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“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Ephesians 6:2-3, ESV
God’s promises are mostly conditional in that disobedience has natural consequences, and obedience can reap supernatural rewards in Christ.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
1 Timothy 2:5, ESV
With all of our sin and rebellion, there is only one we can trust to save us – Jesus – who stands with the Father. May we proclaim this truth boldly to a world lost in sin and rebellion.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Romans 8:26, ESV
This world and it’s problems and attacks can overwhelm is, but we have an Advocate and Helper who helps us pray and persevere, to have answers against the attacks and hope in any problem.
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4, ESV
Delighting in God means we want Him and what He wants, and He wants the world to come to know Him.
May we seek Him and to make Him known.
“no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
Isaiah 54:17, ESV
We have the Word of God on our side. People may reject it, but it is the truth. Even if they kill us like our Lord for this truth, we shall likewise rise with Him for eternity!
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18:2, ESV
Our God works in us to embolden us, that others may see the peace we have in trouble and desire to know that peace and trust we have in Him.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV
The Creator of the Universe works in us, revealing His power in changing and using us for His glory.
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Psalm 19:1, ESV
There is ample evidence that there is a God. He is revealed in nature and through His Word – the Bible and the Son.
“give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:38, ESV
God has given us new life in Christ. May we abundantly share that life with others, drawing them to the Father and the Son through the work of the Holy Spiritb who shares abundantly.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 10:24-25, ESV
Jesus came to proclaim the good news of reconciliation with God. We are now sent to fo the same as we await His return, so we mist encourage each other to continue spreading the Gospel.
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