Live for Love
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
In today’s First15, we’re going to look at what it means to live for love, to build our lives on the foundation of giving and receiving love. You and I were made in God’s image, and his very nature is love. So may he guide us into a deep discovery of who we are in him, and how we can live our lives filled with the passionate pursuit of love.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's verse 15, we're going to look at what it means to live for love, |
| 0:09.5 | to build our lives on the foundation of giving and receiving love. |
| 0:15.7 | You and I were made in God's image, and his very nature is love. So may he guide us into a deep discovery |
| 0:24.8 | of who we are in him and how we can live our lives filled with a passionate pursuit of love. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | Thank you. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our verse for today comes from Mark chapter 12 verses 30 and 31. |
| 1:06.9 | Scripture says, |
| 1:14.8 | And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength the second is this you shall love your neighbor as yourself |
| 1:23.3 | there is no other commandment greater than these. |
| 1:30.6 | If there is one major theme in the narrative of Scripture, it's the power of God's love. |
| 1:38.3 | It was His love that caused our creation. |
| 1:42.7 | It was in love that he offered mankind grace, |
| 1:47.2 | even in our continual rebellion. |
| 1:51.0 | It was his love that sent Jesus to rescue us. |
| 1:55.8 | And it's his love that will win at our final redemption, |
| 2:00.0 | the gathering of all God's people for the great |
| 2:03.9 | wedding feast. God is love. He can do nothing apart from love. Jesus says in Mark 12 |
| 2:14.8 | verses 30 through 31 that all of the commandments are summed up for us in one word, love. |
| 2:22.5 | You were created to be loved by God and to love him and others in return. |
| 2:30.9 | And you will never find satisfaction until you rest in the unconditional love of your Heavenly Father. |
| 2:39.2 | You will never find true purpose until you live to love God and others. |
| 2:46.8 | To live for love is to step outside of the ways and cares of this world and live for the kingdom of God. |
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