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First15 Devotional
First15
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🗓️ 3 January 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re spending time breaking down the individual components of First15 by sharing God’s desire for each of them. The majority of First15 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 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.
Today in our week-long focus on the foundations of a 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, and I know that our time together will help you get even more out of this space for God’s presence.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 John 4:16, and today's worship is Drawn to You by Audrey Assad.
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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 | Today as we continue, our week-long focus on the foundations of equality time alone with God, |
| 0:10.0 | we're going to look at the devotional peace of our times together. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm so excited to share with you my heart behind writing what you hear every day, and I know that our time together will help you get even more |
| 0:21.9 | out of this space for God's presence. Welcome to the first of teen podcast. |
| 0:45.3 | Our verse for today comes from 1 John 4, verse 16. Scripture says, |
| 0:46.3 | So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. |
| 0:52.3 | God is love, and whoever abides in love, |
| 0:56.2 | abides in God, and God abides in Him. |
| 1:02.3 | The devotional section of verse 15 |
| 1:04.8 | began with the belief that we need our affections for God |
| 1:08.3 | to be constantly stirred. |
| 1:10.7 | In the chaos of life, we need a reminder of |
| 1:13.6 | God's goodness and loving-kindness towards us. With all the darkness that surrounds, we need help |
| 1:21.1 | remembering that God has overcome the world and brought us to the light. This devotional exists to serve that need. |
| 1:30.3 | Many wonderful and anointed devotionals lie in our bookshelves. We can access a seemingly |
| 1:36.5 | limitless amount of incredible teaching available today. So my hope is that first of |
| 1:42.6 | teen will faithfully draw you into a daily encounter with the heart of God |
| 1:47.0 | and fill you with a desire to know Him more. |
| 1:51.0 | You were created for real, tangible relationship with God. |
| 1:57.0 | You were created with longings that cannot be satisfied until you experience the fullness of God |
| 2:03.6 | available to you through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. |
| 2:09.6 | 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 |
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