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God is Our Provider · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: in the Kingdom of God, we find a culture different from that of our world.
• 0:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: We are often taught to be self-made, pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, and that it's the survival of the fittest.
• 0:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: God's Kingdom turns these principles on their head.
• 0:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: We are encouraged to wait, trust, and receive from our God who supplies for our every need.
• 0:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Does your life mimic one of trust and waiting?
• 0:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: One of open hands in thankfulness.
• 0:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Today as we move forward in our week of God being our father, we'll look at his provisional nature.
• 0:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we learn of God's intentions to meet our every need, open your heart today to trust in this God whose our provider.
• 1:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from Philippians 4, verse 19, Scripture says, and my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Matthew chapter 6, verses 25 through 33, Jesus says, therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on.
• 2:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing.
• 2:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Look at the birds of the air.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet you're heavenly Father feeds them.
• 2:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: Are you not of more value than they?
• 2:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
• 2:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: and why are you anxious about clothing?
• 2:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: They neither toil nor spin.
• 2:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yet I tell you, even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: But if God so clothed the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
• 3:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: Will he not much more cloth you, O you of little faith?
• 3:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, what shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear?
• 3:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
• 3:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you.
• 3:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Your Heavenly Father is the great provider for all the earth.
• 3:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: He gives a reign when the earth needs refreshment.
• 3:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: He calls the sun from its hiding when the earth needs warmth.
• 3:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: He gives to the animals their food, the flowers, their beauty, the birds, their shelter, and you and me everything we need.
• 4:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: We worship a God who is both loving and powerful.
• 4:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: He is both omnipotent and omnipresent.
• 4:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: He is both good and able.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If he were not, we would be forced to fend for ourselves, striving for that which he has promised to provide.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: If he were only good, we would not be assured
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: And if he were only able, we would fear for a lack of his desire to provide.
• 4:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: But God is our Heavenly Father, who both knows what we need and longs to provide for us in exceeding measures.
• 4:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: He is our creator and sustainer, the Lord of all and Lord in all.
• 5:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: Why do you stress over the foundational cares of this life while your Heavenly Father is seated on his throne?
• 5:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: The truth is that until we experience for ourselves both the goodness and power of our Heavenly Father, the truth of his provision will only ever feel like a heady theological principle.
• 5:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: Until we experience first-hand the character in provision of our God, fear will remain.
• 5:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: 1 John 4 verse 18 says, there is no fear in love, but perfect love, cast out fear.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God longs to perfect you in His love today.
• 5:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to guide you into an encounter with His goodness and power.
• 6:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to establish a foundation of His faithfulness by which you can live in faith.
• 6:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: May you have a transformative encounter with the Holy Spirit today,
• 6:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: as we begin, meditate on God's promises of provision, allow Scripture to renew your mind, and transform the way you act, think, and feel.
• 7:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Philippians 419 says, and my God will supply every need of yours, according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus.
• 8:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: next.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you have fear in regards to provision?
• 8:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where are you striving for what God has already promised to provide?
• 8:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where does God want to bring peace into your life today?
• 9:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: and last.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Take time to allow God to reveal His goodness and power.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into an encounter with all that God is.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow scripture to speak to your circumstances, so that you might live today in line with God's promises.
• 10:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: No matter how old we get, God will still be our Father.
• 10:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: We never have to go through a season apart from his perfect provision.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We never have to step outside of his leadership and love.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He will always be our good shepherd.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: He will always be our sustainer,
• 10:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: never doubt the goodness and power of your God, rest in His promises, and continue to grow in your knowledge of who He is by resting in His presence.
• 11:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: May you experience today the abundant provision of your loving Heavenly Father.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for listening to today's podcast.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with first 15.
• 11:52
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• 12:15
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