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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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Honesty before Man - October 9
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 - October 8
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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Love-based Simplicity - October 7
As we wrap up our week on the simplicity of love, today we’ll look at the concept of simplicity itself and what it means to have a solitary pursuit. As you fix…
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Love-based Obedience - October 6
God is the perfect parent. He is unlike anyone we’ve ever known, and his love is unlike anything we’ve experienced before. Imagine knowing your parent loved…
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The Joy of a Love-based Life - October 5
Most of the time our emotional happiness is based on our life’s circumstances. As we continue our week on the simplicity of love, today we’ll be taking a look…
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All He Asks of Us is Love - October 4
It has been and always will be easy for people, especially religious people, to become focused on the wrong things in life. I constantly find myself making…
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His Love Has Set Us Free - October 3
There is nothing in the world more freeing than being loved as you are. Today we’ll be exploring how God’s love has set us free as we continue in our week of…
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His Love Has Redeemed Us - October 2
As we explore the simplicity of love this week, today we’ll look at how God’s love has redeemed us. There is an amazing Brennan Manning quote that says, “In…
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His Love Pursues Us - October 1
1 Corinthians 13:13 says, “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” The greatest of all aspects of the Christian…
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God’s Heart to Meet with Man: John on Patmos - September 30
As we wrap up our week on God’s heart to meet with man, today we’ll look at the encouraging story of John on the island of Patmos. Right when we think we’re…
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God’s Heart to Meet with Man at Pentecost - September 29
As we near the end of our week on God’s heart to meet with man, we look today at Pentecost. The day of Pentecost was a major fulfillment of God’s desire to…
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God’s Heart to Meet with Man: the Woman Caught in Adultery - September 28
Have you ever believed the lie that your sin makes you unlovable to God? I think we all have at one time or another. We will look today at the story of the…
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God’s Heart to Meet with Man: Jesus to Us - September 27
As we continue our week on God’s heart to meet with man, today we’ll look at the best example I can think of. Many of us doubt the love of God due to all kinds…
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God’s Heart to Meet with Moses - September 26
Oftentimes we look at Old Testament stories of man’s encounters with God and grow jealous. We question why God doesn’t show up in the way he did with Moses for…
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God’s Heart to Meet with Gideon - September 25
Have you ever felt incompetent for the work God sets before you? The mission and call of God on our lives can seem daunting and impossible. Know that Gideon…
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God’s Heart to Meet with David - September 24
Throughout Scripture we see countless examples of God meeting with man and countless lives being transformed as the result. These examples are in Scripture to…
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Encountering God through Others - September 23
People are messy. We are difficult and challenging. And because of that no church is perfect. But there must be some reason Jesus desires for us to be unified…
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Encountering God through the Receiving of His Presence - September 22
Many of us know God’s presence is always available to us, but rarely do we take a second to become aware of how near he truly is. Today we’ll explore what it…
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Encountering God through Scripture - September 21
In this world, it’s not difficult to become disheartened, visionless and confused about the direction of our lives or our circumstances. But God has given us a…
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Encountering God through Worship - September 20
Worship is essential to a vibrant, thriving Christian life. In worship, much like thanksgiving, we are reminded of who our God is, and who we are. Worshipping…
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Encountering God through Thanksgiving - September 19
Expressing gratitude and thanks to God has a miraculous way of opening and changing our hearts. Today we’ll explore the discipline of thanksgiving, and…
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Encountering God through Prayer - September 18
Prayer is so simple, but often times our minds convolute and complicate it. Today we’re exploring how to encounter God through prayer, and I pray you take away…
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Encountering God through Faith - September 17
Having consistent and transformational encounters with God while on earth is meant to be foundational to the Christian life. Our God has not left us. Through…
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Eternity Right Now - September 16
As we finish this week on living an abundant life, today we’ll explore where we’re placing our priorities, hopes, fears, and affections. God doesn’t want us to…
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Healed, Transformed, Freed - September 15
Living an abundant life means letting go of lies and past sin patterns that hinder us. These lies and bad habits can often feel comfortable, but they are truly…
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Eternal Impact - September 14
A huge aspect of living an abundant life is the realization your life has purpose and meaning. God truly has a beautiful plan for his glory and your good set…
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Passionate Pursuit - September 13
As we continue our week on living an abundant life, today we’ll explore the topic of pursuing Jesus passionately in our daily lives. As we discussed the past…
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Glorious Relationship - September 12
Living an abundant life here and now is as simple as tapping into the rich, boundless, intimate relationship God has made available to us with him through the…
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Choosing to Worship - September 11
Did you know you have the ability to stir and satisfy the heart of God, here and now? God has given us the ability to choose him here on earth, and nothing…
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God Cares About the Present - September 10
Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus we have been afforded an opportunity to live an incredibly abundant life here on earth. Our God is nearer…
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The Day Is Approaching - September 9
As we conclude our week on living for heaven, today we’ll explore the return of Christ and what that means for us. How can you be best prepared for the return…
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Things Unseen - September 8
As we begin to wrap up our week on living for heaven, today we’re going to explore what it means to have our perspectives shift toward the things of God rather…
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Heaven on Earth - September 7
As we continue in our week on living for heaven, today we’ll explore what it means to see Jesus’s prayer that God’s will would be done on earth as it is in…
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A Lifetime of Love - September 6
Every single one of us has an innate need to know we’re loved. And yet, so many of us go too many days wondering or unsure of the love our heavenly Father has…
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Marked by Joy - September 5
What would it be like to have unhindered, abundant joy in the midst of all circumstances? The beauty of the joy God longs to give is that it’s not fleeting or…
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Life in Hope - September 4
As we continue our week on living for heaven, today we look at the concept of hope. Hope is a necessity in this day, and God wants to restore your sense of…
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Jesus is the Best Thing - September 3
As children of God, we have been given a new home and a new hope. On this week of the First15 podcast, we’re going to take time every day to look at what it…
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Once a Child Always a Child - September 2
In the last podcast of our weeklong focus on being the child of God, today we’re looking at how our status as God’s child can never been taken away from us…
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The Blessings of Our Father - September 1
As we near the end of our weeklong focus on being children of the most high God, we’re going to take time today to create space to discover and receive the…
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God as Our Guide through Life - August 31
In today’s podcast, we continue our weeklong focus on being a child of God, by looking at how God guides us throughout our life. All of us long for and need a…
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A Wealth of Fatherly Affections - August 30
In the heart of our week on being the child of God, we’re going to take time today to look at how we can position ourselves to receive the wealth of Fatherly…
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Childlike Faith - August 29
In our third podcast focusing on what it means to be the child of God, we’re going to look at how we can live with childlike faith. One of the wonders of being…
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New Bloodline of Freedom - August 28
In our second podcast looking at what it means to be the child of God, we’re going to take time today to look at a new bloodline of freedom we’ve inherited as…
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Fully Loved - August 27
As children of the Most High God, we have been granted access to unconditional, tangible, and perfect love. All we need we have in relationship with our Father…
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Having Grace for Others - August 26
In the last podcast of our week long focus on the parable of the prodigal son, we’re going to make space to set our eyes on the father in the story, and ask…
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Restoration of Authority - August 25
As we near the end of our week looking at Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, we’re going to look today the restoration of authority the father gave to the…
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Restoration of Identity - August 24
In today’s podcast, we continue our week on the parable of the prodigal son, by looking at the son’s restoration of identity. The way we see ourselves changes…
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Restoration of Sonship - August 23
In today’s podcast, we’re going to look at the moment in Jesus’ story of the prodigal son, where the Father restores his sonship. May the incredible love of…
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God’s Instant Forgiveness - August 22
In our third podcast looking at Jesus’ story of the prodigal son, we’re going to take time today to look at how quickly, how instantly God forgives us. May…
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God’s Patient Heart - August 21
In today’s podcast, we’re going to look at how incredible patient God is with us, as we begin our second day in a week long focus on the story of the prodigal…
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God Demonstrates His Grace - August 20
The story of the prodigal son moves my heart to delve into new depths of God’s limitless grace. I find myself in every facet of Jesus’ words of this story. I…
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Forgiving Yourself - August 19
In our last podcast in our weeklong focus on forgiveness, today we’re going to look at what it takes to forgive ourselves. For some of us, forgiving ourselves…
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Living Without Expectation of Perfection - August 18
As we near the end of our week on forgiveness, today we’re going to look at a more foundational aspect of forgiveness, living without expectation of…
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Forgive the Person, Not Their Actions - August 17
In today’s podcast, we continue our weeklong focus on forgiveness by looking at the idea of separating out our forgiveness of the person from their actions…
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A Lifestyle of Continual Forgiveness - August 16
In the middle of this week on forgiveness, we’re taking time today to look at what it means to live a lifestyle of continual forgiveness. Over time, as we open…
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Healing Past Wounds and Forgiving Present Scars - August 15
In today’s podcast, we’re going to explore God’s healing for our past wounds and present scars. There is so much power in forgiveness, so much healing in…
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Our Forgiveness in Jesus - August 14
Today we continue our weeklong focus on forgiveness, by looking at the incredible gift of forgiveness we’ve been offered in Jesus. Every command God has given…
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The Nature of Forgiveness is Mercy - August 13
Offering forgiveness to others is one of the most difficult and important aspects of the Christian life. But Scripture clearly commands us to forgive others…
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Being a Carrier of Joy - August 12
Today, in the last day of our week long focus on joy, we’re going to explore how we can be carriers for the joy of our God. Joy is contagious. It’s powerful…
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Inexpressible Joy - August 11
As we near the end of our week on joy, today we look at another aspect of the joy available to us in God, specifically how our joy could be so great that the…