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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 DevotionalLove Hopes
As we near the end of our series on love does, today we’re going to look at the role of hope in putting our faith into action. You and I need hope more than…
First15 DevotionalLove Forgives
In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the role of forgiveness in putting our love into action. In God we have forgiveness for every sin we can commit…
First15 DevotionalLove Encourages
In today’s devotional we’re going to look at the role of encouragement in putting our love into action. In a world that constantly seems to beat us down, we’re…
First15 DevotionalLove Makes Time For Others
In our third day of this series exploring how to put our faith into action, we’re looking at how we can love others by simply making time for them. The busier…
First15 DevotionalLove Is Present
As we continue this week’s focus, seeking to put love into action, today we’re going to look at how simply being present can make all the difference in the…
First15 DevotionalAction Fueled By Love
James 2:26 tells us, “Faith apart from works is dead.” If we are going to experience the fullness of life offered to us through our faith we must be those who…
First15 DevotionalLoving the Church
As we wrap up our week on loving people, we look today at how we can love the Church as God does. Jesus says we will be known by the way we love each other…
First15 DevotionalLoving Strangers
As we near the end of our week on loving people, today we shift to loving those we don’t know. We are all so busy, and most often unaware of those around us…
First15 DevotionalLoving Friends
In today’s devotional, we’ll be learning about what it means to be a friend who loves well. Think about your dearest friends. What role have they played in…
First15 DevotionalLoving Family
As we continue in our week of loving people well, today we’re going to learn about loving family. For some this is an easy task, but for many this is a little…
First15 DevotionalJesus Is the Model
As we continue our week on loving people well, we’re going to fix our eyes on Jesus. What better example or model is there for how to love than the One who…
First15 DevotionalSeeing Past the Brokenness
We are all broken people, living in a broken world. It’s that simple. Unfortunately, no one is exempt from the effects of sin. The good news for all of us is…
First15 DevotionalLiving Without Offense
Loving others is one of the most important and difficult commands Jesus gave us. We are a messy, needy, and broken people. We constantly have to deal with our…
First15 DevotionalThe 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…
First15 DevotionalThe 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…
First15 DevotionalThe 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…
First15 DevotionalRest 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…
First15 DevotionalA 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…
First15 DevotionalLove 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…
First15 DevotionalLove 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…
First15 DevotionalLove-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…
First15 DevotionalLove-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…
First15 DevotionalThe 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…
First15 DevotionalAll 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…
First15 DevotionalHis 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…
First15 DevotionalHis 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…
First15 DevotionalHis 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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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 boot straps, and that…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalThe 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…
First15 DevotionalAn 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 real, life-giving…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalThe 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…
First15 DevotionalThe 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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalGod Desires To Be Encountered
In today’s devotional, 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 desire…
First15 DevotionalGod's Great Gift of Love
In today’s devotional 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 we make…
First15 DevotionalGod Is Good
In today’s devotional, 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 has a…
First15 DevotionalGod Is Worthy of Devotion
In today’s devotional, 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 center of…
First15 DevotionalGod Is Trustworthy
In today’s devotional, 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 God’s…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalSanctification 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…
First15 DevotionalTHE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD
In the last devotional 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…
First15 DevotionalBEING THE CHILD OF GOD
In today’s devotional, 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…
First15 DevotionalNO BETTER FRIEND
In today’s devotional, 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…
First15 DevotionalTHE WISDOM OF GOD
In today’s devotional, 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…
First15 DevotionalTHE BOUNDLESS GRACE OF GOD
In today’s devotional, we’re going to continue our series seeking to simply stir our affections toward God, by looking at his boundless grace. On a daily…
First15 DevotionalTHE YOKE OF JESUS
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…
First15 DevotionalYOUR 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…
First15 DevotionalYOUR 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…
First15 DevotionalA CONSTANT COMPANION
Today we’re wrapping up our week-long series of stirring up our affections for God by looking at what it means to have friendship with the Holy Spirit. The…
First15 DevotionalTHE HEART OF GOD TO FORGIVE
As we near the end of our week, creating space every day to simply have our affections stirred up for God, we’re going to take time today to look at God’s…
First15 DevotionalGOD HEALS HEARTS
In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the reality that God loves to heal hearts. As we continue this series allowing who God is and what he does to…
First15 DevotionalDELIGHTING IN GOD’S LOVE
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…
First15 DevotionalGOD OUR FATHER
In the third day of this week-long series where we’ve been taking time every day to stir up our affections for God, today we’re going to look at all it means…