Delighting in God's Love
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 14 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.
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| 0:00.0 | As we reach the middle of our week-long focus on stirring up our affections for God, |
| 0:10.4 | today we're going to create space to simply delight in God's love. |
| 0:16.9 | Oftentimes, focusing on the simple, foundational aspects of our relationship with God will produce more fruit than trying to journey beyond them. |
| 0:28.0 | 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. |
| 0:37.3 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from John 17 verse 26. |
| 1:09.1 | Scripture says, |
| 1:13.7 | I made known to them your name, |
| 1:17.0 | and I will continue to make it known that the love with which you have loved me |
| 1:20.3 | may be in them and I in them. |
| 1:27.6 | John 17 is an incredibly significant passage of scripture for Christians today. |
| 1:34.7 | Jesus prayed perfectly in accordance with the will of the Father, |
| 1:39.9 | in submission to him during his time on earth. |
| 1:43.7 | Therefore, everything Jesus prayed, God will accomplish. |
| 1:49.6 | Part of the beauty of their oneness is shared desires. |
| 1:54.9 | In John 1726, Jesus prays to the Father. |
| 2:00.2 | I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known |
| 2:05.2 | that the love with which you have loved me may be in them and I in them. Imagine that. Jesus says we can have the same love in us with which God the Father loved Jesus. |
| 2:24.3 | Think of the magnitude of love the Father has for his son. |
| 2:29.3 | And now think about God having that same magnitude of love for you. |
| 2:35.0 | You are His beloved, his prized possession. |
| 2:40.0 | Your Heavenly Father gave up his own son to have a personal relationship with you, |
| 2:47.0 | to be able to pour his vast love out on you. |
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