Overflowing Joy - December 25
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 25 December 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In today’s podcast we’ll be celebrating Christmas, Christ come for you and me, by allowing the reality of his coming to fill our hearts with overflowing joy. Whatever is happening in your life today, there is joy to be found in the reality that Christ came for you, wants to make his presence known in your life, and that he will come again. May your heart be filled with joy this Christmas day.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Peter 1:8, and today's worship is Joy To the World by Bethel Music featuring Jeremy Riddle.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's podcast, we'll be celebrating Christmas, Christ come for you and me by allowing |
| 0:10.1 | the reality of his coming to fill our hearts with overflowing joy. |
| 0:15.0 | Whatever is happening in your life today, there is joy to be found in the reality that Christ |
| 0:20.3 | came for you, wants to make his presence known in your life, and that he will come again. |
| 0:27.0 | May your heart be filled with joy this Christmas Day. |
| 0:30.2 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from 1st Peter 1 verse |
| 0:44.0 | 8. Scripture says, |
| 0:50.0 | that you have not seen him, you love him, that you do not now see him. You love him. |
| 0:53.0 | That you do not now see him. You believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory. |
| 1:10.0 | In Luke 2, 8 through 14, the Bible describes a beautiful event around the time of Jesus' birth. |
| 1:12.0 | Scripture says, around the time of Jesus' birth. |
| 1:14.0 | Scripture says, and in the same region there were shepherds out in the field |
| 1:18.0 | keeping watch over their flock by night. |
| 1:21.0 | And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around |
| 1:25.9 | them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, fear not. |
| 1:32.8 | For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. |
| 1:39.2 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior who is Christ the Lord. |
| 1:46.3 | And this will be a sign for you. |
| 1:48.7 | You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with an angel a multitude of |
| 1:57.4 | the heavenly host praising God and saying, glory to God and the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased. |
| 2:09.8 | This passage contains my favorite phrase in the Christmas story. |
| 2:14.0 | Good news of great joy that will be for all the people. |
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