God's Patient Heart
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re going to look at how incredible patient God is with us, as we begin our second day in a week long focus on the story of the prodigal son.
So often we judge ourselves, we can be our own worst critic. But today, if we’ll open our hearts and minds to listen and receive, we’ll find a patient God whose never surprised by our mistakes, and who never casts us out in the midst of our failures and shortcomings.
May the patience and love of God transform your heart today, as we spend time in his presence, engaging with his word.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalms 86:15, and today's worship is Keeper of My Heart by Kendrian & Lauren Dueck.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's podcast, we're going to look at how incredibly patient God is with us, as |
| 0:09.4 | we begin our second day in a week-long focus on the story of the prodigal son. |
| 0:14.8 | So often, we judge ourselves. |
| 0:17.4 | We can be our own worst critic. |
| 0:19.5 | But today, if we'll open our hearts and minds to listen and receive, we'll find a patient |
| 0:24.8 | God who's never surprised by our mistakes and who never casts us out in the midst of |
| 0:30.3 | our failures and shortcomings. |
| 0:33.2 | May the patience and love of God transform your heart today as we spend time in His presence |
| 0:38.9 | engaging with His Word. |
| 0:40.8 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 0:55.4 | Our verse for today comes from Psalm 8615. |
| 0:59.2 | Scripture says, but you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious. |
| 1:04.9 | Blow to anger in a bounding and steadfast love in faithfulness. |
| 1:13.4 | Our Heavenly Father is abundantly patient with us. |
| 1:17.2 | So vast is His love that our hearts can always be filled with His affection. |
| 1:23.0 | So perfect is His leadership and wisdom that He makes available to us a perfect and pleasing |
| 1:29.1 | life through every season. |
| 1:32.1 | And yet He is patient to guide us into the fullness of life afforded to us by Christ's sacrifice. |
| 1:39.3 | He waits, sweetly beckoning us to simply trust Him and cultivate a heart of constant |
| 1:45.5 | communion with Him. |
| 1:48.0 | In Luke 15, Jesus tells us of a prodigal son who foolishly and pridefully leaves perfect |
| 1:54.6 | communion with His Father to chase after worldly satisfaction. |
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