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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
- First15 Devotional
The Simplicity of Grace
As we wrap up this week of simple Christianity, today we look at grace. Many of us are so hard on ourselves and struggle to allow ourselves to taste the grace…
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The Simple Truth of Freedom
As we near the end of our week on simple Christianity, we look today at the simple truth of our freedom in Christ. Our sin and bondage often feels like a…
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The Discipline of Simplicity
Today we are going to explore the actual discipline of simplicity by answering questions like, What does it mean to simplify life? How would Jesus have us…
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Rest in God
As we continue our week on simple Christianity, we have the joy today of discovering what it means to truly rest in God. In all the stress and hurry of life…
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A Life of Sacrifice
On the third day of our series on pursuing simple Christianity, we’re looking at what it means to live a life of sacrifice to God. May we discover what it…
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Love People
As we continue our week exploring the simple principles of the Christian faith, today let’s look at what it means to love people. Many of us know that God asks…
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Love God: It’s All about Relationship
This week we’re going to focus on the simplicity the Christian life is meant to be marked by. Jesus summed up our purpose with two statements: love God and…
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Love-based Simplicity
As we wrap up our week on the simplicity of love, today we’ll look at the concept of simplicity itself and what it means to have a solitary pursuit. As you fix…
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Love-based Obedience
God is the perfect parent. He is unlike anyone we’ve ever known, and his love is unlike anything we’ve experienced before. Imagine knowing your parent loved…
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The Joy of a Love-based Life
Most of the time our emotional happiness is based on our life’s circumstances. As we continue our week on the simplicity of love, today we’ll be taking a look…
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All He Asks of Us is Love
It has been and always will be easy for people, especially religious people, to become focused on the wrong things in life. I constantly find myself making…
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His Love Has Set Us Free
There is nothing in the world more freeing than being loved as you are. Today we’ll be exploring how God’s love has set us free as we continue in our week of…
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His Love Has Redeemed Us
As we explore the simplicity of love this week, today we’ll look at how God’s love has redeemed us. There is an amazing Brennan Manning quote that says, “In…
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His Love Pursues Us
1 Corinthians 13:13 says, “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” The greatest of all aspects of the Christian…
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God is a Fun Father
God loves to exceed our expectations and break our boxes. Today’s topic does just that. As we end our week, today we’re exploring God’s attributes that make…
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God Disciplines Us in Love
Discipline can be a tricky subject. Many of us have not seen discipline done well, and no one really loves being disciplined or having something they’ve done…
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God Encourages Us
As we continue our week on God being our Father, we look today at how God encourages us. There is nothing like an encouraging word from the Father when we’re…
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God is Our Provider
In the kingdom of God, we find a culture different from that of our world. We are often taught to be self-made, pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, and that…
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God is Present
Many of us deal with a fear of abandonment, rejection, or loneliness, and often for good reason. The beautiful thing about our heavenly Father is that he is…
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The Patient Passion of God
In our fallen state, patience isn’t something we find very often in ourselves or others. I don’t know if I know one person who has perfectly displayed patience…
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An Unconditional Love
There is no better father than Creator God. He formed us and knows us. He provides for us, loves us unconditionally, and longs for a real, life-giving…
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God the Giver of Courage
In today’s devotional, we wrap up our week on God giving good gifts by looking at how God is the giver of courage. Fear is something that plagues us all in…
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God the Giver of Strength
In today’s devotional, we’re going to explore and experience the ways God gives us strength. There is not much better than becoming aware of our weakness and…
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The Lord Gives Direction
As we near the end of our week on God giving us good, heavenly gifts, we’re going to take time today to discover and reflect on the ways God gives us…
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The Lord Gives Contentment
In today’s devotional, we’re going to explore the way God gives us contentment in the midst of every season and place he plants us. May you walk in immense…
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God Gives Peace
As we continue our series on God the Giver of Gifts, we’re going to take time today to look at the peace God is faithful to give. We all need peace in this…
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God Our Great Deliverer
Today as we continue to explore ways God is a wonderful, giving Father, we’re going to focus on the delivering power of God to set the captive free and rescue…
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God the Giver of Comfort
Our heavenly Father is the giver of every good gift. This week in the First15 devotional we’re going to explore the different gifts only God can give. His…
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God Desires to be Encountered
In today’s First15 podcast, we’re going to respond to God’s open invitation to seek his face. God desires to meet with you just as you are. So great was his…
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God’s Great Gift of Love
In today’s First15 podcast, we’re going to create space to talk about and receive God’s great gift of love. You and I were made to be loved by God. And until…
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God is Good
In today’s First15 podcast, we’re going to dive deeper into the reality of God’s goodness. At every turn, just when I wonder how good God really is, he always…
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God is Worthy of Devotion
In today’s First15 podcast, we’re going to spend time reflecting on how worthy God is of our devotion. Life is never better than when God is fully at the…
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God is Trustworthy
In today’s First15 podcast, we’re going to take time to simply focus on how trustworthy our heavenly Father is. Our trust is always meant to be a response to…
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God Our Great Protector
Every day we experience fear in some way. Whether it’s fear over the opinion of others, fear of the future, or fear over the ways and plans of evil, we’re in…
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Sanctification in the Waiting
It’s vital to the Christian life that we as sons and daughters of the most high God allow our affections to be stirred by the loving, powerful nature of our…
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The Faithfulness of God
In the last episode of this week where we’re seeking to stir up our affections for God, today we’re going to look at God’s faithfulness. You and I can have…
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Being the Child of God
In today’s podcast, we’re going to stir up our affections for God by looking at what it means when Scripture calls us his children. As a child of God, you are…
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No Better Friend
In today’s podcast, we’re going to stir up our affections by looking at God’s invitation to us in Revelation 3:20 to share a meal with him. This metaphor, this…
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The Wisdom of God
In today’s podcast, we’re going to stir up our affections for God by looking at his wisdom. Not only is our God wise, but he longs to share his wisdom with us…
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The Boundless Grace of God
In today’s podcast, we’re going to continue our series seeking to simply stir our affections toward God, by looking at his boundless grace. On a daily basis…
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God Exchanges our Burdens for His Peace
In today’s devotional, we’re going to continue our pursuit of stirring up our affections for God by looking at how God exchanges our burdens for his peace. As…
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Your Father Gives Good Gifts
This week we’ll start a new series, making space to simply stir up our affections for God every day. Today, we’re going to look at the reality that our God…
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Join the “Fellowship of the Unashamed”
Today we get to celebrate the amazing gift of Easter Sunday. Eleven words recorded in Matthew 28:6 changed human history: "He is not here, for he has…
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Grace is greater than guilt
Is guilt from your past part of your life today? Do you still feel shame over sins you’ve confessed? Are you carrying a silent burden of mistakes and failures…
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Why did Jesus have to die for you?
In today’s devotional, we are reflecting on Good Friday, the day Jesus went to the cross on our behalf. Thinking about the death of Jesus is a somber…
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When you question God’s love for you
In our weeklong journey toward Easter, today is known as Maundy Thursday. This is a significant day in the life of Jesus, and so it’s also a significant day…
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Sitting at the feet of God
As we continue our week of preparing our hearts for Easter, today we’re going to look at how God speaks. We often associate prayer with taking time to talk to…
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Are you in love with God?
Loving God can sound so simple. But when we think about what it means to love God with everything we have, we all have to recognize that we fall short…
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You are God’s temple
Today we’re launching a brand new series as we make our way toward Easter. God’s love is for everyone, and today we’re looking specifically at how God invites…
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Receiving God’s Word through Action
As we finish this week of looking at different ways God speaks, today we’re going to look at the role of taking action in hearing God. One of the most powerful…
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God Speaks in Solitude
In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the value of solitude in making space to hear from God. In all the noise of our world, solitude is more important…
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God Speaks through Meditation
In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the role of meditation in hearing from God. Meditation for many reasons, seems to have found its way out of our…
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God Speaks through his Creation
As we arrive in the middle of this week-long focus on hearing from God, today we’re going to look at the role of Creation in God speaking to us as his…
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Hearing God’s Voice
As we continue this series looking at different ways God speaks to us as his children, today we’re going to look at what it means to hear God’s voice. The idea…
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God Speaks through his Word
As we continue our series looking at different ways God speaks to us as his children, today we’re going to look at the role of Scripture in hearing God. The…
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God Speaks
You and I have been given the invaluable gift of communication with God. This week we’ll learn some different ways to receive the seed of God’s word spoken to…
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The Experience of His Presence
One of the greatest gifts of my life has been experience the presence of God. His presence is essential to experiencing and knowing him. And God has made…
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The Experience of His Freedom
Today we’ll explore the experience of God’s freedom as it relates to our identity and what we believe about ourselves. Many of us have yet to truly taste the…
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Partnering in His Purposes
Today we’ll explore the concept of partnering with God in his purposes in the earth. God is already at work all around us. He is asking us today to have eyes…
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The Experience of His Peace
Life this side of heaven is plagued with all kinds of stress and anxiety. This time of year can be especially stressful too. None of us is immune to this…