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Delighting in God's Love · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we reach the middle of our week-long focus on stirring up our affections for God, today we're going to create space to simply delight in God's love.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Oftentimes, focusing on the simple foundational aspects of our relationship with God will produce more fruit than trying to journey beyond them.
• 0:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: And I pray that God reveals His love in a tangible and fresh way today for you and me as we open our hearts to meet with Him.
• 0:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast.
• 1:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture for today comes from John 17 verse 26.
• 1:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says, I made known to them your name and I will continue to make it known that the love with which you have loved me may be in them and I in them.
• 1:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: John 17 is an incredibly significant passage of Scripture for Christians today.
• 1:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jesus prayed perfectly in accordance with the will of the Father in submission to Him during His time on earth.
• 1:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Therefore, everything Jesus prayed, God will accomplish.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Part of the beauty of their oneness is shared desires.
• 1:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: In John 1726, Jesus praised to the Father.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known that the love with which you have loved me, may be in them, and I, in them.
• 2:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Imagine that.
• 2:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Jesus says we can have the same love in us with which God the Father loved Jesus.
• 2:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Think of the magnitude of love the Father has for His Son.
• 2:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: And now think about God having that same magnitude of love for you.
• 2:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: You are His beloved, His prized possession.
• 2:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Your heavenly Father gave up His own Son to have a personal relationship with you, to be able to pour His vast love out on you.
• 2:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Bible describes David as a man after God's own heart.
• 2:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: He was a man who delighted in God's love and experienced the joy of his presence throughout various seasons of life.
• 3:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Psalm 16 verses 5 to 11 David wrote, The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup.
• 3:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: You hold my lot.
• 3:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.
• 3:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
• 3:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: I bless the Lord who gives me counsel in the night also my heart instructs me.
• 3:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
• 3:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices, my flesh also dwells secure.
• 3:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: For you will not abandon my soul to shill, or let your holy ones see corruption.
• 3:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: You make known to me the path of life.
• 4:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: In your presence, there is fullness of joy.
• 4:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: At your right hand, our pleasures forevermore.
• 4:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: When I read David's words, I can't help but desire his joy and security.
• 4:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm filled with a desire to know that kind of love in my own life.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: Some 16 makes me desire to have God as my chosen portion, and I wholeheartedly want to experience pleasures forevermore.
• 4:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: What about you?
• 4:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow your desires to be stirred to experience for yourself the immeasurable love with which God has loved Jesus.
• 4:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Know that it's not only your desire to experience love, but the desire of your heavenly Father as well.
• 4:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: In what areas of your life, do you need to set the Lord always before you?
• 5:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: What areas do you need him to beat at your right hand?
• 5:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: In the Lord, there truly are pleasures for evermore.
• 5:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Take time today to simply delight in your God,
• 5:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: and allow his presence to flood the dry, weary places of your heart.
• 5:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: You are his chosen portion, the apple of his eye.
• 5:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: God gave up his only son for the chance to meet with you right now.
• 5:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: Simply open up your heart and delight in the love of your heavenly Father.
• 5:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on John chapter 17 verse 26, allow these words of Jesus to give you a better revelation of the depth of God's love for you.
• 6:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
• 7:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: And next, where do you need to delight in the love of God today?
• 7:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where is your life not marked by the fullness of joy, David described in Psalm 16?
• 7:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 1611 says, in your presence, there is fullness of joy at your right hand, our pleasures forevermore.
• 8:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: And last, take time to simply delight in the love of God for you.
• 8:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: The very same love that He has for His Son, Jesus Christ.
• 8:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 37 verse 4 says, delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
• 9:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: Every day is a battle to root yourself in the love of God, but it is a battle worth fighting.
• 10:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a battle waged within the depths of your soul, the fight between what God and the world says matters.
• 10:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: When you make more space for God to fill, by reading yourself of the ways of the world, his heart and mind will become your own.
• 10:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: What matters to him will begin to matter to you.
• 10:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Keeping his love in perspective will become as natural as breathing.
• 10:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: The fullness of relationship with him is meant to be our source, portion, strength, and desire.
• 10:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Give way to his loving kindness today and let the cares of the world go
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for taking the time to listen to today's podcast.
• 11:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with First 15.
• 11:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Take time today to simply notice how meeting with God affects your thoughts, emotions and actions.
• 11:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: What does making space to meet with God accomplish in your life?
• 11:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: taking time to reflect on what God has done can often be a really powerful motivator in opening our hearts for him to move in the present in future.
• 11:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you haven't already, make sure to follow the podcast so you won't miss another episode as we continue to draw closer to God this week.
• 12:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you see Kim.