Today in our week-long focus on the foundations of quality time alone with God, we're

going to look at the devotional piece of our times together.

I'm so excited to share with you my heart behind writing what you hear every day.

I know that our time together will help you get even more

out of the space for God's presence. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. The devotional section of

1st 15 began with the belief that we need our affections for God to be consistently stirred.

In the chaos of life, we need a reminder of God's

goodness and loving kindness towards us. With all the darkness that surrounds, we need help

remembering that God has overcome the world and brought us to the light. This devotional

exists to serve that need. Many wonderful and anointed devotionals line our bookshelves.

We can access a seemingly limitless amount of incredible teaching available today.

I hope that First 15 will faithfully draw you into a daily encounter with the heart of God

and fill you with a desire to know him more. You were created for tangible, real

relationship with God. You were created with longings that cannot be satisfied until you

experience the fullness of God available to you through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

I firmly believe that if you will simply make your heart available to be stirred up by

the truth of God's nearness and love, then you will experience whatever it is you've been

looking for.

If you will engage with the devotional section of verse 15 and open your heart that God

might speak to you, the Holy Spirit will guide you into an encounter

with your omnipotent, omnipresent creator. God longs to be encountered. He longs for you to

know his love. If you will begin each day simply seeking to meet with him for 15 minutes,

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