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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
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 knowing the heart of God we are called to share the wonders of his invisible nature with a world in desperate need of him. God has chosen to use…
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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 and 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 First15, 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 two 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…
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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 First15, 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 experience…
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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 day 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 from…
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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 First15devotional 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…
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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 true vine of God, today we’ll explore obedience and how it relates to abiding in God. Take a moment even now to open your…
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Abiding in the Heartbeat of God
As we look at the different ways we are to abide in true vine of God, today we’ll explore the concept of prayer. It is my hope today we walk away with…
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Abide in the Vine
The absolute, most important single act of the children of God is making space to encounter our heavenly Father in the secret place. Abiding in God is the…
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Do We Know Him?
As we end our week on God’s longing to be encountered, today we’ll examine our hearts and ask the most important question, “Do we know him?” As we take time…
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Mystery is to be Sought Out
So much of our faith is shrouded by mystery. It is impossible to fully comprehend the grandeur and elaborateness of God with our limited human understanding…
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God Longs to Share His Will
The will of God is often a scary and difficult process to discern. But just as we learned earlier this week—God longs for us to know his voice. And God…
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God Longs for Us to Know His Truth
As we continue our week on God’s longing to be encountered, today we’ll dig deeper into how he desires for us to know his truth. God has given us everything we…
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God Longs for Us to Know His Voice
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…
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God Longs for Us to Know His Love
As we focus this week on God’s radical desire to meet with his people, today we’ll explore his longing for us to know his love. There is nothing more…
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God 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…
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Living 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…
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Making 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…
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Jesus 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…
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The 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…
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Seeing 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…
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The 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…
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Choosing 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…
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Freedom 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…
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Life 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…
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Having 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…
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Renewing Your Mind
In today’s First15, 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
In today’s First15, 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
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
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?
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
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
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…
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What 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…
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What is a Devotional?
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?
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…
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What 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…
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The Movement We So Desperately Need
For our final day of this week, we’re going to ask God to awaken the hearts of our nation and culture. The need for a move of God has become more obvious than…