1. Transformed by trouble. John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Job 5:7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. Job 14:1 Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and …
1. Identify the lies and the liar, and reject them. Psalm 40:4 Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices John 8:44 You …
1. Growing up on God’s family takes intentionality. Matthew 9:9 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. 2 Peter 3:11-12a Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you …
1. Like father, like son. Genesis 1:26-28 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”So God created mankind in his own image, in the …
1. Blessed in general. Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” …
1. The concept of baptism. 2 Kings 5:14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. Acts 2:38-39 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of …
1. Believers all have access to God. Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 2. Believers all have fellowship with each other and God. 1 John 1:5-7 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God …
1. Identity is grounded in Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with …
1. Grateful for God’s goodness. Psalm 145:9 The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. Psalm 145:19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. Psalm 145:15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at …
1. Wonder of worship. Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalm 66:1-4 Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious. Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that …