Jesus is the Best Thing - September 3
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🗓️ 3 September 2018
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Summary
As children of God, we have been given a new home and a new hope. On this week of the First15 podcast, we’re going to take time every day to look at what it means to live for heaven. May your heart
be set aflame by the joy and purpose of living out God’s command to live for heaven this week.
Our Scripture for today comes from Hebrews 12:1-2, and today's worship is There’s No Other Name by Bethel Music featuring Francesca Battistelli.
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| 0:00.0 | As children of God, we've been given a new home and a new hope. On this week of the |
| 0:09.5 | First of Team Podcast, we're going to take time every day to look at what it means to live for heaven. |
| 0:15.0 | May your heart be set a flame by the joy and purpose of living out God's command to live |
| 0:21.0 | for heaven this week. |
| 0:22.8 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our passage for today comes from Hebrew 12 1 through 2 and reads |
| 0:39.6 | Therefore since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin, which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance, the race that has set before us looking to Jesus the founder and |
| 0:55.6 | perfecter of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the |
| 1:00.3 | cross despising the shame and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. |
| 1:10.0 | Of all the wonders our Creator provides for us, boundless and unadulterated relationship with Jesus vastly exceeds them all. |
| 1:19.0 | Jesus is the best thing we will ever know. His lover stores, satisfies, transforms, and heals. His grace |
| 1:29.3 | empowers and brings transcendent peace. His nearness resolves the great fears of our hearts. |
| 1:36.3 | And his kingship calls us to a right lifestyle of living for heaven rather than a pursuit of that which is worldly and fleeting. |
| 1:46.4 | Colaions 3 1 through 4 says, if then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above where Christ is seated at the |
| 1:55.2 | right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the |
| 2:00.4 | earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ and God. |
| 2:06.0 | When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him and glory. You and I have limited space in our hearts. When we choose to |
| 2:18.2 | fill our lives with the things of the world, we crowd out that which will fill us with pure in a bounding relationship with Jesus. |
| 2:27.6 | It's for this reason Jesus said in Matthew 624, no one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he |
| 2:36.8 | will be devoted to the one and despise the other. |
| 2:40.3 | You cannot serve God and money. |
| 2:45.0 | As disciples of Jesus, we must learn to lead different lives than others around us. |
| 2:50.0 | Instead of looking to others as our standard for what's good or right, we must look to Jesus |
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