Day 1 - With God, Not for God [S01-E01]
21 Days of Prayer & Meditation (with Anthony Skinner)
Release Date: 12/19/2024
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Begin your 21-day devotional journey with a Christian meditation on God’s unconditional love. In this first episode, Anthony Skinner shares scripture, reflection, and prayer to help you receive God’s love fully—without striving or earning it. Discover how resting in His presence brings inner peace, a renewed faith journey, and freedom to live in the light of His grace.
SCRIPTURE
We love him because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 KJV
DEVOTIONAL
One night, when my son was about four months old, I stayed up all night staring at him. I was so amazed by this beautiful gift God had given me, and I just wanted to gaze upon him and feel the joy and pleasure he brought to me. I was so fulfilled just knowing he was mine. And in reality, there was nothing my son could give me. All he could do was receive my love.
Here is where we must start with God. God loved us first; this love compels and empowers us to love Him back. We do not start the journey by loving God. We must begin by simply receiving God’s love. These 21 days are about creating space in our lives to experience God’s love and respond to God’s love- not earning or attaining God’s love, for that is already settled. The scriptures teach us that God saw us at our worst and thought we were worth the price of His Son. Imagine that!
QUESTION
What do you feel, knowing that God loves you in that way? What are your barriers to receiving it?
PRAYER
Father, You love me so much that even when I was lost and had nothing to offer You, You sacrificed Your only Son so that You could be with me, and I could be with You. Thank you for the blessing of not having to do anything to earn your love, but that I can simply receive it…what a gift! Father, show me a specific way to surrender and accept Your great love for me today.