.3 | I made known to them your name, |
| 1:39.3 | and I will continue to make it known, |
| 1:41.3 | that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them. |
| 1:49.0 | Imagine that. Jesus says we can have the same love in us, with which God the Father loved Jesus. |
| 1:57.0 | Think of the magnitude of love the Father has for His Son. And now think about God having that same magnitude of love for you. |
| 2:05.6 | You are His beloved, his prized possession. |
| 2:10.6 | Your Heavenly Father gave up his own son to have personal relationship with you, |
| 2:15.6 | to be able to pour out his vast love on you. |
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