Vision for Yourself

First15 Devotional

First15

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Today we will take some time for ourselves, something we’re often not very good at doing. The reality is God cares deeply for you before you can do anything for him, and he wants that truth to settle deeply into our hearts today. We will be exploring what it means to have vision for ourselves holistically. How do we set ourselves up for success emotionally, physically and spiritually? The truth is you matter, and it’s my prayer you are strengthened and encouraged today.

Our Scripture for today comes from John 10:10, and today's worship is See A Victory by Elevation Worship.

Outro / Wrap Up:

Thanks so much for listening to today’s podcast, Vision for Yourself.

One of the most challenging things to do can be to simply stop and practice self-awareness. So often we just keep going, ignoring how we’re really feeling or doing, and suffer too long as a result.

As you go about your day today, try and set aside time to simply be aware of how you’re feeling, what you’re thinking, what matters most, what your disappointed with. Often creating space to simply have vision for yourself, not even working to change things, can give us a greater measure of abundant life every day.

Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek him.

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0:00.0	Today we'll take some time for ourselves, something we're not often very good at doing. The reality is God cares deeply for you before you can do anything for him. He wants that truth to settle deeply into our hearts today. We will be exploring what it means to have vision for ourselves holistically.
0:23.9	How do we set up ourselves for success emotionally, physically, and spiritually?
0:28.6	The truth is you matter, and it's my prayer that you are strengthened and encouraged today.
0:34.3	Welcome to the first 15th podcast.
0:44.3	Hi. today. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. For a long time, I believe that all God wanted for me was more. I feared that he would lead me to more work, more giving, more sacrifice,
0:50.3	and less fun. I viewed fun and God as mutually exclusive, as if he was a great cosmic
0:56.4	killjoy who wanted me to sing, fast, pray, and evangelize. Wrapped up in all my misconceptions
1:02.8	was a very me-centric point of view. I thought if I didn't work my fingers to the bone
1:08.0	day in and day out for the kingdom that God's will
1:10.9	wasn't going to be accomplished. It's as if I believed I was the Savior, the sole hope of
1:16.4	the world. And all these misconceptions led to a constant weight I couldn't seem to shake.
1:22.3	But Isaiah 55, 10, and 11 says, for as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return
1:28.8	there but water from the earth, making it bring forth in sprout, giving seed to the shower
1:35.2	and bread to the eater.
1:37.4	So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth.
1:40.2	It shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall
1:45.4	succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
1:48.7	The truth is that God absolutely has good works laid out before me every single day.
1:54.3	He has a plan for me that will impact eternity.
1:57.6	But his chief desire in everything he asks of me is that we would do it together.
2:02.6	He doesn't need me. He wants me.
2:04.6	He is not a taskmaster, and I am not a slave.
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