We can be consistently please our Lord by accepting that reconciliation is always the right choice.
We can be useful in refreshing the spirit of others by living out the grace God has provided in our lives.
We have a great responsibility to protect the Church by dealing decisively with sin and division.
The Bible teaches, and we affirm, that there is only one God. While many find this truth to be foolish or naïve or short-sighted, as Christians this is the very rock upon which our security rests.
We can be spiritually clean before a holy God by accepting the renewal offered by His Holy Spirit.
We must maintain a positive witness for our Lord by assuring our lives represent him well in the workplace.
We have the responsibility to ensure an enduring Church by building it on a strong foundation.
Our mandate from God is to protect his Church from Satan’s attempts to keep us from our true purpose.
As we pursue Jesus, faith has the potential to renew our lives and lead us into a closer, intimate relationship with Christ. Faith will begin to show evidence in our lives.
We can respond to God’s call to be people of godly character by understanding his purpose and plan for this admonition.
We can gain significant truth about our purpose as a church from the encouragement Paul gives to this young Pastor.
We can be obedient to God’s command to make forgiveness a priority when we follow the process outlined in the prayer of Jesus.
We can experience the joy and freedom that comes in offering forgiveness to those who hurt us by recognizing the grace and mercy of Jesus in our lives.
The importance of childlike faith is vital for us to understand as we discover both the joy of acceptance and the pain of rejection.
There are no life situations for which Jesus cannot provide an answer when we place our trust in him.
We can learn the magnitude of the offer of forgiveness extended by Jesus as we discover how he responded to this sinful woman.
We have access to unfailing hope even when things seem hopeless by tapping into the source of hope offered by Jesus.
We can move our Lord toward healing our nation by learning from the prayer of Daniel for the restoration of Jerusalem.
We can find complete forgiveness of sin and restoration with God by following the steps taken by King David in his prayer.
We can measure our level of commitment to the Lord through what we are willing to offer to Him.
We can affirm the power of God when we allow others to see the hope we have in his faithfulness through prayer.
We can be an answer to our Lord’s prayer by permitting His Spirit to create the qualities in our life that He prayed for.
We can more fully grasp God’s amazing love for us by understanding His perfect plan of redemption.
We can appropriate the amazing gift of salvation in our lives because of the work Jesus was prepared to do from the moment he first came to earth.
Jesus came to live among us to provide the solution to our sin problem. When we apply that solution to our lives, we find true joy.
The promise of the coming Jesus is our source of peace as we understand the change His coming brings in our lives.
God has offered a solution for my sin problem by sending Jesus to defeat Satan and therefore, provide hope.
We can view giving to the work of God as an opportunity for receiving God’s grace when we focus on his purpose in allowing us to give.
At our salvation, God offers us gifts and abilities which we give back to Him as offerings of praise.
We can love others as God encourages us to when we get a stronger grasp on the depth of God's love for us.
God has given us a process to discern truth which we can use to protect us against Satan's attacks.
Two Questions to Ponder this Week:
1- How strong is your family resemblance?
2-Do you love one another?
We can get a deep understanding of God's love for us through the powerful illustration of bread in the scriptures.
We can walk in the light of fellowship with God as we adopt the lifestyle choices to which God directs us.
We may spend our entire lives searching for joy only to discover that God has made it easily available and complete.
God can use us to assist others in their service to Him when we are willing to sacrifice on their behalf.
We can find peace in the promise of the return of Christ as it will be the fulfillment of all God has promised to us.
We can better understand the work of Jesus on earth by grasping the importance of his work following his return to the Father.
The resurrection of Jesus provides for us undeniable hope, not only for this life, but for eternity.
We can more fully understand how God leads us to ministry by observing how Jesus chose his disciples.
We will discover our true purpose is to proclaim that genuine purity comes from a heart made righteous through the redemption offered by Jesus.
We can understand our Lord’s care and concern for us as he demonstrates his power and authority over the struggles of this life.
We can have freedom in the middle of our temptation by following the strategy of Jesus.
In obedience, we identify as a devoted follower of Jesus by following his example of baptism.
We can discover our mission from God by observing how Jesus learned God’s plan for his life.
As children of the Almighty God, we can trust God to do impossible things in our lives when we release our fear and put our faith in him.
By faith, our lives can be defined not by who we were, but by who God has made us to be.
We will discover the benefits of choosing biblical faith over the attractions of this world by grasping how God used the life and ministry of Moses.
We are assured that God remains faithful, despite the ups and downs of this life as has been taught us through the heroes of faith.
Biblical faith may require action without all the answers as is demonstrated in the life of Noah.
If we want to respond appropriately to Jesus in our lives and show Him to others, we need to learn from His interaction with Zacchaeus.
We can understand what it means to have God with us (Immanuel) as we grasp the true purpose for God sending His Son Jesus.
We can fulfill God’s plan for real joy in our lives when we follow the example of submission demonstrated by Mary and Joseph.