New Beginnings
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 28 December 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
As we continue our series, allowing God to prepare us as the new year approaches, today we’ll make space for God to create new beginnings in our lives.
Every one of us needs a new beginning in some way, a fresh start in some area of our life. And this season heading into the new year is a perfect time to allow God to fill us with new life.
May you get a real sense of redemption and grace today as we seek the heart of God together.
Our Scripture for today comes from Lamentations 3:22-24, and today's worship is Whisper by Jason Upton.
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| 0:00.0 | As we continue our series allowing God to prepare us as the New Year approaches, today |
| 0:11.0 | will make space for God to create new beginnings in our lives. |
| 0:15.6 | Every one of us needs a new beginning in some way, a fresh start in some area of our life. In this season, heading |
| 0:22.8 | into the New Year is a perfect time to allow God to fill us with new life. May you get |
| 0:28.9 | a real sense of redemption and grace today as we seek the heart of God together. Welcome |
| 0:34.0 | to the First 15 podcast. |
| 0:48.3 | A new year marks a new beginning, a time for the children of God to reground themselves in the love of their father. |
| 0:56.1 | God loves to use new seasons to remind us of his desire to continually make us new. From winter to spring, we see that which appeared dead burst forth into beautiful arrays of God's glorious work. |
| 1:02.9 | And God longs for the same fresh start in our lives as he does for his creation. He longs |
| 1:08.4 | to make things new as the new year begins. Lamentations 322 through 24 says |
| 1:14.3 | the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. |
| 1:20.7 | Great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him. |
| 1:26.6 | We have hope in the steadfast love of the |
| 1:28.8 | Lord. His powerful love can make new all that needs restoration. God's heart is to free you from |
| 1:36.3 | that which weighs you down and robs you of the abundant life Jesus came to bring you. With this year |
| 1:42.6 | coming to a close and a new year fast approaching, |
| 1:45.5 | it's time for us to gain perspective on that which needs rebirth. Whatever sin has entangled |
| 1:52.0 | you this year does not have to gain victory over you in the next. Whatever lie you've believed |
| 1:57.8 | that's wrecked your emotions, thoughts, and actions does not have to win |
| 2:01.7 | the battle over your mind next year. Whatever wound or disappointment that has hurt you can |
| 2:07.2 | be healed and reborn to empower you for that which is to come. God's heart is to meet you where |
| 2:13.5 | you are today. He longs to meet you at your greatest point of weakness and pain and wrap you |
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