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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.
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
1 John 5:14, ESV
We can know we are saved in Christ, and as we become more Christ-like, we want the same things as God. We will ask for the things He wants more and more, especially that which brings others to Him and bring ls Him glory.
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Romans 5:3-5, ESV
The Holy Spirit empowers us to endure suffering, knowing it is making us more Christ-like, like the One who suffered for us, that we may proclaim Christ all the more.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6, ESV
There is only one way to salvation, to reconciliation with God, and that is by grace through faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Let us be bold in sharing this truth with the world.
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
We already stood condemned before God. Jesus came as our way out of condemnation and from God’s wrath against all unrighteousness.
Shouldn’t we want to tell people about that?
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:29, ESV
We don’t always see Jesus coming, but we can help others recognize the Savior we all need.
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5, ESV
We deserved punishment and death for our rebellion against God, but Jesus took our penalty, as prophesied 700 years earlier.
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
John 13:14, ESV
Jesus demonstrated His love for us through sacrifice and inconvenience. We should be following His example in our own lives, with the Church and to the world.
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