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 a fruit of the Spirit of God. And thankfully, we have God’s Spirit living inside of us. May we learn today how to tap into the peace of God that’s so ever-readily available to us as Christians.

Our Scripture for today comes from Galatians 5:22-23, and today's worship is Give Me Your Peace by Gateway Worship. 

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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, burdens, cares, and total frustration. But we serve a God who offers us peace in the midst of any circumstance. We serve a God in whom all true peace finds its source. May you discover the heart of your heavenly Father to bring you peace this week.

Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 9:6, and today's worship is God of Peace by Nikki Moltz.

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Today on the First15 Podcast we are continuing our multi-week series on finding peace in the political season, and I have the unique privilege of getting to have this conversation with Josh and my dad, Dr. Jim Denison.

Dad is the Founder of Denison Forum, a unique resource that helps close to 2 million people get a sense of God’s perspective on the news of the day, operating at the much-needed intersection of faith and culture. And, I am so excited for you to hear his perspective on how we can find and keep a sense of peace in this political season. 

We explore questions like...

-Is this political season worse than we’ve ever seen?

-How do you maintain peace when the news is so bad?

-How do we walk through this season well as Christians?

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. And it’s meant to be at the heart of our communication of who God is, and what relationship with him is like.

May God fill us all with a greater measure of his joy today, and a greater understanding of how to carry that joy into a world in desperate need of it.

Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 55:12, and today's worship is Graves into Gardens by Elevation Worship.

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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 Bible would call it inexpressible.

May our hearts be opened to a greater measure of joy than we’ve yet experienced, and the wisdom and faith to hold on to that joy as our portion in God.

 

Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Peter 1:8-9, and today's worship is You Are My Joy by United Pursuit. 

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Today we’re going to explore the role of the Holy Spirit in living with the joy available to us in God. Know that as a believer, the Holy Spirit is with you, ready to search the heart of God for you, and to give you this free gift of joy, if you’ll simply trust him and receive it.

May your relationship with the Spirit deepen today, and yield a joy so real and strong that no trial or tribulation could come against it.

Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7, and today's worship is Fullness by Elevation Worship.

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I think one of the hardest things to do in life is to live with joy in the midst of trials and challenges. It’s so easy to let life dictate to us our emotions and state of being. But in God, there is a joy available to us right where we are, no matter how good or bad the situation may be.

Today we’re going to make space together to simply open our hearts and minds to receive the joy of the Father. I hope and pray that you find real, life-changing joy in God’s presence today.

Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 126:5-6, and today's worship is Taste & See by Travis Greene.

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In our third day of looking at Joy, we’re going to take time today to look at David’s statement in Psalm 16:11, where he describes a “fullness of joy.”

There is a greater fullness of life available to you and in me in God that most of us will ever experience. To experience more of God almost always requires laying down more of the things of the world. But if we, today, will give a greater measure of our hearts over to God, we’ll find greater joy than we could have imagined experiencing this side of heaven.

May your heart be filled to the fullness today as we experience God together.

Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 16:11, and today's worship is Joy in Your Waters by Capital City Music.

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As we continue our week of looking at Joy, we’re going to take time today to receive a fresh revelation of how God rejoices over us.

God not only loves you, but he likes you. He rejoices over you, just as you are. I hope and pray that you get a real, tangible sense of God’s joy over you today as we create space in his presence together.

Our Scripture for today comes from Zephaniah 3:17, and today's worship is I Am Loved by Mack Brock.

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In a world that knocks us down, joy can feel so elusive. But Scripture is filled with encouragement, that there is a joy available to us in God that transcends the pain and suffering of the world.

This week on the First15 podcast, we’re going to take time every day to open our hearts and receive the joy of the Father, that we could be children marked by the joy of heaven.

May you discover the greater portion of joy available to you through the Spirit as you encounter the heart of your Father this week.

Our Scripture for today comes from Nehemiah 8:10, and today's worship is Joy of the Lord by Rend Collective.

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