Jesus is the Model
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 23 May 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
As we continue our week on loving people well, we’re going to fix our eyes on Jesus. What better example or model is there for how to love than the One who laid his life down for the world? Today may you catch a glimpse of this beautiful King who loves perfectly. May you not only get a picture of how you could love others, but experience his incredible love for yourself afresh.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 John 3:16, and today's worship is I Speak Jesus by Here Be Lions.
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As believers, we want a real connection with God every day, not just on Sunday. We want the peace and passion that comes from living with God, not for God. But when Monday morning rolls around we’re left thinking:
“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
At First15, we know that meaningful worship isn’t just for Sunday. Every believer should be able to find a daily connection to God with fresh worship created specifically for their weekday.
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| 0:00.0 | As we continue our week on loving people well, |
| 0:05.0 | we're gonna take time today to fix our eyes on Jesus. |
| 0:11.0 | What better example or model for how to love |
| 0:14.0 | than the one who laid down his life for the world? |
| 0:18.0 | Today, may you catch a glimpse of this beautiful king who loves perfectly. May you not |
| 0:23.8 | only get a picture of how you could love others, but experience his incredible love for yourself afresh. |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome to the first of teen podcast. Our verse today comes from 1 John 316. |
| 0:50.3 | Scripture says, by this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down |
| 0:58.0 | our lives for the brothers. |
| 1:03.0 | Everything Jesus did was done out of his perfect love for the Father and us. |
| 1:09.0 | Every word, healing, prayer, and action was done out of unconditional devotion. |
| 1:16.9 | Ephesians 5 1 through 2 says, |
| 1:19.4 | Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children |
| 1:22.6 | and walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
| 1:31.3 | Scripture commands us to love others the way that Christ did. Jesus is our model for living. |
| 1:39.3 | And God never commands us without perfectly equipping us. If we are to walk in love as Christ loved us, we must believe God will fill us up with the ability |
| 1:51.0 | to love as Jesus loved. |
| 1:54.0 | The concept of living like Jesus always seemed unreachable. |
| 1:59.0 | It often reminded me of motivational posters that read, reach for the moon, |
| 2:03.8 | even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. But God's word is not an unachievable suggestion. |
| 2:10.7 | His word is perfect and true. And scripture says in Romans 829, for those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. |
| 2:27.3 | God's plan is to conform us into perfect reflections of Jesus' love. His plan is to fashion us and to disciples who live, work, |
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