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Colossians 3:1-17 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.    2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.    4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever be...

James 1:16-17 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Hebrews 13:8  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. God, there's nothing new about You. Divine Constancy  No Qualitative Change No Quantitative Change Psalm 102:25-27 In the be...

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:   2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!"says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."   3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.   5 The sun rises and the sun sets,  and hurries back to where it rises....

Acts 16:22-26 22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.  25 About midnight Paul and Si...

An Undignified Arrival Luke 2:1-7 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to...

Peace was promised.   Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end.   Peace is possible.   Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a c...

Jesus: The Fulfillment of God's Promise and the Blessing of Joy Luke 2:8-12
"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people....

Genesis 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.   Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned   Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall...

God is Here.  God is Worthy.  Altars and Offerings Genesis 8:20 "Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it." Genesis 22:9 "When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood." Exodus...

There's more that God wants to place in you.   There's more in you than you realize.   There's more in you that God wants to transform.   There's more that God wants to do through you. There's more people that God wants to reach through you.   The motivation of more must be the glory of God.     (Above & Beyond switch) 5Gs  Gatherings  Growth Generations  Good Works for Our Communities Global Disc...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.   To See God do Immeasurably More In and Through You   It Will Be a Struggle    Ephesians 6:10-24 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty p...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. To See God do Immeasurably More In and Through You   Close to Home Ephesians 5 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submi...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.   To See God do Immeasurably More In and Through You       Ephesians 5:17  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.    W...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. To See God do Immeasurably More In and Through You   What is My Calling?   Ephesians 4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life w...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. To See God do Immeasurably More In and Through You   Ephesians 2:10-22 For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which G...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 2:1-10 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Switch Background to: To See God do Immeasurably More In and Through You Ephesians 1:3-14 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,...

Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.  16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.  And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all t...

James 1:5-7 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.  6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.  7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.  8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all t...

2 Corinthians 5:7   "for we walk by faith, not by sight"   Behold Believe Behave Exodus 14:10-16 10  When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.  11  They said to Moses, "Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in...

Luke 5:17:26 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.  18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.  19 When they could not find a way to do this because...

Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,  2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the th...

Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.   Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.   Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the f...

Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.   Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.   Galatians 5:16-21 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires o...