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God the Giver of Strength · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: in today's verse 15, we're going to explore and experience the ways God gives us strength.
• 0:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: There is not much better than becoming aware of our weakness and being met by God's strength and grace in the midst of it.
• 0:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: God fills in all the places we lack and he wants to hold you up and strengthen you today in your weakness.
• 0:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: We can release the need to appear strong because we have a very strong God on our behalf.
• 0:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: But you experience the embrace of the Father today as you draw near.
• 0:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcasts.
• 1:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture today comes from Psalm 73 verse 26, Scripture says, My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
• 1:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: The story of God's people is one of God's strength covering our weakness.
• 1:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: our Heavenly Father takes our problems, sins, fears and feebleness, and uses them as opportunities to demonstrate the overwhelming power of His love.
• 1:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: He takes those the world deems to be the weakest, and uses them to accomplish incredible powerful works.
• 2:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Isaiah 40 verses 28 through 31 says, Have you not known?
• 2:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have you not heard?
• 2:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Lord is the everlasting God.
• 2:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: The creator of the ends of the earth.
• 2:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: He does not faint or grow weary.
• 2:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: His understanding is unserturable.
• 2:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might, he increases strength.
• 2:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: They shall mount up with wings like eagles.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: They shall run and not be weary.
• 2:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: They shall walk and not faint.
• 2:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: our God knows our frame.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: He knows that our bodies have come from dust and will one day return to their original form.
• 3:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: He knows that without his help, we accomplish nothing.
• 3:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: But Paul's declaration in Philippians 413 is just as true for you and me as it was for him.
• 3:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
• 3:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: We can do all things through the anointing and power of our heavenly Father.
• 3:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: We can tackle any obstacle that stands in our way because our God is perfectly strong in our weakness.
• 3:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need the strength of God today?
• 3:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you feel weak, powerless, or weary?
• 3:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need to run but only feel exhausted?
• 3:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: Your lot is not to go through life living solely by your own power.
• 4:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: You've been given a new identity as a son or daughter of the most high God who desperately wants to close you with strength and teach you how to use the authority given to you by Jesus.
• 4:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: In God, you can defeat the powers of sin and darkness that have held you back.
• 4:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: In God, you can accomplish the tasks set before you with joy, energy, and strength.
• 4:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: And in God, you can love and be loved to such a capacity that you're very attitude, outlook, and emotions transform into reflections of your heavenly fathers.
• 4:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: spend time in prayer, receiving the strength that comes from God alone.
• 4:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: Allow him to fill you with fresh vision and align your perspective with his.
• 5:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on God's desire to fill you with strength.
• 5:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: Isaiah 40 verses 28 through 31 says,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: have you not known?
• 5:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have you not heard?
• 5:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: He does not faint or grow weary.
• 5:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: His understanding is unserturable.
• 6:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: He gives power to the faint, and to Him who has no might, He increases strength.
• 6:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: even youth shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted, but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength.
• 6:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: They shall mount up with wings like eagles.
• 6:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: They shall run and not be weary.
• 6:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: They shall walk and not faint.
• 7:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: and next.
• 7:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need God's strength today?
• 7:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you feel weakest?
• 7:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where do you need His power in anointing?
• 8:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: And last, ask God to fill you with the power of the Holy Spirit, ask him to make his strength known to you, allow your perspective and outlook to shift in light of God's power and love.
• 8:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Second Samuel 22, verses 33 and 34 says, it is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
• 8:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: He makes my feet like the feet of a deer.
• 8:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: He causes me to stand on the heights.
• 9:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: As you go, remember we are never meant to do life on our own.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: We are designed to be in connection to the strength of our heavenly Father in every situation, relationship, job, and trial.
• 9:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: God longs to fill us with strength to accomplish the good work laid before us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to make us strong in Him.
• 9:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: Don't go throughout your day in your own strength.
• 9:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Instead, seek out the hand of your Heavenly Father and allow Him to help you today.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much for listening to today's podcast.
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with First 15.
• 10:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: I pray that you sense the incredible strength of God in your life today.
• 10:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: If the Lord's moving in your life in a tangible way as you're creating space to meet with Him, I want to encourage you to tell someone about that today.
• 10:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: We all need the strength of God in our lives and there's literally no telling the impact sharing your experience with God could have on the life of another.
• 10:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for connecting with God through 1st 15, have a wonderful rest of your day today, and may God bless you as you see Kim.