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Glorious Relationship · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Living an abundant life here and now is as simple as tapping into the rich, boundless, intimate relationship.
• 0:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: God has made available to us with Him through the sacrifice of Jesus.
• 0:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: We tend to believe so many lies about the Father's heart for us.
• 0:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: When He really has made it so simple for us to come to Him.
• 0:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: God is for us and desires to walk closely with us.
• 0:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: All we have to do is say yes to His invitation.
• 0:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Will you consider saying yes today?
• 0:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast.
• 1:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from Revelation 3, verse 20, Scripture says, behold, I stand at the door and knock.
• 1:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him and he with me.
• 1:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: There is a wealth of glorious relationship available to us on earth that we have yet to fully experience.
• 1:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jesus has made a way for us to have restored relationship with our Heavenly Father again, not only in heaven, but right now.
• 1:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: We have been washed clean by the blood of the pure and spotless lamb, so that the presence of the living God now resides with us.
• 2:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: God is here, and He is ready for you and me to experience the fullness of life only found in continual communion with Him.
• 2:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Revelation 3.20 says, behold, I stand at the door and knock.
• 2:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him and he with me.
• 2:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: God is continually knocking on the doors of our hearts, ready and willing to come in and meet with us in every part of our lives.
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: Each of us are created for intimacy, free from shame and rejection.
• 2:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: We live unsatisfied until our hearts find their home with our loving and present father.
• 3:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: God is knocking on the door of your heart today and asking you to allow him to come in and fill you with the life of glorious relationship.
• 3:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to breathe into your frame of dust, so that the dry and weary places of your heart are filled to overflowing with the living waters of his love.
• 3:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 139, verses one through six says, O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
• 3:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: You know when I sit down and when I rise up,
• 3:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
• 3:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it all together.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: You hem me in behind and before and lay your hand upon me.
• 4:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.
• 4:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: It is high I cannot attain it.
• 4:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: God is always available, always ready, and always willing to guide you into and encounter with Him.
• 4:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: All that is required of you is an open heart.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: True life here on Earth finds its roots solely in restored relationship with the Creator.
• 4:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: There is no good apart from the Lord.
• 4:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: There
• 4:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: There is no friend like the Holy Spirit.
• 4:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: There is no purpose, like wholeheartedly pursuing the fullness of relationship available with God.
• 4:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Zefaniah 317 says, the Lord your God is in your midst.
• 4:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: A mighty one who will save.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: He will rejoice over you with gladness.
• 5:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: He will quiet you by his love.
• 5:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: He will exalt over you with loud singing.
• 5:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Take time to allow God to rejoice over you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: allow him to quiet the stress and cares of this life with his loving presence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask him to reveal to you just how near he is.
• 5:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: And live today in light of the glorious relationship with your heavenly father, made available to you by the powerful sacrifice of Jesus.
• 5:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: Prepare your heart as you enter guided prayer.
• 6:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin,
• 6:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: Meditate on the wealth of relationship available to you with God.
• 6:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow scripture to fill you with the desire to have more consistent encounters with your heavenly Father.
• 6:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: Revelation 320 says,
• 6:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me.
• 7:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: and next.
• 7:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: In what ways are you not experiencing the fullness of life available to you and God?
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need more encounters with God's presence and love?
• 8:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: And last, take time to simply let God love you, open the door of your heart to your heavenly father, and let him come meet with you.
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have faith that he will guide you into an encounter with himself today and give you exactly what you need.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: May you find refreshment and revitalization in the loving embrace of your father.
• 8:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: James 4-8 says, Drawn near to God and he will draw near to you.
• 9:05
  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you.
• 9:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: May the words of Jesus in John 15 verses 4 through 6, fill you with a desire to stay in communion with your Heavenly Father throughout everything you do today.
• 9:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says, abide in me, and I in you.
• 9:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine.
• 9:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Neither can you, unless you abide in me.
• 9:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: I am the vine, you are the branches, whoever abides in me, and I in him, he is that bears much fruit.
• 10:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: For apart from me, you can do nothing.
• 10:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers, and the branches are gathered thrown into the fire and burned.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with verse 15.
• 10:40
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• 10:44
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• 10:46
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• 10:53
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• 11:07
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• 11:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you seek him.