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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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Drawing On God's Bank Account
It’s easy to think that God is somehow more pleased with us when we’re consistently praying, reading Scripture, and following his commands. But as great as…
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Knocking on God’s door at midnight
As we continue our weeklong focus on prayer, today we’ll discuss one of the most misunderstood parables in the Bible. Some people view God as stingy or…
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Confessing Prayer
This week we’ve been looking at how God moves in response to our prayer. But did you know that there are things that can block our prayers? In today’s…
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My Favorite Prayer
Prayer can sometimes feel daunting. How do you pray? What do you pray for? Did God hear my prayer? Is he going to answer my prayer? Today we’re going to look…
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Persistent Prayer
As we continue our week on prayer, we’re going to explore how prayer positions us to experience the presence and grace of God. So often we think of prayer as a…
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Prayer is the gate
One of the incredible things about our God is that we can come before him in prayer. He doesn’t just give us permission to talk to him but actually invites us…
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“The garden of all the virtues”
In our last day of our weeklong focus on humility, we’re going to reflect on how much God has given us. The more we recognize the extent of what we’ve been…
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The best advice I’ve ever received
We all have an innate human need to be loved. But where we get that love makes the difference between living to give or living to get. Let’s remind ourselves…
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Surrendering superiority
As we’re drawing closer to the end of our week on humility, today we’re going to look at the importance of counting others as more significant than ourselves…
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If you don’t feel close to God
We know that God desires a relationship with us. He wants to be close to us. Then why does it feel at times that he’s so far away? As we continue our week on…
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Living in awe of God
Prayer can sometimes feel daunting. How do you pray? What do you pray for? Did God hear my prayer? Is he going to answer my prayer? Today we’re going to look…
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God deserves our worship
God is worthy of our worship. But have you ever wondered why God needs our worship? In today’s devotional we’re going to explore why God deserves, and even…
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Live A Life God Can Bless
We all want to live blessed lives. But the path to blessing the world offers runs contrary to the path God calls us to walk. In this first devotional of the…
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Join the Fifth Great Awakening
Happy New Year!! I'm Craig Denison, author and founder of First15. A growing relationship with God comes when you experience him every day. So thank you so…
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Your Spiritual Alarm Clock
Happy New Year!! I'm Craig Denison, author and founder of First15. A growing relationship with God comes when you experience him every day. So thank you so…
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Eighteen Inches from God
Happy New Year!! I'm Craig Denison, author and founder of First15. A growing relationship with God comes when you experience him every day. So thank you so…
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“All of God there is, is in this moment”
As the pace of our world continues to accelerate, it can be difficult for us to live in the present. Life passes us by in a flash, and if we’re not careful, we…
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God redeems all he allows
Happy New Year!! I'm Craig Denison, author and founder of First15. A growing relationship with God comes when you experience him every day. So thank you so…
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When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart
Happy New Year!! I'm Craig Denison, author and founder of First15. A growing relationship with God comes when you experience him every day. So thank you so…
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The resolution your heart wants to make
Happy New Year!! I'm Craig Denison, author and founder of First15. A growing relationship with God comes when you experience him every day. So thank you so…
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Dream
As we begin this year, today I want to create space to simply dream with God. God has so many incredible plans for you this year. He has so many dreams in his…
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Hope in God’s Nearness
Today we’re going to take a look at the fresh hope we have in God’s nearness. God’s promise to be near to us as his people, and the great lengths he’s gone to…
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You Can Do All Things
As we continue our series allowing God to prepare us for the new year, today we’re going to look at the promise of God that we can do all things in his…
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New Beginnings
As we continue our series, allowing God to prepare us as the new year approaches, today we’ll make space for God to create new beginnings in our lives. Every…
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Seasons With God
As this year comes to a close, it’s vital that we take time to both reflect on what God has done and allow him to prepare us for what’s to come. A new year…
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Overflowing Joy
Today we’ll be celebrating Christmas, Christ come for you and me, by allowing the reality of his coming to fill our hearts with overflowing joy. Whatever is…
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The Sacrifice of Jesus
Christmas is a time where we as believers celebrate God’s heart to write himself into our story. Prior to Jesus we had no real picture of God’s love. All we…
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Carrying The Presence of Christ
As we finish our week on drawing near to God this Advent season, today we’ll focus outward on how we can carry the presence of Christ into our spheres of…
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Drawing From An Endless Well
As we begin to wrap up our week on drawing near to God, today we’ll explore what it means to draw from the endless well of living water and life available to…
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Solitude With Emmanuel
We have spent this week looking at different aspects of Christ’s kingship. Today we’ll explore how the Lord is merciful in nature toward us and the world. May…
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Sensitivity in Busyness
In the midst of this crazy season, it is important to remain sensitive to the Spirit of God. It can be so easy to miss out on the uniqueness of this Advent…
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God Does The Drawing
Sometimes we just need a reminder that things with God are simple, and the weight of our experiencing God is not on us or dependent upon our ability to be…
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Every Morning Is Like Christmas With God
As we spend the week focusing on drawing near to God this Christmas season, today we’ll explore a fun concept. Every morning is like Christmas morning when you…
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The Importance Of Drawing Near
The Christmas season is a powerful and unique time of year to remember that Jesus came to make a way for us to be near God. In his life, death, and…
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The Humble King
As we end our week looking to Jesus, today we’ll explore one of my favorite aspects of his nature: his humility. Jesus, the King of all the earth, the one who…
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The Just King
As we begin to wrap up our week celebrating Jesus our King, today we’ll celebrate the justice of God. What does it mean for God to be just? Does that stir up…
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The Merciful King
We have spent this week looking at different aspects of Christ’s kingship. Today we’ll explore how the Lord is merciful in nature toward us and the world. May…
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The Triumphant King
As we continue our week exploring various aspects of Jesus’ kingship, today we’ll celebrate his triumphant nature. What does it mean for God to be triumphant?…
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The Savior King
As we explore the gift of Jesus this advent season, today we’ll dig into what it means for him to be our Savior King. Is salvation just for a time in the…
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The King of Kings
As we spend this week to celebrating who Jesus is and what he’s done, today we’ll remind ourselves of the great authority and victory of Jesus as our King of…
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The Sacrificial King
What a gift we have in the Christmas season. God himself took on flesh and dwelt among us that we might find eternal relationship in him. His coming serves as…
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The Depth of God's Love for Us
As we end our week on Jesus’s High Priestly prayer, today we’ll dive into his desire for us to know the Father’s great love. Knowing the love of God for us is…
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The Glory of God in Man
As we begin to wrap up our week on Jesus’s High Priestly prayer, today we look at what it means to reflect God’s glory. How could man ever look like God? In…
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The Truth of Sanctification
Today we continue our week on Jesus’s High Priestly prayer by exploring the topic of sanctification. What does it mean to be in the world but not of the world?…
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The Joy of the Lord
Jesus is a joyful King, and we find in his High Priestly Prayer that he desires that his people would be filled with his joy too. We all have a myriad of…
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Unity In Our God
As we continue our week on Jesus’s High Priestly prayer, today we’ll explore God’s desire to see his people unified. Why would this be important to him? What…
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Hope In Relationship
As we take a deep dive into Jesus’s High Priestly prayer in John 17 this week, we will discover together the deep desires of the heart of God. Today we explore…
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The Authority of King Jesus
We have a great High Priest who constantly intercedes on our behalf. The Son of God and Man loves you more deeply than you can fathom. He prays for you, that…
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Vision for Eternity
As we finish our week on vision and boundaries, today we’ll focus on having vision for eternity. The glorious truth is that this world is not the end for us…
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Vision for Community
As we begin to wrap up our week on boundaries and vision, today we’ll explore having clear vision for community. All of us will likely fall in different places…
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Vision for Work
Many of us are in a very necessary need of vision for and boundaries around our work. This may be one of the most important topics we discuss all week. We…
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Vision for Others
As we continue our week on vision and boundaries, today we’ll explore what it looks like to have vision for loving and serving others well. Is loving people…
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Vision for Yourself
Today we will take some time for ourselves, something we’re often not very good at doing. The reality is God cares deeply for you before you can do anything…
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Vision For God
As we focus this week on boundaries for life and vision, today we’ll explore what it would look like to have the right priorities in place in our relationship…
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Being A Person Of Vision
We serve a God of boundaries. In his limitless capacity, endless creativity, and boundless existence he still chose to create boundaries. He still had vision…
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The Parables of the Lost Sheep and Coin
In today’s devotional, the last in our series on the parables, we’ll be looking at the parables of the lost sheep and coin. May you discover today how precious…
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The Parable of the Prodigal Son
As we near the end of our week on the parables, today we’re going to look at the parable of the prodigal son. Hanging in my office is a print of Rembrandt’s…
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
One of my favorite stories is the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector. Through this story, Jesus makes it abundantly clear how we’re to come before God…
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The Parable of the Lamp on a Stand
As we continue to look at the profound, life-transforming concepts Jesus shared through parables, today we’ll focus on the parable of the lamp on a stand. May…
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Continuing our week on Jesus’s parables, we’ll look today at the parable of the mustard seed. As we dig into this rich, beautiful parable, may our hearts and…