VerseD: Matthew 23:11
The greatest among you shall be your servant.
Matthew 23:11, ESV
We should not seek power or authority in the Church. We should be loving each other through service and helping each other.
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“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
Matthew 5:8, ESV
When we believe in Jesus Christ and His atoning work of His crucifixion, death, and resurrection, we are given His purity.
Believe in Jesus, and we will see God face to face one Glorious Day.
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9, ESV
When God ordains calamity and strife, the wise see His reproof and grow closer to Him. It is easy to grow complacent amidst blessing.
Seek God continuously.
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing
Matthew 6:3, ESV
We help others for love’s sake, to glorify God, not to get attention or rewarded.
Love God by loving others.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9, ESV
All it takes is faith, believing God came in the flesh, lived a sinless life, died on a cross for the forgiveness of sins, and rose again bodily from the dead.
Believe in Jesus, and be saved.
A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Isaiah 40:3-5, ESV
The prophets of old promised the coming Messiah, who has come and will come again.
Prepare the way of the Lord!
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21, ESV
If the Antichrist was in front of you, dying of thirst and starvation, would you help?
We help others for God’s glory. He does not need our help defending Himself or the Church.
Simply do good.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:17, ESV
Jesus first came to bring us salvation. Turn to Him and believe in His death and resurrection for the forgiveness of sins.
Otherwise, we remain condemned and face judgment at His return.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
1 Chronicles 16:34, ESV
God’s love is enough reason to be thankful everyday.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Psalm 100:4, ESV
Always give thanks to God, for everything all the time, praising Him for His love and good works.
It is the fastest route to God’s heart.