YOUR FATHER GIVES GOOD GIFTS
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🗓️ 9 April 2022
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Summary
This week we’ll start a new series, making space to simply stir up our affections for God every day. Today, we’re going to look at the reality that our God loves to give us good gifts. May God empower us to live with open hands and an open heart, ready and willing to receive all that he longs to give.
Our Scripture for today comes from James 1:17, and today's worship is Gifts From God by Chris Tomlin feat. Chris Lane.
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Faith doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a byproduct of time spent experiencing the faithfulness of our God. It’s a gift given to us by the Giver of good gifts, himself.
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| 0:00.0 | This week in the first of teen podcast, we're going to start a new series, making space to |
| 0:09.9 | simply stir up our affections for God every day. Today, we're going to look at the reality |
| 0:15.9 | that our God loves to give us good gifts. May God empower us to live with open hands and an open heart, ready and willing to receive |
| 0:26.3 | all the He longs to give. |
| 0:28.7 | Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. Our verse for today comes from James 1, verse 17. |
| 0:55.2 | Scripture says, |
| 1:00.3 | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, |
| 1:03.3 | coming down from the Father of Lights, |
| 1:08.5 | with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. |
| 1:10.8 | One of my favorite parts of God's heart is his desire to give us amazing gifts. |
| 1:18.1 | James 117 says, |
| 1:20.3 | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, |
| 1:24.6 | coming down from the Father of Lights, |
| 1:26.8 | with whom there's no variation or shadow due to |
| 1:30.5 | change. Every good gift you receive is because God loves you. His love for you is so great that he looks |
| 1:40.1 | for every opportunity to give you a gift. |
| 1:48.8 | He desperately wants you to know that you are loved and valued by him. |
| 1:53.9 | He so deeply wants you to know that he is not distant from you, |
| 2:01.6 | but rather is working in your midst to lead you to abundant joy, peace, and life. Matthew 7.11 says, |
| 2:04.6 | If you then who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, |
| 2:09.6 | how much more will your father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? |
| 2:15.6 | I love how God has chosen to be known to us as a Father. |
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