First15 Devotional
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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 Appl...
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Restoration of Authority
As we near the end of our week looking at Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, we’re going to look today at the restoration of authority the father gav...
Restoration of Identity
In today’s First15, 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...
Restoration of Sonship
In today’s First15, we’re going to look at the moment in Jesus’ story of the prodigal son, where the Father restores his sonship. May the incredible l...
God’s Instant Forgiveness
In our third day 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. Ma...
God’s Patient Heart
In today’s First15, 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...
God Demonstrates His Grace
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 s...
Forgiving Yourself
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 o...
Living Without Expectation of Perfection
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 p...
Forgive the Person, Not Their Actions
In today’s First15, we continue our weeklong focus on forgiveness by looking at the idea of separating out our forgiveness of the person from their ac...
A Lifestyle of Continual Forgiveness
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, a...
Healing Past Wounds and Forgiving Present Scars
In today’s First15, 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...
Our Forgiveness in Jesus
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 h...
The Nature of Forgiveness is Mercy
Offering forgiveness to others is one of the most difficult and important aspects of the Christian life. But Scripture clearly commands us to forgive...
In Grace God Teaches Us
In the last day in our series on grace, today we’re going to discover how in grace God teaches us. May we approach God with a humble and teachable hea...
God’s Grace Brings Purpose
As we near the end of our week on grace, today we’re going to explore how God’s grace brings us purpose. As we begin, where do you need more purpose t...
Grace-filled Provision
In today’s First15, we’re exploring the wonderful reality of how God provides for us by his grace. And as we begin, think about where you have need to...
Grace-filled Presence
In the middle of our series on grace, we’re going to look at how experiencing God’s presence gives a truer, more heartfelt sense of God’s grace. As we...
The Throne of Grace
In today’s First15, we’re going to take time to come before the throne of grace in a meaningful way. May the reality of Jesus’ mercy and power establi...
Freedom in Grace
God’s grace is the foundation of our freedom, a sure gift made available to us again every morning. Every mistake we make is covered. Every sin is for...
His Grace is Sufficient
Grace is a gift most of us don’t know how to receive. We’ve been so inundated with the earthly systems of give-and-get and work-and-earn that grace is...
Once a Child Always a Child
In the last day 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 u...
The Blessings of Our Father
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 receiv...
God as Our Guide through Life
In today’s First15, 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, a...
A Wealth of Fatherly Affections
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 F...
Childlike Faith
On our third day 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...
New Bloodline of Freedom
On our second day 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 inherite...
Fully Loved
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 o...
God’s Heart Doesn’t Stop with Us
As we end our week on knowing God’s heart for us, we’re going to focus on the call to action that God’s heart doesn’t just stop with us, but is meant...
A Foundation of Affection
God is such a good, loving Father that he wants us to live with a foundational understanding of his affection toward us. He wants the knowledge of his...
Revelation through Others
One of the most influential ways I believe God wants to reveal himself and his heart is through others. No one is perfect like him, of course. But we...
The Spirit
Today we’ll explore who the Holy Spirit is, and what that means for knowing the heart of God richly in our daily lives. The concept of God’s Spirit is...
The Word
As we seek to know the heart of God this week, today we’ll look to his word as a steady, ever-present guide to God’s feelings toward us. If you’re eve...
Continual Revelation
As we continue our week on knowing God’s heart, today we’ll explore the idea of continually seeking God in our day to day lives, rather than living of...
You Can Know God
One of our greatest privileges as a child of God is that we can have the heart of our heavenly Father. We don’t have to wonder how he feels about us....
Live for His Glory
In the final episode of our series on experiencing God’s promises, today we’re going to look at what it means to live for God’s glory. There are a wea...
Be the Hands and Feet of Jesus
As we near the end of our week long series on experiencing the promises of God, today we’re going to look at how living with faithful action, being th...
Make Time to Experience God
In today’s First15, we’re going to look at how being wise with our time, and investing it in the place of meeting with God face to face, positions us...
Casting Off Negativity
As we continue our series looking at how we can position ourselves to experience the fullness of God’s promises, today we’re looking at how we can cas...
Trust in God’s Promise
In today’s First15, we’re going to go deeper into the place of trust, seeking to open up more of our hearts to our good and loving Father, so we can e...
Experiencing God’s Promises through the Renewing of Your Mind
In our second episode positioning ourselves to more fully experience God’s promises, today we’re going to look at the role of renewing our minds in op...