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We are Called to the Light · First15 Devotional

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  [SPEAKER_00]: as we continue our week on living in and pursuing the light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Today we'll explore how we as God's people are called out of darkness and to the light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our new inheritance as God's saints is to step out of hiding and walk in full vulnerable honesty before God and man.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you be strengthened in grace and integrity today as you're re-invisioned towards your calling to the light.
• 0:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our scripture for today comes from Ephesians 5, verse 8, Scripture says, for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord, walk as children of light.
• 1:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Colossians 1, verses 11 through 14, Paul prays a powerful prayer in his letter to the church in
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I believe it's God's heart for you and me today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
• 1:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: He has delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: you and I have been redeemed from living bound to darkness and have been given a new name, saints in light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We've been delivered from the dark things of this world that previously defined us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and ushered into a new kingdom filled with the light of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ephesians 5-8 says, for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Walk as children of light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As children of light, we must learn to walk in our new inheritance.
• 2:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: We must learn what it is to be disciples marked by the characteristics of our Father's kingdom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The powerful sacrifice of Jesus has afforded us an opportunity to no longer live as those of the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We belong to a kingdom that stretches past the span of this life through the unending reach of eternity.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God's Kingdom will have no end.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His goodness and mercies will never cease.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A relationship founded on the good, pleasing principles of his kingdom is eternal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But while we live on this earth, we will experience temptations, trials and doubts that continually tried to pull us out of our new life of eternal inheritance and back into the fleeting ways and pursuits of darkness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We must learn to look past this world and reject that which calls us back to the dark.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We must learn to look past the pleasures, glory, possessions, and accolades available to us here and find our satisfaction in the things of God alone.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You have been called by the one true God, a saint, and light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You have been ransomed from that which won't last, and brought into the eternal goodness of God's kingdom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In Matthew 6, 33, Jesus says, but seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All that you desire finds its true fulfillment in the light.
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: All the purpose, joy, passion, pleasure, and provision you seek will be fully satisfied in God if you seek his kingdom first.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Turn your life away from anything resembling darkness and commit yourself to living in the light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May God grant you the grace and mercy to seek His kingdom at every turn today, that you might know the unfathomable excellencies of unhindered relationship with Him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still your heart, as you enter guided prayer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on your calling to live in the light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: allow scripture to fill you with perspective on what it is to walk in the light.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Matthew 514 says, You are the light of the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And next, what desires are you satisfying in darkness rather than light?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask God to show you ways in which He wants to satisfy those desires to an even greater measure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and last.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Take time to receive God's presence and be filled with His Spirit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy the light of God's love, peace, and goodness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Find satisfaction in who He is and how deeply He cares for you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Colossians 1, verses 11 through 14 says, may you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the Saints in light.
• 8:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: He has delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We're not often told of the wonderful satisfaction available to us in God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So much of our faith is based on rules, regulations, and don'ts, rather than the wealth of life, God longs to give us in His kingdom.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All God desires us to do or not to do is based on His passion for blessing us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All God will lead us away from or into is for the sole purpose of our good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He is not a self-seeking God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He is not a task master.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He is a good father who desires to abundantly bless his children.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Life with God is a life filled with the fullness of satisfaction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you experience the abundant blessing that can only be found in the light of God today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much for listening to today's devotional.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with first 15.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As you go about your day today, ask God to keep illuminating your life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask Him to reveal lies you're believing, or areas of your life that aren't producing the fruit of the Spirit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And allow Him after illuminating your life to lead you into whatever it is he would have for you today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you walk in God's glorious light today, and may God bless you as you see him.