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The Fullness of Joy · First15 Devotional

• 0:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: In our third day of looking at joy, we're going to take time today to look at David's statement in Psalm 16 verse 11, where he describes a fullness of joy.
• 0:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: There is a greater fullness of life available to you and me in God than most of us will ever experience.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To experience more of God almost always requires laying down more of the things of the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But if we today, we'll give a greater measure of our hearts over to God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll find greater joy than we could have imagined experiencing this side of heaven.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May your heart be filled to the full today as we experience God together.
• 0:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast.
• 1:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 1611.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says, you make known to me the path of life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In your presence, there is fullness of joy at your right hand, our pleasures for evermore.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: By the grace of God, we have a beautiful inheritance of eternal, intangible relationship
• 1:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 16 verses five through six says, the Lord is my chosen portion and my cup.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You hold my lot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: And later, as we just heard in verse 11, David writes, you make known to me the path of life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In your presence, there is fullness of joy at your right hand, our pleasures for evermore.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God has designated the beautiful inheritance of His presence for us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Israel knew what it was to center their gatherings around the presence of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His presence guided them through the wilderness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His presence won battles for them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His presence was powerful in the holy of Holies.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God's presence was the sign that he was with them and for them.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Psalm 1611 tells us that in the presence of God, there is fullness of joy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Imagine what the fullness of joy looks in feels like.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What would it be like to have a real encounter with the fullness of joy today?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the fullness of joy, there is no sorrow, worry, doubt, or fear.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the fullness of joy, there is abundant life, peace, freedom, and love.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 43 verse 4 says,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Consistently encountering the presence of our Heavenly Father is the sole source of exceeding joy on the Earth.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Only in spending time, going to His altar, where we experience the joy that is our portion.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Only in His presence will the joy of the Lord truly become our strength.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Heavenly joy is an essential element to the Christian life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Joy isn't something we are created to live without.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It isn't a pursuit secondary to other pursuits.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Heavenly Joy is a cornerstone on which we will live lives that reflect the goodness, grace, love and reality of our Heavenly Father.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Joy is meant to be the mouthpiece by which we declare how wonderful a relationship with God truly is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: in his book in our joy, John Piper writes, but when God gives the radical change of new birth and repentance, Jesus himself becomes our supreme treasure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Choose the better portion today of spending time and countering the fullness of joy that can only be found in the presence of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: allow God to bring a radical change of new birth and repentance, that positions Christ as your supreme treasure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In pursuit Heavenly Joy today, that you might demonstrate the surpassing kindness of your Heavenly Father, to a world that is desperately seeking what can only be found
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on the fullness of joy available in the presence of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow Scripture to stir up a desire to encounter the joy of the Lord today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 1611 says,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In your presence, there is fullness of joy, at your right hand, or pleasures forevermore.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And next, ask the Lord to reveal His nearness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And God has never far from you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His presence is with you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to make Himself known, simply rest in the truth of His nearness and allow Him to reveal Himself to you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 84 verse 3 says,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young at her altars, a lord of hosts, my king, and my god.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And last, take time to ask God to guide you into the fullness of joy available in this presence, ask Him to fill you with abundant joy that you might live today to clearing His goodness to the world around you, rest in the joy of His presence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: John 10 verse 10 says, the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I pray that as the bride of Christ, we would grow in our knowledge of His nearness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I pray that we would walk in the fullness of relationship with our heavenly Father available to us on the earth.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I pray that we would grow in our reflection of God's goodness, to a world that longs to know Him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you pursue the presence of God with greater fervor as you go throughout your day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you experience His nearness and live your life with the joy of the Lord as your strength.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: thanks for listening to today's podcast on the fullness of joy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with verse 15.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're looking to go deeper into God's joy today, I want to encourage you to take some time and worship today whenever you get a few minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Every day on our website first15.org, you'll find a song to go along with that day's devotional.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you see Kim.