Renewal of Purpose
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
In today’s devotional, we’re going to invite God to renew within us a true sense of purpose. Throughout the day I find my heart wandering to all sorts of purposes, some good, and some bad. But every day life teaches me that the one purpose that leads to the greatest measure of life and joy, is the pursuit of God. Not the pursuit of religion, but the authentic pursuit of relationship. May the Holy Spirit reveal within us the true reason we were created, and guide us down the path of purpose today in his presence.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 15:16, and today's worship is
The Story I'll Tell by Maverick City.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's devotional, we're going to invite God to renew within us a true sense of purpose. |
| 0:11.6 | Throughout my day, I find my heart wandering to all sorts of purposes, some good and some bad. |
| 0:17.8 | But every day life teaches me that one purpose that leads to the greatest measure |
| 0:22.6 | of life and joy is the pursuit of God. Not the pursuit of religion, but the authentic |
| 0:29.7 | pursuit of relationship with the Lord. May the Holy Spirit reveal within us the true reason |
| 0:35.6 | we were created and guide us down a path of purpose today |
| 0:39.1 | in his presence. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. You and I were born with a deep desire to live |
| 0:51.7 | with purpose. As children, we dream of doing something significant with our lives. |
| 0:57.0 | We dream of being a person who makes a difference in the world. |
| 1:00.0 | Inherent in all of us is a longing to make a deep and lasting impact. |
| 1:05.0 | Our longing for purpose only becomes a problem as we begin seeking out its source. |
| 1:10.0 | Most of us live our lives in constant pursuit |
| 1:12.9 | of finding out why we're here, seeking the answer to the question, what am I uniquely made for? |
| 1:20.3 | And we look for the answers in all the wrong places. We look for our purpose in each other, |
| 1:26.2 | in the ever-changing whims of society, or internally, |
| 1:30.3 | in what seems to make us feel good in the moment. But God has a better purpose for our lives |
| 1:35.3 | than we could ever find in the world. He has a purpose so great, so powerful, and so lasting, |
| 1:42.3 | that when we get a glimpse of it, we will forever be changed. |
| 1:45.9 | God has a path in his grand narrative written just for you, to use you to make a unique |
| 1:51.4 | and eternal impact on the earth. Jeremiah 2911 says, for I know the plans I have for you, |
| 1:58.1 | declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to |
| 2:01.9 | give you a future and a hope. Let us not miss the importance of what God will reveal to |
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