Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 God, I thank you for this day. I thank you to my family and friends. I thank you for what you have provided. I thank you for the adventures you take my family and me on. Thank you for being in control of all things in my life, even when I don’t understand. I know your ways are so much better than my ways. Thank you when things don’t go the way I want them to because you have a better way. I thank you IN all circumstances of my life, even…
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Advent: Day Twelve
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sonship because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son to our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So, you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:4-7 Adoption! This process to become a family really is a special way. After adopting 5 children, to me, it is saying, “We choose you, no matter what.” It’s a…
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Members of One Another: Part 2
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized be one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason…
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I belong
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; Ephesians 4:4 Do you connect with others well? Or do you struggle with connecting with others? God made us for a community with one another. Take a look at what Genesis 2:18 says; The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” While Jesus walked here on earth, he had connected with many people. However, He had 12 close friends called disciples. Within that circle, he had Peter, James, and John, who were His closest friends. He showed us how…
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Connecting With One Another
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— John 1:12 Let’s start with reading scriptures that talk about making connections. Read the following passages. John 17:17 says, “ Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given…
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The Family Plan
. If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. Romans 10:9-10 Do you or did you have plans one day of having a family? We can make plans but God determines the steps. In chapter 11 of Romans, Paul gives a brief summary of God’s family plan. God chose Israel and grafted the gentiles. God knew from the beginning His family plan. Read Romans 11:1-10. According to…
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Hope In A Family
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 Did you ever learn the children’s song, Father Abraham? Or do you know this song? It was one of my favorites songs to sing in the children’s churches. In fact, it is still one of my favorites. I teach it to all the kids in my children’s church when given the opportunity. It goes like this: Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you So let’s all praise the Lord. The actions to this song were in verse…