Freedom in Grace
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
God’s grace is the foundation of our freedom, a sure gift made available to us again every morning. Every mistake we make is covered. Every sin is forgiven. And my hope is that as we center our hearts and minds around God’s grace, that his forgiveness and mercy open a pathway to true freedom for us today.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Corinthians 15:56-57, and today's worship is Sails by Pat Barrett feat. Steffany Gretzinger & Amanda Lindsey Cook.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | God's grace is the foundation of our freedom. |
| 0:08.1 | A sure gift made available to us again every morning. |
| 0:13.1 | Every mistake we make is covered. |
| 0:15.4 | Every sin is forgiven. |
| 0:17.1 | And my hope is that we center our hearts and minds around God's grace, that His forgiveness |
| 0:22.9 | and mercy open a pathway to true freedom for us today. |
| 0:27.4 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:31.3 | We live in a world built on transaction. |
| 0:34.2 | We give and we get. |
| 0:36.5 | We only receive what we earn or deserve. |
| 0:39.4 | We're hired and fired based on our abilities and performance. |
| 0:43.2 | We commit our lives to the system of cause and effect, relishing the days of success and |
| 0:49.4 | wincing at the thought of failure. |
| 0:52.8 | And often, as believers, we take this system of works we've grown so comfortable with |
| 0:57.8 | and apply it to our relationship with God. |
| 1:00.9 | We operate with God much like we operate with an employer. |
| 1:04.9 | We think if we can go to church, give God our money, spend enough time with them in the |
| 1:09.8 | morning, be happy, and help people, then God will like us. |
| 1:15.6 | If we can stop sinning, then God will love us more. |
| 1:18.9 | But God's ways are not like ours. |
| 1:21.6 | The New Testament names this transactional relationship with God as living under the |
| 1:26.7 | law and tells us of a new system through Christ called grace. |
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