Joy from the Spirit
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 20 October 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re going to explore the role of the Holy Spirit in living with the joy available to us in God. Know that as a believer, the Holy Spirit is with you, ready to search the heart of God for you, and to give you this free gift of joy, if you’ll simply trust him and receive it.
May your relationship with the Spirit deepen today, and yield a joy so real and strong that no trial or tribulation could come against it.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7, and today's worship is
Joy of the Lord by Dante Bowe and Katie Torwalt.
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I’m Craig Denison, author of First15. Thank you so much for listening to today’s devotional on joy from the Spirit.
Take a moment, before you go, to just reflect on what the Lord has done in your life today. Reflect on what God’s doing as you’re creating space to meet with him. And think about how that’s impacting not only your life, but also how you engage with others around you. Reflecting on the fruit of meeting with God is a powerful tool in developing consistency, faith, and ultimately fully centering your life around the purpose for which you were created, relationship.
Have a wonderful rest of your day today, and may God bless you as you seek him.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's podcast, we're going to explore the role of the Holy Spirit in living with the joy |
| 0:10.1 | available to us in God. Know that as a believer, the Holy Spirit is with you, ready to search the |
| 0:16.7 | heart of God for you and give you this free gift of joy if you'll simply trust him and receive |
| 0:22.6 | it. May your relationship with the Spirit deepen today and yield a joy so real and strong that |
| 0:28.7 | no trial or tribulation could come against it. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Relationship with the |
| 0:36.9 | Holy Spirit empowers us to live a lifestyle of consistent joy. |
| 0:41.6 | It's only by the filling of a spirit that we have access to the deepest reservoirs of joy |
| 0:47.4 | found in the heart of our Heavenly Father. Galatians 522 is clear that the fruit of the |
| 0:53.8 | spirit for believers is to be joy. |
| 0:56.0 | So, as temples of the Holy Spirit, we need to search out what it looks like to allow the fruit of joy to be evident in our hearts and lives. |
| 1:05.0 | Scripture is filled with direct connections between the filling of the Holy Spirit and joy. |
| 1:13.0 | Romans 1417 says, |
| 1:16.7 | For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, |
| 1:21.1 | but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:23.7 | Acts 1352 says, |
| 1:30.9 | And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. First Thessalonians 1, 6, and 7 says, |
| 1:37.3 | and you became inventors of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit, that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia |
| 1:43.6 | and in Acadia. |
| 1:46.0 | We are not designed to have joy in ourselves, rather such joy comes by the dwelling of the Holy Spirit within us. |
| 1:53.5 | As the disciples began to be filled with the Holy Spirit, their lives changed dramatically. |
| 1:59.0 | They went from fearful, fair-weathered followers of Jesus to joy-filled, |
| 2:03.6 | sacrificial, and empowered world changers. They had joy in the midst of their intense persecution |
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