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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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God Speaks - February 5
You and I have been given the invaluable gift of communication with God. Last week we learned about the process of making the soil of our hearts soft and…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: God’s Voice - February 4
As we wrap up this week focusing on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the role of hearing God’s voice in living open and responsive…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Prayer - February 3
In today’s podcast, we’re going to continue our week long focus on tilling the soil of the heart by looking at the power of prayer. There is no better way to…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: The Body of Christ - February 2
As we near the end of our week focusing on tilling the soil of the heart, today we’re going to look at the role of community in positioning ourselves to…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Scripture - February 1
As we reach the middle of our week-long focus on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the power of Scripture in receiving all that God…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Worship - January 31
As we continue this week-long focus on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the power of worship in opening our hearts to receive all…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart: Thankfulness - January 30
As we continue this week focusing on tilling the soil of our hearts, today we’re going to look at the role of thankfulness in opening our hearts to receive all…
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Tilling the Soil of the Heart - January 29
This week we'll look at a vital spiritual practice to all those seeking to grow in God: tilling the soil of the heart. Jesus spoke in Matthew 13 of two…
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Friendship with the Holy Spirit - January 28
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…
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The Heart of God to Forgive - January 27
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…
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God Heals Hearts - January 26
On today’s podcast, 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 stir…
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Delighting in God's Love - January 25
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…
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God our Father - January 24
In the third day of this week-long series, taking time every day to stir up our affections for God, today we’re going to look at all it means for him to be our…
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God is Present - January 23
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 - January 22
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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The Longing to Make a Deep and Lasting Impact - January 21
As we wrap up this week looking at the longings of the human heart we all share, we’re going to look today at the longing to make a deep and lasting impact…
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The Longing to be Wholehearted - January 20
In today’s podcast, we’re going to explore the longing we all share to be wholehearted. Everyone of us desires to give our lives to something, our passion to…
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The Longing for Intimacy without Shame - January 19
In today’s podcast we’re going to look at the longing we all share for intimacy without shame. You and I were made to be fully known, and fully loved. And…
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A First15 Conversation - Pete Yoshonis from All Shores Wesleyan Church
I'm thrilled to share one of my favorite conversations I've had with one of my favorite pastors, Pete Yoshonis from All Shores Wesleyan Church in Spring Lake…
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The Longing for Greatness - January 18
Today as we continue our series looking at 7 longings of the human heart, we’re going to take time to recognize and satisfy our longing for greatness. The…
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The Longing for Beauty - January 17
As we continue our week-long focus on 7 longings of the human heart, today we’re going to look at the longing we all share for beauty. God has created beauty…
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The Longing for Fascination - January 16
We serve an absolutely fascinating God – a God who has created a whole world to fascinate us. May we set our eyes on him today by the power of the Holy Spirit…
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The Longing to be Enjoyed - January 15
All of us have insatiable longings that can only be satisfied in communion with our heavenly Father. The longing to be enjoyed, fascinated, to gaze upon…
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Freedom through Enjoying God - January 14
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…
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Life in Surrender - January 13
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…
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Having Time Alone - January 12
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…
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Renewing Your Mind - January 11
In today’s podcast, 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…
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Live for Love - January 10
In today’s podcast, 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…
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Storing the Treasure of Your Heart in Heaven - January 9
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…
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Start Your Day with the Best Thing - January 8
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…
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What is Christian Meditation? - January 7
In our last episode 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…
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The Presence of God - January 6
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…
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Communion with God - January 5
Today on the podcast 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…
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What is Prayer? - January 4
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…
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What is a Devotional? - January 3
Today in our week-long focus on the foundations of a quality time alone with God, we’re going to look at the devotional piece of our times together. I’m so…
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What is Worship? - January 2
On today’s podcast 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…
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What Does It Mean to Have Time Alone with God? - January 1
As we start a new year, 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…
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Make Space for God to Fill - December 31
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…
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Dream - December 30
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…
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Hope in God’s Nearness - December 29
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 - December 28
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 - December 27
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 - December 26
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 - December 25
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…
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The Sacrifice of Christmas - December 24
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 - December 23
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 the Endless Well - December 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…
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Solitude with Emmanuel - December 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…
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Sensitivity in Busyness - December 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…
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God Does the Drawing - December 19
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 - December 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…
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The Importance of Drawing Near - December 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…
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The Humble King - December 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…
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The Just King - December 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…
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The Merciful King - December 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…
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The Triumphant King - December 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?…
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The Savior King - December 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…
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The King of Kings - December 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…
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The Sacrificial King - December 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…
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Vision for Eternity - December 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…