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Inexpressible Joy · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we near the end of our week on joy, today we look at another aspect of the joy available to us in God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Specifically, how our joy could be so great that the Bible would call it inexpressible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May our hearts be opened to a greater measure of joy than we've yet experienced, and the wisdom and faith to hold on to that joy as our portion in God.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from first Peter 1, verses 8 through 9, Scripture says, Though you have not seen Him, you love Him.
• 1:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him, and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
• 1:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: First Peter one versus eight through nine, fills my heart with a longing to rejoice in ways that move the heart of my heavenly Father.
• 1:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, that scripture says, though you have not seen him, you love him.
• 1:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
• 1:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: What does it look like to rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory?
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: What would it be like to have our hearts so filled with praise that our lips can't articulate the overwhelming goodness of God?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the famous hymn, The Love of God, Frederick and Lehman wrote, The Love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We are designed to be continually odd by the wondrous works of our heavenly father.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So great is his love for us that all the ink and paper in the world couldn't adequately describe the depths of his mercies toward his children.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So infinite is his nature that the fastest vessel could never reach the ends of his heart.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so powerful is his affection that we as his children will never be able to stop singing his praise.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Do you feel odd by God today?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Is your heart wrapped up in the unfathomable goodness of His grace?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Being filled with inexpressible joy is the natural response to seeing how truly good God is in comparison to how truly broken we are.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Joy is meant to be the overflow of true tangible relationship with a God who had laid down his own life solely because he desperately longed for restored relationship with us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As children of the Most High God, we must take time to allow him to all us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We must take time to wonder at his amazing works.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We are created with an insatiable longing for fascination.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We love to ponder on that which we will never fully comprehend.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God created the universe as an example of how unfathomable and fascinating He is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Proverbs 25, 2 says,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He is a God full of wonderful mystery we were designed to search out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It is our inexpressible joy to spend time with the creator that the human eye will never see and my new details too small to ever behold.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Matthew 1344 says the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which a man found and covered up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God is worth your life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The fullness of relationship with him is far greater than any possession
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The great mystery in all of creation is a mere reflection of the infinite loving nature of our heavenly Father.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Take time today to devote yourself to rejoicing with inexpressible joy at the revelation of how great God is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow him to guide you into new and refreshing depths of his love.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May you discover today the treasure of restored relationship with your mysterious and fascinating Heavenly Father.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: as we begin, meditate on the infinite and wonderful nature of God, think about His creation and how all of it was created by His Word, reflect on the powerful and loving sacrifice of Jesus, allow Scripture and the divine nature of God to fill you with fascination and inexpressible
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Romans 1, verse 20, says, for his invisible attributes, namely his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made,
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  [UNKNOWN]: Thanks for watching.
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  [UNKNOWN]: And next.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask God to guide you into new depths of his heart today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask him to show you something about himself you didn't know.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you how to search out the incredible mysteries of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And last, spend time resting in the presence of your creator.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The creator of the entire universe is with you right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The God who formed every mountain, star and grain of sand loves you and lungs to be with you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow the incredible goodness of God to overwhelm the tired and dry places of your heart.
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  [UNKNOWN]: Some 63-1 says,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: earnestly I seek you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My soul thirsts for you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My flesh faints for you as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May we be a people who earnestly seek God for the refreshment of our souls.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May we discover the still waters of his presence that have the power to replenish that which the world is dried out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May we run to God when we have need, knowing that he is willing and able to supply everything we need and more.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And may a fresh revelation of God's love fill you with inexpressible joy that resounds in everything you do today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much for listening to this podcast on inexpressible joy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with First 15.
• 11:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: In a world that needs explanations and definitions for everything, God is inviting us into a lifestyle of awe and wonder.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mystery and that which can never be fully understood isn't something to be feared but celebrated.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our God is bigger, greater, and more wonderful than we could ever imagine, let alone express.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May your heart be filled with wonder and inexpressible joy today, and may God bless you as you see Kim.