THE SWEETNESS OF GOD’S LOVE
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 2 April 2022
⏱️ 10 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 Goodness of God by Bethel Music.
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There are two things you and I need most: secure connection and unconditional love.
It’s impossible to live with confidence unless we have the sense of self that comes from secure connection with our heavenly Father. And it’s impossible to fully love ourselves and others unless we experience and trust in the unconditional love of the one who gave us life.
We pray our printed devotionals, Closer and Love, help people like you experience the connection and unconditional love available to you in God every morning.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the Fursa team podcast, we'll spend time stirring up our affections for |
| 0:09.0 | God through the renewing of our minds. |
| 0:12.4 | Your mind is the gateway to your affections. |
| 0:15.8 | What you think is worthy of your affections is what will receive them. |
| 0:20.2 | So as we grow in our understanding of God's overwhelming goodness, we will naturally |
| 0:25.7 | give Him our hearts. |
| 0:28.7 | May you be stirred by the unconditional love of your Heavenly Father this week, as |
| 0:33.4 | as perfect nature is revealed to you in greater, more transformative ways. |
| 0:39.3 | Welcome to the Fursa team podcast. |
| 0:57.7 | Our Fursa today comes from Ephesians 5, verse 2. |
| 1:02.3 | Scripture says, In walk in love as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as slain offering |
| 1:10.8 | and sacrifice to God a sweet fragrance. |
| 1:17.2 | Think about the death of Jesus for just a moment. |
| 1:21.0 | Picture how horrific this scene would have been to witness in person. |
| 1:26.1 | And now try and imagine witnessing it from the Father's perspective. |
| 1:31.5 | Think about how He saw, heard, felt new, and wept over everything that happened to Jesus. |
| 1:41.1 | Think about how He felt placing the sin of the world, the sin of you and me on the shoulders |
| 1:47.3 | of His perfect and undeserving Son. |
| 1:52.0 | I ask you to imagine all of that for one reason, to gain perspective on the unfathomable love |
| 1:59.4 | of God as expressed in Ephesians 5 too. |
| 2:04.6 | Scripture says, Walk in love as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us a slain offering |
| 2:13.0 | and sacrifice to God a sweet fragrance. |
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