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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 LORD YOUR GOD IS IN YOUR MIDST
As we continue our focus on simply stirring up our affections for God this week, today we’re going to take time to focus on the fact that God is present in our…
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THE SWEETNESS OF GOD’S LOVE
This week on the First15 podcast we’ll spend time stirring up our affections for God through the renewing of our minds. Your mind is the gateway to your…
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Receiving God's Word Through Action
One of the greatest gifts of my life has been to experience the presence of God. His presence is essential to experiencing and knowing him. And God has made…
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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…
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THE EXPERIENCE OF HIS VOICE
As we continue our week on knowing God through experiencing him, today we’ll explore what it means and looks like to experience his voice. This can often be an…
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THE EXPERIENCE OF HIS LOVE
In today’s devotional, we’re going to build on the foundation we built yesterday by looking at different stories in which God made his presence known in a…
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GOD WANTS TO BE KNOWN
As we spend this week wholeheartedly seeking to know God with all we are, we’ll take time today to experience God’s love for us. We all may live with the head…
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The Baptism of Jesus
As we wrap up our week exploring the tangible, life-changing presence of God, we’ll look to the baptism of Jesus and how the Spirit of God descended and rested…
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Pentecost
Pentecost means so much to us as believers. The day of Pentecost changed everything for us. Today we’ll explore walking with the Holy Spirit and how he affects…
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The Holy of Holies
Today as we look at the Holy of Holies, we’ll see how Jesus fulfilled the requirements of God’s law and is the perfect High Priest on our behalf. As we learn…
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Moses, Isaiah, and the Holiness of God
Today we will look at the stories of Moses and Isaiah. They encountered the holiness of God and were changed forever. As we look upon him, may we be changed…
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Moses And The Tent of Meeting
In today’s devotional, we’re going to build on the foundation we built yesterday by looking at different stories in which God made his presence known in a…
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The Reality of God's Presence
God’s presence is real, full of love, and completely transformational. It takes what was broken and brings healing. It takes what was lost and guides us to our…
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SANCTIFICATION IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
In today’s devotional, we’re going to explore the concept of sanctification in the Holy Spirit. Every day, every moment, God is working to mold us into his…
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BEING TAUGHT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
In this life there are constant lessons for us to learn. And in the Holy Spirit, we have been given an amazing teacher. In today’s devotional we’re going to…
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PRAYING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
Today we’re going to look at one of the most life giving topics we can discuss, praying with the Holy Spirit. We’ve been given an incredible gift in God that…
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FRIENDSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
Today we continue our week long focus on the Holy Spirit by exploring what it means for us to grow in friendship with him. We’ll never have a kinder, more…
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The Leading of the Holy Spirit
As believers, we’ve been given the Holy Spirit as a Helper, Teacher, Friend, and seal for the promised inheritance of eternal life with God. His presence…
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Living Courageously
As we wrap up our week on being used by God, today we’ll ask God to fill us with courage to live uncomfortably. May we bare our hearts before God, and ask him…
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Living Compassionately
As we begin to wrap up our week on being used by God, today we’ll explore what it means to live compassionately. This radical way of living will transform the…
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Evangelism
Today we’ll explore the concept of evangelism. There are so many fears and misconceptions wrapped up in this topic, and my hope today is that we’ll simplify…
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Light In The Darkness
One of the best ways we can be used by God is by simply being ourselves. The identity Christ has given us as daughters and sons is meant to shine forth and be…
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Declaring God's Glory
Being used by God requires inward humility and exaltation of Jesus as King. It’s the only way being used by the Lord can work. Today we’ll take a deeper dive…
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God Is Already At Work
If we are going to be used by God, we must first acknowledge that he is already at work all around us, and that his work isn’t contingent upon us. This is not…
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God Wants To Use You
In response to God’s work in our hearts, we are called to share the wonders of his invisible nature with a world in desperate need of him. God has chosen to…
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Gaining Spiritual Eyes
Today as we wrap up our week of diving deeper into the fullness of life available to us, we’ll explore what it means to gain spiritual eyes. Our human…
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Surrender
Fullness of life and surrender are inextricably linked. As we begin to wrap up our week on diving into the fullness of life, today we’ll explore the concept of…
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Understanding
This week as we dive deeper into the fullness of life available to us, we’ll look today at the biblical concept of understanding and how it relates to…
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Faith & Trust
Are you standing on sinking sand? Or do you feel the ground firm beneath your feet? Assess your heart in this moment. Are you living in fear? Are you shaken as…
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Acknowledging Our Need
As we dive deeper into the fullness of life available to us this week, looking at the concept of acknowledging our need for God is essential. We will never…
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Honesty Before Man
As we continue to dive deeper into the fullness of life available to us, today we’ll explore what it means to live honestly before man. In a world of facades…
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Honesty Before God
God’s goodness over our lives far exceeds anything we’ve experienced. We’ve only yet splashed around in the shallows of God’s deep love and mercy. In order to…
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Living Honestly
In the last devotional in our series on honesty, today we’re going to focus simply on what it means to live honestly every day. My hope for today is that God…
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Freedom In The Light
As we near the end of our week on honesty, today we’re going to discover together how there is freedom in the light. Any part of our lives in which we’re…
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Fully Loved
As we continue our week focusing on honesty, today we’re going to look at how true honesty affords us the ability to be more fully loved. At the foundation of…
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Fully Known
As we hit the middle of our week on honesty, today we’re going to explore how being truly honest, or living fully known, is critical to experiencing fullness…
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Tearing Down Walls
In today’s devotional, we’re continuing our focus on honesty by looking at how we can tear down walls we’ve built up in God’s presence every day. There is true…
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Facade
In day 2 of our series on honesty, today we’re going to look at the temptation to build a façade and invite God to tear it down as we seek to live more…
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Honesty Is The Foundation
Today we’re launching a brand-new series looking at the role of honesty in getting the most out of our time alone with God, and the most out of life. And we’re…
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Living From The Heart
In the last devotional of this series on God’s pursuit of our hearts, we’re wrapping it all up by looking at what it means to live from the heart. There are so…
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The Spirit And The Heart
As we near the end of our week looking at how God is after our hearts, today we’re going to look at how the Holy Spirit connects with the heart, and take time…
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Be Who You Are
In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the opportunity God gives us every day to simply be who we are. His pursuit of our hearts frees us as we…
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An Open Heart
In the middle of our week looking at how God is after our hearts, in today’s devotional we’re going to focus on what it means to live with an open heart. Every…
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Identity of the Heart
In our third devotional discovering the reality that God is after our hearts, today we’re going to look at how our hearts reveal our identity. May God call out…
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Made For Relationship
In our second devotional seeking to discover God’s pursuit of our hearts, today we’re going to spend time looking at our true purpose, why you and I were…
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God's Relentless Pursuit
In today’s devotional we’re beginning a brand new series, focusing on the fact that God is first and foremost after our hearts. In a world that defines us by…
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ABIDING IN GOD’S JOY
As we end our week today on abiding in the True Vine, today we’ll explore how to abide in God’s promised joy. What does it mean for us to walk in joy and be…
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GOD PRUNES US IN HIS LOVE
As we start to wrap up our week on different ways we are to abide in the true vine of God, today we’ll look at how God prunes us in his love. Discipline can…
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ABIDING FRUIT
Did you know God has plans for your life specifically? He has dreams for you and vision for you. Things in store that would make your heart swell and soar…
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ABIDING IN GOD’S FRIENDSHIP
Today we will look at what it means to be a friend of God. Friendship with God is a beautiful, sought after thing. And he has made his friendship fully…
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ABIDING THROUGH OBEDIENCE
As we continue our week on abiding in the true vine of God, today we’ll explore obedience and how it relates to abiding in God. Take a moment even now to open…