God winning us back
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1)
A completely unique creation of God
To be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God. (Ephesians 4:23-24 ESV)
Jesus as the source of love
Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us. (Ephesians 5:2 NLT)
Meditating on His Word
I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. (Psalm 119:15–16 ESV)
As we abide in His Word
Everyone then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. (Matthew 7:24 ESV)
One key to this relationship is simplicity
The earth is the Lord 's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein. (Psalm 24:1 ESV)
Let’s pray that He will give us His mind and His heart
Freely ye have received, freely give. (Matthew 10:8)
We represent the Prince of Peace
We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. (2 Corinthians 5:20)
The essence of our life
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (Romans 15:4 KJV)
Please help me
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart. (Psalm 119:2 ESV)
The same call
Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. (Mark 16:15)
Living for eternity
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3:20 NKJV)
Useful to instruct Christians
…filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. (Colossians 1:9–10)
The “power of one”
And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24 NIV)
So how much is enough?
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need. (Luke 12:31 NLT)
You brought pavement?
“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ (Luke 12:16-20 ESV)
The Law of Love
So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12 ESV)
Our love for Jesus
We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. (2 Corinthians 5:20)
Discipleship
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began. (2 Timothy 1:9 ESV)