Love-Based Simplicity

First15 Devotional

First15

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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As we wrap up our week on the simplicity of love, today we’ll look at the concept of simplicity itself and what it means to have a solitary pursuit. As you fix your eyes on Jesus today, may you find that the weight of the world falls away. And may you choose the path of simplicity and love going forward living out in joy and peace.

Our Scripture for today comes from Colossians 3:14, and today's worship is Simple Gospel by United Pursuit.

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0:00.0	As we wrap up our week on the simplicity of love, today we'll look at the concept of
0:09.4	simplicity itself and what it means to have a solitary pursuit.
0:14.3	As you fix your eyes on Jesus today, may you find that the weight of the world falls
0:19.0	away.
0:20.0	And may you choose the path of simplicity and love, going forward, living out in joy and
0:25.8	peace.
0:26.8	Welcome to the first of team podcast.
0:44.1	Our verse for today comes from Colossians 3, verse 14, Scripture says,
0:50.7	And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
0:59.2	God's command to love affords us a life of simplicity that can only be found in his
1:04.5	kingdom come to earth.
1:07.3	Colossians 3, 14 says, and above all these put on love, which binds everything together
1:12.8	in perfect harmony.
1:15.5	Christianity is a simple religion.
1:18.7	Jesus said that all of God's commandments can be summed up with one word, love.
1:25.4	Colossians 5, 14 says, For the whole law is fulfilled in one word.
1:30.3	You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
1:34.4	How is it then that our spirituality often feels so complex and difficult?
1:39.9	How is it that we have a hard time experiencing the simplicity our faith affords us?
1:47.4	Complexity and Christianity finds its root in the attempt to live both for the world and
1:52.7	God.
1:54.3	Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 6.24 that no one can serve two masters.
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