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Faith Guides Us In · First15 Devotional

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  [SPEAKER_01]: In today's verse 15, we're going to explore the connection between faith and living an unveiled lifestyle.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There is so much life, peace, and joy for you if you will join God in the work he is doing and is already done in your life.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May your faith increase today and may your experience of God's presence deepen as we create space to seek God together.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to the
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  [UNKNOWN]: You
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Our Scripture for today comes from Hebrews 10, verse 22, Scripture says, Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: To see the living God face to face is to have our spiritual eyes opened through the important practice of faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The entirety of our relationship with God really boils down to faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: By faith, we trust in Him, even though we haven't seen Him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: By faith, we believe the Bible is truly His word.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And it is by faith that we enter into his tangible presence, where our hearts are transformed and our lives changed.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Paul praised an important prayer at the beginning of Ephesians that I believe God desires for you and me today.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Ephesians 1 verses 17 through 18 says that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory may give you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We need the eyes of our hearts enlightened.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We need to develop spiritual eyes to see all that is available to us in God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We need faith to guide us into the deeper things of God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Hebrews 10, verses 19 through 23, says, therefore brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That is through his flesh.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: With our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: God lungs for us to draw near to Him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He lungs for us to experience Him unveiled, face to face with the eyes of our hearts open and our hearts full of awe and wonder.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The single most exciting truth of our lives is that the God of the universe, the creator of all can be seen and known.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Spending time with him is more satisfying, entertaining, uplifting, and better than any other way our time could be spent.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If we will have the faith to make time, and let God move in and on our hearts, practicing faith as God's word tells us to, we will experience a reality unknown and unseen to the naked eye.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We will experience the reality of heaven.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: God and man join together in communion.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Faith is a gift given to those who cry out to know God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It is a gift given by the Holy Spirit in response to our desperation for relationship.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: if you will seek out more in your communion with your Heavenly Father, he will respond with an increase of faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He will answer your call by carrying you into the depths of his endless love, where you belong, where you've always belonged.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May God grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, and open the eyes of your heart today, as you spend time and prayer, opening your heart to receive God's gift of faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: As we begin, meditate on the importance of faith in seeking the face of God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Hebrews 116 says, and without faith, it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Ask God to give you an increase of faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Ask Him to open the eyes of your heart to see Him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Ask Him for the spirit of wisdom of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Wait on Him and allow Him to fill your heart with faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Ephesians 1 17 through 18 says,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your heart enlightened.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And last, take some time to simply seek the face of your heavenly Father, rest in His presence, allow Him to show you new things about yourself, ask Him how He feels about circumstances going on in your life, and listen with an open heart and open mind to however He would respond.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Psalm 27, eight says, you have said, seek my face.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: My heart says to you, your face, Lord, do I seek?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May we be a people that seek out the fullness of God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May we be children, odd by the beauty, majesty, mystery, and love of our Father.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: God has more in store for us than we could ever ask or imagine if we will seek Him with all of our hearts.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Fight the mediocrity of this world for the higher calling of experiencing
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for listening to today's podcast.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm Josh Miller with 1st 15.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I hope your faith is stirred in response to God's faithfulness today.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So much of the life God has for us is accessed by faith.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I pray that God fills your heart every day with new measures of faith in Him, and that your life is marked by all the wonderful miraculous gifts he gives us every day when faith opens our heart to receive them.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you seek him.