God's Great Gift of Love
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 21 April 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In today’s devotional we’re going to create space to talk about and receive God’s great gift of love. You and I were made to be loved by God. And until we make room to receive the unselfish, steadfast, tangible love of God, we’ll spend the rest of our lives striving, vying for affection from others. May striving cease today as we receive the lavish affection of our good and loving God.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 John 4:19, and today's worship is Lover by Capital City Music.
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| 0:00.0 | And today's for Sotin podcast, we're going to create space to talk about and receive God's great gift of love. |
| 0:12.0 | You and I were made to be loved by God. |
| 0:15.0 | And until we make room to receive the unselfish, steadfast, tangible love of God, |
| 0:20.0 | we'll spend the rest of our lives striving, lying for affection from others. |
| 0:25.0 | May striving cease today as we receive the lavish affection of our good and loving God. |
| 0:45.0 | The scripture at the foundation of today's devotional comes from 1 John 4.19. |
| 0:51.0 | God's word says, we love because He first loved us. |
| 0:57.0 | You need to experience the love of God. |
| 1:00.0 | The single most important part of your day is receiving the love of your Heavenly Father. |
| 1:06.0 | Without being loved by God, you can't fully love Him or others. |
| 1:11.0 | And the Bible says of 1 Corinthians 131, |
| 1:14.0 | if I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not loved, |
| 1:19.0 | I'm a noisy gong or clanging symbol. |
| 1:22.0 | You are called to live your life in response to God's love because God asked that everything you do be done in love. |
| 1:29.0 | If what you're doing isn't done in love, it's not pleasing to Him. |
| 1:33.0 | And you can't live a lifestyle of loving others without being loved by Him first. |
| 1:38.0 | And what's more, God's desire is to completely overwhelm you with His love right now. |
| 1:44.0 | He doesn't want to love you just so you love Him back or love others around you. |
| 1:49.0 | Loving God and others is a natural byproduct of receiving God's love. |
| 1:53.0 | He loves you just because He loves you. |
| 1:57.0 | He longs for you to live a lifestyle of love because He knows that the absolute most fulfilling, |
| 2:04.0 | peaceful and peaceful way of life for you. |
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