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By faith in Jesus’ sacrifice, our debt is wiped clean and we are considered pure before God. We’ve been saved! Now we are sons and daughters of God and walk in relationship with him.

 

Since we are living in a broken world and retain a natural bent towards sin, we still face temptation. Staying close to God provides the strength to overcome, which we want to do because of what God has graciously done for us. By experiencing forgiveness and daily grace, we have an abundant life now, and anticipation of a wonderful eternity with our good God.

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  • God forgives your sins –we give them to him at the cross of Jesus

    Hebrews 8:12

    For I will forgive their wickedness

    and will remember their sins no more.


    John 5:24

    Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.


    2 Corinthians 5:17

    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

  • God will give you his Spirit and the ability to overcome your sinful nature

    Galatians 5:22-23

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.


    1 Corinthians 2:12

    What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.


    1 Corinthians 10:13

    No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.


    Galatians 5:16-18 

    So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.


    1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 

    May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

  • Jesus always walks with us, assures us of his presence

    Hebrews 4:14-16

    Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are —yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.


    Philippians 1:6 

    being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

  • Through Jesus sacrifice, we are adopted as children of God

    John 1:11-14 

    He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

    The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.


    Galatians 4:4-7 

    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 adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into 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.


    Romans 8:14-17

    For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

  • We understand our purpose as God's children

    Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 

    Now all has been heard;

    here is the conclusion of the matter:

    Fear God and keep his commandments,

    for this is the duty of all mankind.

    For God will bring every deed into judgment,

    including every hidden thing,

    whether it is good or evil.


    1 Corinthians 10:31 

    So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.


    Psalms 100:2-4

    Worship the LORD with gladness;

    come before him with joyful songs.

    Know that the LORD is God.

    It is he who made us, and we are his;

    we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

    Enter his gates with thanksgiving

    and his courts with praise;

    give thanks to him and praise his name.

  • Walk in the ways of Jesus

    Galatians 5:16-17

    So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.


    1 Peter 2:21

    To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.


    Ephesians 5:1-2 

    Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.


    John 13:13-17

    “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

  • Gather with the family of God (church)

    Hebrews 10:24-25 

    And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another —and all the more as you see the Day approaching.


    Colossians 3:16 

    Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.


    1 Corinthians 12:12-13 

    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 by 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.

  • As citizens of God’s kingdom, we serve at Jesus commission

    Matthew 28:18-20

    Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”


    Acts 1:7-8 

    He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”


    Luke 10:1-4

    After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

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