Philippians 3:13-14, “13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” You move…

2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” The only way you can really see change in your life is by the power of God.  Don’t be deceived into believing today’s “self-help gurus” that teach you are the source of change…

Isaiah 61:1c, “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted.” God wants us to overcome our sad times in life by giving Jesus all of our hurts and pain.  Many times in life’s tragedies people ask, “Where is God?”  The Bible teaches us that God is always with us and is personally aware of…

Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” God’s purpose for sexuality is for one man and one woman in marriage to enjoy themselves in intimacy with the desired outcome of having children.  Certainly, married couples can enjoy…

Proverbs 18:2, “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.” God will direct both the man and woman through His Spirit to meet each other, fall in love, and marry.  The above passage teaches the traditional role of the man pursuing the woman.  However, both should pursue God…

Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” God’s order in the family is for the husband to love his wife as Christ does the church, the wife to submit to her husband as unto Jesus, and for the children to obey their parents.  When…

Proverbs 22:6, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” God wants us to raise our children with the love and teachings of Jesus.  God has given parents the responsibility of developing the human soul.  In other words, parents are given the…

Ephesians 3:10, “His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.” The purpose of the church is to encourage your spiritual growth through fellowship, teaching, prayer, worship, and ministry.  The term for church in the Greek, “ekkl?sia,” basically…

Romans 12:6, “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.” God will reveal His gifts and talents in your life as you seek His will for your life.  You were created in the image of God with special abilities that make you a “one-of-kind.”  Sometimes we may doubt ourselves, but…