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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 DevotionalGod Longs to be Encountered
One of the most scandalous truths of the gospel is that our Creator longs to be encountered by his creation. God longs to meet with us. His greatest desire is…
First15 DevotionalLiving from Union
As we finish up our week on centering our lives around meeting with God, today we’ll discover the beauty of living from union with him. Today may you discover…
First15 DevotionalMaking the Most of Our Time
As we begin wrapping up our week focused on centering our lives around Jesus, today we’ll look at how to make the most of our time. Where we spend our time is…
First15 DevotionalJesus is the Center
Like we said at the beginning of the week, this life is marked by a single choice: who or what will we center our lives around? Today we will look to the…
First15 DevotionalThe Fruit of Abiding
Every Christian I know wants to live an effective life for Jesus. The key to succeeding in this is abiding in him. Abiding in Christ is foundational to…
First15 DevotionalSeeing God as Our Father
Seeing God correctly is essential to centering your life around him and his presence. Many of us have a tainted view of earthly fathers, but today God wants to…
First15 DevotionalThe Longing of God to Meet with You
As we continue our week on centering our lives around meeting with God, today we’ll explore how this is always preceded by the longing of God to meet with you…
First15 DevotionalThe Longing of God to Meet with You - Jan 16
As we continue our week on centering our lives around meeting with God, today we’ll explore how this is always preceded by the longing of God to meet with you…
First15 DevotionalChoosing A Center
This life is marked by a single choice: who or what will we center our lives around? This choice takes each of us down a path of decisions that shape who we…
First15 DevotionalFreedom Through Enjoying God
As we wrap up this week-long focus seeking to answer the important question, why should we spend time alone with God, today we’re going to look at how God…
First15 DevotionalLife in Surrender
As we near the end of our week long focus of why spending time alone with God is so important, today we’re going to look at the value of living in surrender…
First15 DevotionalHaving Time Alone
As we continue our week-long series looking answering the important question, Why should we spend time alone with God, we’re going to look today simply at the…
First15 DevotionalRenewing Your Mind
Today we’re going to look at how spending time alone with God every morning provides a daily opportunity to renew our minds to the goodness of God, the…
First15 DevotionalLive for Love
Today we’re going to look at what it means to live for love, to build our lives on the foundation of giving and receiving love. You and I were made in God’s…
First15 DevotionalStoring the Treasure of Your Heart in Heaven
As we continue our series looking at the heart behind spending time alone with God, today we’re going to look at the daily opportunity to store the treasure of…
First15 DevotionalStart Your Day with the Best Thing
Why should we spend time alone with God? Why is meeting with God in the secret place so important? Until we gain an understanding of the immense value and…
First15 DevotionalWhat is Christian Meditation?
In our last day focusing on getting back the basics of a quality time alone with God, we’re going to focus on what it means to meditate as a Christian. There…
First15 DevotionalThe Presence of God
As we near the end of our week getting back to the basics of a quality time alone with God, we’re going to take time today to look simply at the presence of…
First15 DevotionalCommuion with God
Today we’ll explore what I hope is the fruit of every day’s devotional, communion with God. We serve a God who is simply after being with us. Every moment of…
First15 DevotionalWhat is Prayer?
Today we’re going to look at what I believe is the most life-giving aspect of daily time alone with God, prayer. There are so many ideas out there about what…
First15 DevotionalWhat is a Devotional?
This week we’re spending time breaking down the individual components of First15 by sharing God’s desire for each of them. The majority of First15 is dedicated…
First15 DevotionalWhat Is Worship?
Today we’ll continue our week looking at the foundation of a quality time alone with God by looking at the value of worship. Worship is perhaps the most…
First15 DevotionalWhat Does it Mean to Have Time Alone with God
This week we’ll spend time breaking down the individual components of First15 by sharing God’s desire for each of them. The majority of First15 is dedicated to…
First15 DevotionalMake Space for God to Fill
In the last podcast of this year, we’re going to take time to simply make space for God to fill. Whenever we make a little room in our day, and in our hearts…
First15 DevotionalDream
As we near the end of this year, today I want to create space to simply dream with God. God has so many incredible plans for you next year. He has so many…
First15 DevotionalHope 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…
First15 DevotionalYou 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…
First15 DevotionalNew 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…
First15 DevotionalSeasons 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…
First15 DevotionalOverflowing Joy
In today’s podcast 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…
First15 DevotionalThe Sacrifice of Christmas
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…
First15 DevotionalCarrying 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…
First15 DevotionalDrawing from the Endless Well - Dec 22
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…
First15 DevotionalSolitude with Emmanuel - Dec 21
How often are you alone with God? Truly alone, pulled away from the rest of the world, in the quiet and stillness of his presence? I believe God is beckoning…
First15 DevotionalSensitivity in Busyness - Dec 20
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…
First15 DevotionalGod 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…
First15 DevotionalEvery Morning is like Christmas with God - Dec 18
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Importance of Drawing Near - Dec 17
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Humble King - Dec 16
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Just King - Dec 15
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Merciful King - Dec 14
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Triumphant King - Dec 13
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?…
First15 DevotionalThe Savior King - Dec 12
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…
First15 DevotionalThe King of Kings - Dec 11
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Sacrificial King - Dec 10
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…
First15 DevotionalVision for Eternity - Dec 9
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…
First15 DevotionalVision for Community - Dec 8
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…
First15 DevotionalVision for Work - Dec 7
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…
First15 DevotionalVision for Others - Dec 6
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…
First15 DevotionalVision for Yourself - Dec 5
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…
First15 DevotionalVision for God - Dec 4
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…
First15 DevotionalBeing a Person of Vision - Dec 3
Give now & DOUBLE your gift this #GivingTuesday! CLICK HERE God is not calling us to simply create devotionals, but to mobilize a movement of believers…
First15 DevotionalThe Experience of His Presence - Dec 2
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Experience of His Freedom - Dec 1
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…
First15 DevotionalPartnering in His Purposes - Nov 30
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Experience of His Peace - Nov 29
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Experience of His Voice - Nov 28
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…
First15 DevotionalThe Experience of His Love - Nov 27
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…
First15 DevotionalGod Wants to be Known - Nov 26
To know God is to experience God. Just as we experience aspects of one another as we grow in friendship, we experience the wonders of God as we seek to simply…
First15 DevotionalFreedom in Spiritual Poverty - Nov 25
Today we’ll finish up our week on living poor in spirit by exploring how spiritual freedom is tied to spiritual poverty. May you be stirred up today to live…