As we start a new year, this week will spend time breaking down the individual components of

First 15 by sharing God's desire for each of them. The majority of First 15 is dedicated to

encountering God and learning about his character. But every now and then, we will cover some teaching and tools that will help us in pursuing God to greater depths.

This week, we will get back to the basics and learn some spiritual disciplines that will help us

encounter him in deeper, more transformative ways.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast.

Okay. transformative ways. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. We all have a hunger to know why we're here. We all possess an insatiable desire for love, passion, and purpose.

Maybe you've had a relationship with God for years. Maybe you're still trying to figure out if God even exists, or if he's still knowable.

He knows everything about you.

He's counted every hair on your head and thinks about you more than the grains of sand.

He loves you more than you could ever comprehend.

So great is his steadfast love for you that he has a perfect plan for every one of your days.

He longs to transform your thoughts, emotions, and actions with his loving kindness,

that your life may be filled with passion, purpose, satisfaction, and the wonderful peace of his presence.

We all require transformation. We all need the freedom

and healing that comes from relationship with our Creator, and we serve a God of miraculous

transformation. Scripture says God formed man out of dirt from the ground he blew into his

nostrils, the breath of life. The man came alive, a living soul. Psalm

139-13 states that God knit you together in your mother's womb. You are fearfully and wonderfully

made for relationships with your Heavenly Father. Your Heavenly Father longs to bring about

miraculous transformation every day of your life so that you

would be increasingly marked by the powerful works of his presence.

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