Live in Harmony
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 17 June 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
As we near the end of our series on the marks of a true Christian, today we’re going to explore together what it means to live in harmony with one another. There’s hardly a better feeling than being in harmony with those that are close to you. We were created for close, thriving relationship with God and others. And God in his power and love wants to equip us to build and keep harmony, even in the midst of our brokenness. May God give us wisdom, and empower us to walk the path of humility and love as we seek to live in harmony today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 12:16, and today's worship is Together at the Cross by The Church Will Sing.
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Live a life marked by faith.
The Bible has so much to say about our faith. And if I’m being honest, a lot of it is really confusing.
In Matthew 21 Jesus tells us that we’ll receive anything we ask for, if we have faith. Hebrews 11 tells us that it’s impossible to please God if we don’t have faith. 2 Corinthians 5 tells us that it is by faith that we “see” the path forward, and not with our physical sight.
But when I look into my own heart, I come face to face with ways I doubt on a daily basis.
I often trust in my own strength, lean on my own understanding, and seek to provide for myself with my own power rather than relying on the strength, empowering, and provision of God.
But, I also know that simply trying to have more faith doesn’t work either.
This is why I wrote a four-week devotional, Faith, to unpack what the Bible says about living a life marked by an authentic faith.
Faith isn’t something we muster up on our own. It’s not something we produce or create. Faith is the natural response to seeing, experiencing, and believing in God’s faithfulness.
And the pathway to greater faith is greater experience, greater understanding, and a true heart-knowledge of God’s faithfulness to us that guides our thoughts, emotions, and actions.
We've launched Volume 6 of our First15 Devotional Series, Faith, created to guide you into transformative experiences with God’s faithfulness and empower you to start living a life marked by authentic faith.
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| 0:00.0 | As we near the end of our series on the marks of a true Christian, today we're going to explore |
| 0:10.0 | what it means to live in harmony with one another. There's hardly a better feeling |
| 0:16.0 | than being in harmony with those that are close to you. We were created for close, |
| 0:22.0 | thriving relationship with God and others, and God and His power and love |
| 0:28.0 | wants to equip us to build and keep harmony, even in the midst of our brokenness. |
| 0:34.0 | May God give us wisdom and empower us to walk the path of humility and love |
| 0:40.0 | as we seek to live in harmony today. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:50.0 | Harmony in music is this beautiful fleeting occurrence that most singers and musicians work |
| 0:56.0 | their entire lives to continuously experience. It requires diligence, patience, humility and unity |
| 1:04.0 | between people pursuing the same goal of making music. And when musical harmony is achieved, |
| 1:10.0 | it touches not only those singing or playing, but everyone listening as well. |
| 1:16.0 | Living in harmony with one another in everyday life isn't too different than musical harmony. |
| 1:22.0 | For most of us, it's a target just as elusive in fleeting. |
| 1:28.0 | But like musical harmony, it's worth fighting for. Like musical harmony, it produces joy |
| 1:34.0 | in life and those who pursue it and touches those around them. |
| 1:38.0 | All throughout the New Testament, we find exhortations to live life in unified, harmonious community. |
| 1:46.0 | Scripture is clear that the unity in the body is foundational to the Christian life. |
| 1:52.0 | So, let's look more deeply today at how we can grow in unity and open our hearts |
| 1:58.0 | to the spirit's work to fill us with the desire and ability to pursue harmony with one another. |
| 2:04.0 | Romans 12, 16 through 20 says, live in harmony with one another. |
| 2:10.0 | Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. |
| 2:14.0 | Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil. |
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