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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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Vision for Community - December 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…
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Vision for Work - December 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…
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Vision for Others - Decemer 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…
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Vision for Yourself - December 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…
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Vision for God - December 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…
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Being a Person of Vision - December 3
We serve a God of boundaries. In his limitless capacity, endless creativity, and boundless existence he still chose to create boundaries. He still had vision…
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The Experience of His Presence - December 2
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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The Experience of His Freedom - December 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…
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Partnering in His Purposes - November 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…
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The Experience of His Peace - November 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…
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The Experience of His Voice - November 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…
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The Experience of His Love - November 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…
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God Wants to be Known - November 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…
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Freedom in Spiritual Poverty - November 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…
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How to Live Low - November 24
As we begin to wrap up our week on living poor in Spirit, today we’ll examine the life of Jesus as our example and how he always put others first. As we seek…
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The Blessing of Spiritual Poverty - November 23
A cornerstone to living poor in spirit is living with an acknowledgment of our need for God. We must learn to tap into our weakness and lean on Jesus in all…
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Seeking Wealth in Heaven - November 22
Today as we continue our week on being poor in spirit, we’ll assess our hearts regarding storing up treasures on earth verses in heaven. We see this theme…
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Repentance and God’s Promised Forgiveness - November 21
Not one of us is without sin. And each of us lives with a need for consistent repentance and an active receiving of God’s forgiveness. This is so crucial to…
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Lifestyle of Grace - November 20
As we continue our week on becoming poor in spirit, today we’ll explore the concept of living a lifestyle of grace. Many of us struggle with pride and…
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Poor in Spirit - November 19
The biblical concept of being poor in spirit is foundational to every aspect of the Christian life. Foundational to salvation is a heart-level acknowledgment…
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Sanctification - November 18
As we have learned this week, our God is fully trustworthy. Placing our trust in his hands is the wisest thing we could ever do. As we finish up our week on…
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Provision - November 17
As we begin to wrap up our week on trust, today we’ll look at the idea of trusting God for provision. May we find rest and peace today as we remind ourselves…
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Emotions - November 16
Today we’ll explore how emotional health and trust are linked. We are all emotional beings and how we’re doing emotionally affects us all on a regular basis…
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Plans - November 15
Today we’ll be discussing the plans we make for our lives. So often, our plans symbolize control. Giving up control of our life’s direction can be scary and…
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Understanding - November 14
Today we’ll explore how leaning on the Lord for truth and understanding relates to trust. Where do you look for wisdom? God promises us that when we look to…
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Obedience - November 13
As we focus this week on growing in trusting God, today we’ll explore the concept of obedience. Trust and obedience are directly related. Willing, joyful…
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Trustworthy - November 12
Trust is something we are not created to give away lightly. We value trust like we value our own lives, constantly scrutinizing others to see if they're worthy…
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Being the Light - November 11
As we finish our week on Light, today we’ll explore our calling to be the light. What’s beautiful about this call is that the pressure if off. We have so many…
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Following God into the Light - November 10
As we begin wrap up our week on Light, today we’ll explore following God into the light. We each face temptations of various kinds. And God promises each of us…
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Looking at the Light - November 9
All of our longings and needs were meant to be met in God. And yet, we live in a world constantly vying to meet our needs and desires in false, inadequate…
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Living Fully Known - November 8
As we are called to the light, we are called to be fully known. Many of us shudder at the thought of complete, total vulnerability, and fall subject to the lie…
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Jesus is the Light - November 7
As we learn this week of the light of God, today we’ll look to Jesus who is the Light. What does this mean about the Lord? And what does this mean for us…
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We are Called to the Light - November 6
As we continue our week on living in and pursuing the light, today we’ll explore how we as God’s people are called out of darkness and to the light. Our new…
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Light and Dark - Nov 5
We live in the reality that there is both light and darkness around us at all times. This world has both good and evil, right and wrong. As believers we must…
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Do We Know Him? - November 4
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 - November 3
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 - November 2
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 - November 1
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 - October 31
Hearing the voice of God can always be a tricky subject. Many feel inadequate or wounded when it comes to the topic of hearing God speak. Today we’ll discover…
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God Longs for Us to Know His Love - October 30
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 - October 29
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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Being a Person of Peace - October 28
As we end our week on transcendent peace, today we’ll explore what it means to be a person of peace. Jesus refers to his people as “peacemakers.” Would you say…
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Peace in Our Spirits - October 27
As we begin to wrap up our week on transcendent peace, today we’ll explore growing in relationship with the Holy Spirit, and how he can help us walk in peace…
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Peace in All Circumstances - October 26
What would it look like to have peace in all circumstances? I honestly can’t imagine anything better. We see promises in Scripture of this peace at all times…
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Peace in Relationships - October 25
For many, relationships can often be the greatest source of joy, or be the quickest thing to rob us of peace. As we seek to walk in transcendent peace, it’s…
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A Peaceful Thought-Life - October 24
Today we will explore how to have a peaceful thought-life, as we continue our week on transcendent peace. The Bible speaks very specifically about our minds…
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Peace is a Fruit - October 23
As we continue our week on transcendent peace, we’ll look today at where peace comes from. Peace isn’t something we can muster up in and of ourselves. Peace is…
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The Prince of Peace - October 22
One of the most powerful marks of a believer is transcendent peace. This world offers us no reason to be peaceful. It offers us no reason to be without stress…
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Living from Union - October 21
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 - October 20
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 - October 19
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 - October 18
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 - October 17
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 - October 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…
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Choosing a Center - October 15
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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Gaining Spiritual Eyes - October 14
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 - October 13
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 - October 12
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 - October 11
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 - October 10
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…