Overflowing Joy

Today we’ll be celebrating Christmas, Christ come for you and me, by allowing the reality of his coming to fill our hearts with overflowing joy. Whatever is happening in your life today, there is joy to be found in the reality that Christ came for you, wants to make his presence known in your life, and that he will come again. May your heart be filled with joy this Christmas.   Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Peter 1:8, and today's worship is Joy To The World by Maverick City & Naomi Raine. -- Thanks for listening to today’s First15 Podcast. My name is Ryn, and I’m a part of the First15 Team. If you haven’t downloaded our brand new First15 app, make sure to click this link  to check it out! One of the new features that you can enjoy when you download the app is our Guided Prayers. We are adding new prayers every month,  so if you need a moment of peace with God, let these prayers be your guide!  In today’s First15 Podcast we wanted to give you a preview of a new Guided Prayer that I wrote titled, “The Process of Glory.”  Have you ever heard the phrase “The struggle is real.”? Sometimes this phrase feels all too true in my life.. But as I study the lives of Jesus and His disciples and even people of the Old Testament, the overarching theme that I continue to see isn’t just that the struggle is “real,” but that when we commit our struggle to God in prayer, it isn’t just real, it’s good. I hope this Guided Prayer invites you to view your own struggles through a new lens and to declare over whatever you are walking through that, “The struggle is good.”