Having Grace for Others
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 26 August 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In our last day of our week long focus on the parable of the prodigal son, we’re going to make space to set our eyes on the father in the story, and ask the Holy Spirit to make us more like him.
Our ultimate calling is to grow up into the clearest reflection of who God is, as his children made in his image. And we see an incredible picture of who we are to be in the character of the father in the parable of the prodigal son.
May we become more like our Father in heaven today as we look at his word, and spend time in his presence.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 13:34-35, and today's worship is Christ Be Magnified by Cody Carnes & Kari Jobe.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In the last podcast of our week-long focus on the parable of the prodigal son, we're |
| 0:09.6 | going to make space to set our eyes on the Father in the story, and ask the Holy Spirit |
| 0:14.4 | to make us more like him. |
| 0:16.4 | Our ultimate calling is to grow up into the clearest reflection of who God is, as his |
| 0:21.7 | children made in his image, and we see an incredible picture of who we are to be and |
| 0:27.3 | to the character of the Father and the parable of the prodigal son. |
| 0:31.3 | When we become more like our Father in heaven today, as we look at his word and spend time |
| 0:36.3 | in his presence, welcome to the First of Teen podcast. |
| 0:53.2 | Our scripture for today comes from John 13 verses 34 through 35, where Jesus says, |
| 1:00.3 | a new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just as I have loved you, |
| 1:06.5 | you also are to love one another. |
| 1:09.4 | By this, all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another. |
| 1:20.0 | In response to the wealth of grace, given to us by your Heavenly Father, we are called |
| 1:25.3 | to be ministers of his grace to others, until we set others free from having to live up |
| 1:32.4 | to our standards, we will never experience true freedom ourselves, living apart from an |
| 1:39.2 | attitude of continual grace, where I possess of the joy of living without unrealistic expectations |
| 1:46.0 | of others. |
| 1:47.9 | And we are slow to offer grace for the sins of others, we step outside of the realm of |
| 1:52.9 | God's kingdom and place our hope and security in this fleeting world. |
| 1:59.4 | Jesus tells an important story for us to heed in Matthew 18 21 through 35. |
| 2:06.0 | In this parable, a servant is forgiven of an insurmountable debt owed to the King, but |
| 2:11.9 | rather than taking the grace that he was shown and offering it to others, the servant sought |
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