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What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:9, ESV
God is changing this world for His glory, and He is starting in our lives. He works through us as we seek Him to change others, too.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18, ESV
God is changing this world for His glory, and He starts with those who need the most help, who are painfully aware of their need for a Savior. We all need Him.
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9, ESV
God is changing this world for His glory, and He begins with each of through the power of the gospel, as we put faith in Christ and lead others to faith.
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:3, ESV
We give up our old life when coming to Christ, and that means trusting that God has a good plan for our lives that is better than what we may have planned.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:10, ESV
We give up our old life when we come to Christ, a lofe led by evil choices and following the ways of Satan. In Christ we have true life and peace.
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Romans 8:11, ESV
We give up our old life when we come to Christ, and we are given new life through the Holy Spirit because of faith in His death and resurrection.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24, ESV
We give up our old life when we follow Christ, killing our old habits and desires for the sake of Christ.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
Matthew 5:8, ESV
The cost of following Jesus is admitting we need help this world cannot offer and to love in ways we do not understand. We need to get over ourselves and have Christ in us to make us pure and good.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:10, ESV
The cost of following Jesus is getting over ourselves, and we should therefore treat others the way Jesus treated us, with sacrificial love, especially within the Church.
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21, ESV
We have been called to faithfulness, and we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to live in Christ’s faithfulness to the glory of the Father.
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