Jesus is the Best Thing

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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As children of God, we have been given a new home and a new hope. This week 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.

Our Scripture for today comes from Hebrews 12:1-2, and today's worship is Jesus We Love You by The Worship Initiative feat. Trenton Bell.

Thanks for listening to today’s First15 Podcast. My name is Ryn, and I’m a part of the First15 Team. If you haven’t downloaded our brand new First15 app, make sure to click the link in today’s show notes to check it out! One of the new features that you can enjoy when you download the app is our Guided Prayers. We are adding new prayers to our library every month, so if you need a moment of peace with God, let these prayers be your guide!

In today’s First15 Podcast we wanted to give you a preview of a new Guided Prayer that I wrote titled, “Brokenness Restored.” There are several places in scripture where God gives His prophets vision to see all that He has in store for his people, and they declare that ancient ruins of His holy city would be rebuilt and the ancient ruins would be restored. It wasn’t until I read Isaiah 61 that I was able to see that these declarations weren’t merely about a future construction project, but about the restoration of the hearts of the children of God. Isaiah 61:7 says, “Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.” It’s easy to look at all that we may have lost in our lives and feel sorry for ourselves, but that isn’t the inheritance that God has for us. He understands our pain for all that we’ve lost, and yet He is the God who stands in the midst of what looks like a desolate wasteland and not only sees its potential, but declares that it will come to pass. I pray this prayer give you the eyes to see what God sees, and the willingness to ask Him for the faith to see it come to pass for His glory and your good.

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0:00.0	As children of God, we've been given a new home and a new hope.
0:08.8	On this week of the first of teen podcast, we're going to take time every day to look at what it means to live for heaven.
0:15.4	May your heart be set aflame by the joy and purpose of living out God's command to live for heaven this week.
0:22.8	Welcome to the first of team podcast.
0:35.9	Our passage for today comes from Hebrews 12 1 through 2 and reads,
0:40.3	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,
0:50.3	and let us run with endurance the race that has set before us, looking to Jesus,
0:56.4	the founder and perfector of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured
1:01.6	the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
1:11.6	Of all the wonders our Creator provides for us,
1:15.4	boundless and unadulterated relationship with Jesus vastly exceeds them all.
1:21.2	Jesus is the best thing we will ever know.
1:24.4	His love restores, satisfies, transforms, and heals. His grace empowers and brings transcendent
1:33.0	peace. His nearness resolves the great fears of our hearts. And his kingship calls us to a right
1:40.0	lifestyle of living for heaven rather than a pursuit of that which is worldly and fleeting.
1:47.0	Colossians 3 1 through 4 says,
1:50.0	If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
1:58.0	Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the
2:02.0	earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ and God. When Christ, who is your
2:08.7	life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. You and I have limited space
2:17.3	in our hearts.
2:19.2	When we choose to fill our lives with the things of the world, we crowd out that which
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