“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.”
Matthew 13:44, HCSB
Seeking God is the inky true way to eternal life, and that treasure of life is Christ. In Him alone are we at peace with God with hope for eternity.
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:13, HCSB
Seeking God is the only way to eternal life, and following Christ in this life is truly that way.
Search for the Lord and for His strength; seek His face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11, HCSB
The only path to eternal life is Jesus, so may we seek Him and His ways of truth always.
This was something discussed in our recent Congregational Meeting, how we can encourage members to be more attentive and thus welcoming to newer people and visitors. I know I often get stuck in conversations and cannot always meet new people right away, so it is helpful to have many people be ready to be welcoming to all including those who come back again!
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Talk to any returning visitors.
This Sunday: Talk to any returning visitors
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:6, HCSB
Jesus is the only way to eternal life with God, the source and foundation of all truth, and the source of life. Believe in Jesus.
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
Acts 20:24, HCSB
Just as God showed His love for us by becoming one of us and dying for our eternal hope, we should consider the lives of others more important than our own knowing we may see them in eternity with Christ.
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11, HCSB
Just as Jesus took our suffering and punishment on Himself, we endure the discipline of the struggles of life knowing that God uses these to grow us in the likeness of Christ and lead others to His good work.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7, HCSB
God took on the war for our souls, fighting through the cross. He now empowers us by the Holy Spirit as we walk in faith to overcome evil and draw others to Christ in this spiritual war.
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk 2:14, HCSB
The Glorious One masked His glory to come to us, die for us, and share His glory with those who believe, and in this way His glory begins to fill the earth. May we share the glory of God through the Gospel and bring His glory to earth.
And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.
2 John 1:6, HCSB
God is love and has called us to love Him, others, and His Church, and He demonstrated it through the cross. Let us love others sacrificially and in truth as Christ has done and continues to.
a simple man of God 