The Sweetness of God's Love
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
This week on the First15 podcast we’ll spend time stirring up our affections for God through the renewing of our minds. Your mind is the gateway to your affections. What you think is worthy of your affections is what will receive them. So, as we grow in our understanding of God’s overwhelming goodness we will naturally give him our hearts. May you be stirred by the unconditional love of your heavenly Father this week as his perfect nature is revealed to you in greater, more transformative ways.
Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians 5:2, and today's worship is Your Love Never Fails Me by First15 Worship feat. Ryan Hall.
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As believers, we want a real connection with God every day, not just on Sunday. We want the peace and passion that comes from living with God, not for God. But when Monday morning rolls around we’re left thinking:
“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
At First15, we know that meaningful worship isn’t just for Sunday. Every believer should be able to find a daily connection to God with fresh worship created specifically for their weekday.
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First15 is a daily devotional written and recorded by Craig Denison. If you would like to learn more about the First15 app, books, blogs, videos and our other resources, please visit first15.org. You can always reach out to us on our contact page on the website.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the first 18 podcast, we'll spend time stirring up our affections for God through the renewing of our minds. |
| 0:12.3 | Your mind is the gateway to your affections. What you think is worthy of your affections is what will receive them. |
| 0:20.1 | So, as we grow in our understanding of God's overwhelming goodness, |
| 0:24.8 | we will naturally give Him our hearts. |
| 0:28.5 | May you be stirred by the unconditional love of your Heavenly Father this week, |
| 0:33.2 | as his perfect nature is revealed to you in greater, more transformative ways. |
| 0:39.3 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our verse of today comes from Ephesians 5, verse 2. |
| 0:58.6 | Scripture says, |
| 1:00.0 | And walk in love as Christ loved us |
| 1:03.3 | And gave himself up for us, |
| 1:05.9 | A slain offering and sacrifice to God, |
| 1:09.3 | A sweet fragrance. |
| 1:11.6 | Think about the death of Jesus for just a moment. |
| 1:16.6 | Picture how horrific this scene would have been to witness in person. |
| 1:21.6 | And now, try and imagine witnessing it from the Father's perspective. |
| 1:26.6 | Think about how he saw, heard, felt new, I can imagine witnessing it from the father's perspective. |
| 1:27.9 | Think about how he saw, heard, felt new, and wept over everything that happened to Jesus. |
| 1:37.5 | Think about how he felt placing the sin of the world, the sin of you and me, on the shoulders |
| 1:43.7 | of his perfect and undeserving son. |
| 1:47.7 | I ask you to imagine all of that for one reason, |
| 1:52.6 | to gain perspective on the unfathomable love of God, |
| 1:56.9 | as expressed in Ephesians 5 too. |
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