The Blessing of Spiritual Poverty
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 2 September 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
A cornerstone to living poor in spirit is living with an acknowledgment of our need for God. We must learn to tap into our weakness and lean on Jesus in all things if we want to experience the blessing of God’s grace. The beauty of God’s way is that it will always turn the ways of our world on its head. To be strong you must become weak. To be rich, you must be poor. To find, you must lose.
Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 57:15, and today's worship is Know (Be Still) by Jeremy Riddle.
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| 0:00.0 | A cornerstone to living porn spirit is living with an acknowledgement of our need for God. |
| 0:10.8 | We must learn to tap into our weakness and lean on Jesus and all things if we want to |
| 0:15.8 | experience the blessing of God's grace. |
| 0:18.8 | The beauty of God's way is that it will always turn the ways of our world on its head. |
| 0:23.8 | To be strong, you must become weak. |
| 0:26.6 | To be rich, you must be poor. |
| 0:29.0 | To find, you must lose. |
| 0:31.4 | Welcome to the 1st of Teen Podcast. |
| 0:38.7 | Our verse for today comes from Isaiah 57, verse 15. |
| 0:49.5 | Scripture says, I dwell in the high and holy place and also with Him who is of a contrite |
| 0:56.6 | in lowly spirit to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. |
| 1:05.8 | To be rich in spirit based on our own accomplishments is to bear the weight of our own spiritual growth |
| 1:12.7 | and comparison when we acknowledge our spiritual poverty before God, thereby contributing |
| 1:18.4 | all that we do and are to His limitless grace. |
| 1:22.2 | The weight of our spirituality is lifted off and placed squarely on the shoulders of Jesus |
| 1:28.1 | where it belongs. |
| 1:30.2 | To be spiritually poor is to be incredibly blessed. |
| 1:35.2 | I've spent so much of my Christian life seeking to do good. |
| 1:39.4 | I've gone to church, Bible studies, small groups, accountability groups, and have played |
| 1:44.8 | in worship bands. |
| 1:46.5 | I've gone on mission trips, fed the homeless, served at food pantries, given up sleep, |
| 1:53.2 | spent nights out to invest in others, and even dedicated my career to God. |
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