What good is it for someone to gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul? Mark 8:36 What kind of a traveler are you? Are you one who packs everything for whatever may happen while traveling, or are you a minimalist, and if you need something, you will find the nearest store to buy it? I will pack everything that I think I may need for a trip. Thank goodness I have the world’s greatest husband on this matter. I hate buying extra things when I know that I have them at home; this is a waste of using my money. What does this…
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Advent: Day Twenty-Five
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 1 John 5:11 . Christ is Born. Immanuel – God with us. It is time to yell, “Merry Christmas.” To be of good cheer. Have excitement. We are busy with opening presents, getting the dinner prepared. Do you make time for God on this Day? We use the day as a reminder that He did come here to earth to be with us. Yet, have we put him off to the side of all our business? Even though the Jews didn’t have the whole picture of God’s plan in the Bible times,…
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Share God
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 Read Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father, who is in heaven. Matthew 28:19-20 says, …
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Joins God’s Purpose
“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. John 4:35 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” John 5:17 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Matthew 9:37-38…
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Have A Heart For The World
“for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things!” Romans 10: 12-15 Let’s read Matthew 28:18-20, “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to…
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Mission To The World
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 Let’s jump right into scripture today! Read John 20:21, Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” and 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 which says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: That is, in Christ, God…
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We Have A Mission
But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher? Romans 10:14 A mission. You and I are on a mission for or with God. How was the first time you heard the gospel message? Or at least it stood out to you? I know being raised in the church, I have listened to it through Sunday School, children’s church, and my parents. I remember that my attention to Jesus being my savior was listening to a record player of puppet singing songs about God and giving the salvation message at…
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Embracing Relationships
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 What does the passage above mean to you? What does this teach you about following Jesus? This past week we have touched on three kinds of relationships. All of these relationships are interdependent with one another. ” A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you(abide), that you also love one another(connect). By this, all men will know (share) that you’re My disciples if you’ve loved…
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Followers of Christ Share With The World
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9:9-13 …
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Good News About God’s Plans
. 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 Today let’s read a few more scripture that talks about God’s plan. Read Romans 9:19-21; Proverbs 3: 5-6; Romans 9:31-32. 19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? cWill the thing formed say to him…