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First15 Devotional
First15 is a daily devotional written to help you connect with God. Each day, the devotional features scripture, a devotional thought, guided prayer, and action steps. For more information, please visit first15.org. To hear the music from the devotional, search for First15 Worship on Spotify or Apple Music. Tags: First15 Devotional, First 15, First15 Worship, Devotional
Episodes
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The Longing to be Enjoyed
All of us have insatiable longings that can only be satisfied in communion with our heavenly Father. The longing to be enjoyed, fascinated, to gaze upon…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: God’s Voice
As we wrap up this week focusing on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the role of hearing God’s voice in living open and responsive…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Prayer
In today’s First15, we’re going to continue our week long focus on tilling the soil of the heart by looking at the power of prayer. There is no better way to…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: The Body of Christ
As we near the end of our week focusing on tilling the soil of the heart, today we’re going to look at the role of community in positioning ourselves to…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Scripture
As we reach the middle of our week-long focus on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the power of Scripture in receiving all that God…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Worship
As we continue this week-long focus on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the power of worship in opening our hearts to receive all…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Thankfulness
As we continue this week focusing on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the role of thankfulness in opening our hearts to receive all…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart
This week we'll look at a vital spiritual practice to all those seeking to grow in God: tilling the soil of the heart. Jesus spoke in Matthew 13 of two…
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The Day Is Approaching
As we conclude our week on living for heaven, today we’ll explore the return of Christ and what that means for us. How can you be best prepared for the return…
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Things Unseen
As we begin to wrap up our week on living for heaven, today we’re going to explore what it means to have our perspectives shift toward the things of God rather…
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Heaven on Earth
As we continue in our week on living for heaven, today we’ll explore what it means to see Jesus’s prayer that God’s will would be done on earth as it is in…
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A Lifetime of Love
Every single one of us has an innate need to know we’re loved. And yet, so many of us go too many days wondering or unsure of the love our heavenly Father has…
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Marked by Joy
What would it be like to have unhindered, abundant joy in the midst of all circumstances? The beauty of the joy God longs to give is that it’s not fleeting or…
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Life in Hope
As we continue our week on living for heaven, today we look at the concept of hope. Hope is a necessity in this day, and God wants to restore your sense of…
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Jesus is the Best Thing
As children of God, we have been given a new home and a new hope. In this week of First15, we’re going to take time every day to look at what it means to live…
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Being a Person of Peace
As we end our week on transcendent peace, today we’ll explore what it means to be a person of peace. Jesus refers to his people as “peacemakers.” Would you say…
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Peace in the Spirit
As we begin to wrap up our week on transcendent peace, today we’ll explore growing in relationship with the Holy Spirit, and how he can help us walk in peace…
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Peace in All Circumstances
What would it look like to have peace in all circumstances? I honestly can’t imagine anything better. We see promises in Scripture of this peace at all times…
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Peace in Relationships
For many, relationships can often be the greatest source of joy, or the quickest thing to rob us of peace. As we seek to walk in transcendent peace, it’s vital…
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A Peaceful Thought-Life
Today we will explore how to have a peaceful thought-life, as we continue our week on transcendent peace. The Bible speaks very specifically about our minds…
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Peace is a Fruit
As we continue our week on transcendent peace, we’ll look today at where peace comes from. Peace isn’t something we can muster up in and of ourselves. Peace is…
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The Prince of Peace
One of the most powerful marks of a believer is transcendent peace. This world offers us no reason to be peaceful. It offers us no reason to be without stress…
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Being a Carrier of Joy
Today, in the last day of our week long focus on joy, we’re going to explore how we can be carriers for the joy of our God. Joy is contagious. It’s powerful…
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Inexpressible Joy
As we near the end of our week on joy, today we look at another aspect of the joy available to us in God, specifically how our joy could be so great that the…
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Joy from the Spirit
In today’s First15 we’re going to explore the role of the Holy Spirit in living with the joy available to us in God. Know that as a believer, the Holy Spirit…
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Joy in Every Circumstance
I think one of the hardest things to do in life is to live with joy in the midst of trials and challenges. It’s so easy to let life dictate to us our emotions…
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The Fullness of Joy
In our third day of looking at Joy, we’re going to take time today to look at David’s statement in Psalm 16:11, where he describes a “fullness of joy.” There…
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God Rejoices Over Us
As we continue our week of looking at Joy, we’re going to take time today to receive a fresh revelation of how God rejoices over us. God not only loves you…
First15 DevotionalBONUS: Praying through Political Anxiety
Do you find yourself anxious, fearful or stressed during election seasons? As division and conflict surrounding politics seem to intensify, it can be hard to…
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Strength in Joy
In a world that knocks us down, joy can feel so elusive. But Scripture is filled with encouragement, that there is a joy available to us in God that transcends…
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Seeking God through Community
In today’s First15 we wrap up our week on seeking God by looking at the act of seeking God through community. You may be a people person, or a total introvert…
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Seeking God in Solitude
As we near the end of our week on seeking God, today we will focus on seeking God in solitude. Our world is a busy place. Our home lives are busy. Our church…
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Seeking God through His Creation
In today’s First15, we’re going to explore the act of seeking God through his creation. God wants to use the world around us to declare his glory, goodness and…
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Seeking God through Fasting
As we continue our week on seeking God, today we’re exploring what it means to seek God through fasting. This may be a new or even unpleasant topic for some…
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Seeking God through Prayer
As we continue our series on seeking God, today we’ll explore the intimate closeness of seeking God through prayer. How amazing is our Father that he wants to…
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Seeking God through Scripture
In our second day of exploring what it means to seek God, we’re going to focus in on the act of seeking God through the Scriptures. We have been given an…
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Seeking God through Worship
Worship through song is one of the most powerful ways to connect directly to the love, compassion, power, and grace of God. In worship, walls we’ve placed…
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Eternity Right Now
As we finish this week on living an abundant life, today we’ll explore where we’re placing our priorities, hopes, fears, and affections. God doesn’t want us to…
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Healed, Transformed, Freed
Living an abundant life means letting go of lies and past sin patterns that hinder us. These lies and bad habits can often feel comfortable, but they are truly…
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Eternal Impact
A huge aspect of living an abundant life is the realization your life has purpose and meaning. God truly has a beautiful plan for his glory and your good set…
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Passionate Pursuit
As we continue our week on living an abundant life, today we’ll explore the topic of pursing Jesus passionately in our daily lives. As we discussed the past…
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Glorious Relationship
Living an abundant life here and now is as simple as tapping into the rich, boundless, intimate relationship God has made available to us with him through the…
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Choosing to Worship
Did you know you have the ability to stir and satisfy the heart of God, here and now? God has given us the ability to choose him here on earth, and nothing…
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God Cares About the Present
Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus we have been afforded an opportunity to live an incredibly abundant life here on earth. Our God is nearer…
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Life in the Spirit
In the last episode of this week on transformation, we’re going to wrap up this focus by finishing our exploration into establishing a resurrection culture…
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Life in Christ
In today’s First15, we’re going to examine what it means to have a life in Christ and the power of his resurrection. We think of resurrection primarily as the…
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God Meets Us in Our Weakness
In today’s First15, we’re going to look at how God transforms us as we allow him to meet us at our place of weakness. You were never created to be…
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Transformation through Experience
In the middle of our week on transformation, we’re going to take time today to discover how God longs to transform us through experience. Every experience we…
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Continual Transformation
In our third devotional in this series on transformation, we’re going to take time today to look at what it means to be continually transformed. We serve a God…
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God Transforms Us Into New Creations
In our second devotional focusing on transformation, today we’re exploring the ways in which God transforms us into new creations. Every day God longs to make…
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Seeking Transformation
Today we begin a brand new week of devotionals, creating space every day for God to transform us more and more into his likeness. And in today’s devotional…
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Renewal of Perspective
In our last episode of this week on renewal, today we’re looking at what it means to have a renewal of perspective. Lately for me, it seems like the difference…
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Renewal of Conscience
As we near the end of our week-long series on renewal, today we’re going to invite God to bring a renewal of conscience to our hearts and minds. That our…
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Renewal of Purpose
In today’s First15, we’re going to invite God to renew within us a true sense of purpose. Throughout the day I find my heart wandering to all sorts of…
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Renewal of Joy
In the middle of this week-long series on renewal, today we’re going to make room for God to renew our joy. Joy is something I so often struggle to walk in as…
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Renewal of Your First Love
In our third episode on seeking renewal from our good and loving God, today we’re going to look at what it means to have a renewal of our first love. What, who…
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The Renewal of Your Mind
In the second day of our series on renewal, today we’re going to invite God to renew our minds. Our minds are the gateway to our emotions, decisions, and…
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God’s Plan for Renewal
One of the best aspects of spending time alone with God is being renewed daily by his word and presence. Lamentations 3:22-23 says, “The steadfast love of the…
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Being the Light
As we finish our week on Light, today we’ll explore our calling to be the light. What’s beautiful about this call is that the pressure is off. We have so many…
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Following God into the Light
As we begin to wrap up our week on Light, today we’ll explore following God into the light. We each face temptations of various kinds. And God promises each of…