Poor In Spirit
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 29 August 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The biblical concept of being poor in spirit is foundational to every aspect of the Christian life. Foundational to salvation is a heart-level acknowledgment of our need for a Savior. Foundational to experiencing God’s love is acknowledging our great need of love. Foundational to heavenly peace and joy is an acknowledgment that this world truly offers us neither. If we want all that God in his grace offers, we must pursue a lifestyle of being poor in spirit. May you experience more of the depth of God’s love this week as you discover God’s heart to minister to those desperate for him.
Our Scripture for today comes from James 4:6, and today's worship is Everything You Are by First15 Worship feat. John Marc Kohl.
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| 0:00.0 | The biblical concept of being poor in spirit is foundational to every aspect of the Christian |
| 0:10.3 | life. |
| 0:11.3 | Foundational to salvation is a heart-level acknowledgement of our need for our Savior. |
| 0:18.4 | Foundational to experiencing God's love is acknowledging our great need of love. |
| 0:24.2 | Foundational to heavenly peace and joy is an acknowledgement that this world truly offers |
| 0:28.6 | us neither. |
| 0:30.3 | If we want all that God in His grace offers, we must pursue a lifestyle of being poor |
| 0:35.7 | in spirit. |
| 0:37.4 | May you experience more of the depth of God's love this week as you discover God's |
| 0:41.8 | heart to minister to those desperate for Him. |
| 0:45.2 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 1:01.1 | Our verse for today comes from James 4 verse 6. |
| 1:05.2 | Scripture says, God opposes the proud that gives grace to the humble. |
| 1:13.3 | In Matthew 5 3, Jesus says, bless it are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom |
| 1:19.0 | of heaven. |
| 1:21.0 | Who is this God that He would bless those who are spiritually impoverished with the |
| 1:25.8 | greatest gift of all, the kingdom of heaven? |
| 1:30.3 | Our God demonstrated His wealth of grace, help and love to all who are in need through |
| 1:36.2 | the words and actions of Jesus. |
| 1:40.6 | Jesus who came to reveal the heart of the Father was undoubtedly drawn to the weak, desperate |
| 1:46.2 | and estranged. |
| 1:47.2 | In comparison to His affection for the impoverished, He was incredibly critical of all those enveloped |
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