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The Parable of the Mustard Seed Nov 21, 2020

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Continuing our week on Jesus’s parables, we’ll look today at the parable of the mustard seed. As we dig into this rich, beautiful parable, may our hearts and minds be enlightened. Take a moment even now to ask God to give you fresh revelation.

Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 13:31-32, and today's worship is New Wine by Hillsong Worship.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and Valuable Pearl Nov 20, 2020

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As we continue this week allowing the parables of Jesus to speak directly to our situations, mindsets, and core beliefs about who God is, today we’ll dive into the parables of the hidden treasure and valuable pearl. Upon learning about God forsaking everything to find us, we’ll assess our own hearts and see what they value most in this life. Open your heart today and choose to take an honest look. You might be surprised at what you find.

Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 13:44, and today's worship is The More I Seek You by Hannah McClure.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Parable of the Good Shepherd Nov 19, 2020

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Jesus loved to use stories to illustrate profound, life-transforming concepts. He loved to use real and genuine settings, characters, and ideas that apply to all of us to reveal God’s heart of pursuit and love. This week we’re going to spend time allowing the parables of Jesus to speak directly to our situations, mindsets, and core beliefs about who God is. Open your heart and mind to be transformed by the powerful and captivating stories of Jesus.

Our Scripture for today comes from John 10:14-15, and today's worship is Shepherd by Amanda Lindsey Cook.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Desire to Live a Life of Significance Nov 18, 2020

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As we wrap up this week looking at the desires of every heart, we’re going to look today at the desire to live a life of significance. God has a plan to use you in ways far beyond what you could ask or imagine, a plan for you to make an eternal impact in the world. As we make space for God to speak and lead today, may he give us a deeper sense of purpose and calling in him.

Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 25:21, and today's worship is Great Are You Lord by Bethel Music.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Desire to be Passionate Nov 17, 2020

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In today’s devotional, we’re going to explore the desire we all share to be passionate. Everyone of us desires to give our lives to something, our passion to something that truly matters. And God has given us all that desire with a perfect plan to satisfy it in a unique way, a way he’s perfectly wired each of us for. May each of us get a greater sense of how we can live more wholeheartedly in him today.

Our Scripture for today comes from Mark 12:30, and today's worship is Endless Alleluia by Cory Asbury.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Desire to be Fully Known and Fully Loved Nov 16, 2020

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In today’s devotional we’re going to look at the desire we all share to be fully know and fully loved. You and I were made for this. And pursuing that sense of knowledge and love from the world has left so many of us wounded. But the good news is that God has a path for healing, relationship, and love that’s void of shame, and wants to guide us down that path today as we create space and follow him together.

Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians 2:4-5, and today's worship is Out of Hiding by Steffany Gretzinger.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Desire to be Great Nov 15, 2020

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Today as we continue our series looking at the desires of every heart, we’re going to take time to recognize and satisfy our desire to be great. The desire to be great within the heart of man has produced tremendous and terrible things. It’s produced peace and war, advancement and destruction. And as we look at this desire today, I pray that God reveals the purity and power of it as well as his plans to satisfy it moment by moment, day by day.

Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Corinthians 2:9, and today's worship is I Surrender by Hillsong Worship.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Desire to Behold Beauty Nov 14, 2020

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As we continue our week-long focus on the desires of every heart, today we’re going to look at the desire we all share to behold beauty. God has created beauty all around us, beauty we can see and beauty we can feel. And in a world so inundated with false notions of beauty, today my prayer is that God reveals the purity within this longing that resides within each of our hearts, and his perfect plans to satisfy it.

Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 149:4, and today's worship is What A Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Desire for Wonder Nov 13, 2020

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In today’s devotional, we’re going to look at the desire we all share for wonder. We serve an absolutely fascinating God – a God who has created a whole world to marvel us. May we set our eyes on him today by the power of the Holy Spirit, that our desire for wonder would be satisfied in relationship with our powerful and good God.

Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 1:22-23, and today's worship is So Will I by Amanda Cook

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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The Desire to be Delighted in Nov 12, 2020

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All of us have insatiable desires that can only be satisfied in communion with our heavenly Father. The desire to be delighted in, for wonder, to behold glory, and to be someone great are driving forces within each of us. The desire to be fully know and fully loved, to be passionate, and to live a life of significance resound within each of us at the foundation of who we are. God created these desires knowing that they can only be fully satisfied in him—that they would be avenues to deeper relationship with him. As we look at each of these desires individually, I pray your heart would find its fulfillment in the loving nearness of your heavenly Father.

The main concept for this week is derived from The Seven Longings of the Human Heart by Mike Bickle and Deborah Hiebert.

Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 62:5, and today's worship is I Love You by Vineyard Worship.

This Christmas, find the peace God has waiting for you. Get your copy of our printed devotional, Emmanuel, HERE — and experience God in greater ways in the midst of the holidays!

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Click here to help even more people encounter God through the ministry of First15.