Encountering God Through Scripture - Sep 21

First15 Devotional

First15

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 September 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this world, it’s not difficult to become disheartened, visionless and confused about the direction of our lives or our circumstances. But God has given us a priceless gift to ground and root us in truth and vision for life—his word. If you’re feeling purposeless or lost today, look no further than the wisdom God has graciously provided through the Bible. Today we’ll dive into how we can encounter God through Scripture.

Our Scripture for today comes from Jeremiah 15:16, and today's worship is Lettered Love by Hillsong Worship feat. Laura Toggs.

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0:00.0	In this world it's not difficult to become disheartened, visionless, and confused about the direction of our lives or our circumstances.
0:14.0	But God has given us a priceless gift to ground and root us in truth and vision for life,
0:20.0	his word.
0:21.0	If you're feeling purposeless or lost today, look no further than the wisdom that God
0:26.4	has graciously provided through the Bible. Today, we'll dive into how we can encounter
0:31.3	God through scripture.
0:33.2	Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from Jeremiah 15 verse 16.
0:57.0	Scripture says, your words were found and I ate them and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart for I am
1:06.2	called by your name oh Lord God of hosts. In scripture we have a perfect and direct avenue to powerful and
1:17.6	transformational encounters with God. We find both our weakness and God's unfailing love portrayed through countless stories.
1:26.3	God has spoken to us all that we need in scripture to both understand and pursue
1:31.9	whole-hearted unveiled relationship with him.
1:36.4	The very spirit who authored the words of scripture longed to use it
1:40.7	to guide you and me into powerful encounters with our Heavenly Father.
1:45.0	I fear that many believers today are missing the intended meaning behind Scripture.
1:51.0	The Bible is not God. It's designed to act as a guide to
1:56.9	knowing its author. It's designed to give us a desire and understanding about this God who is living, active, and near to us.
2:07.0	Isaiah 5511 says,
2:10.0	So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth.
2:13.6	It shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose.
2:18.9	It shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
2:22.4	God's purpose has in the thing for which I sent it.
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