He is Beside you— I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. — John 15:15 He is Beneath you— As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by [...]

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Two reasons why you need to know how to do battle: Jesus says: YOU WILL BE IN A FIGHT “In this world you will have trouble.” – John 16:33 “All men will hate you because of me…” – Matthew 10:22 Satan is: LOOKING FOR A FIGHT Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring [...]

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I am accepted… John 1:12 I am God’s child. John 15:15 As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 I have been justified. 1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I have been bought with a price and [...]

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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 [...]

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God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation. – Hebrews 2:11 Could it really be possible that you could be considered God’s family? After all, you [...]

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Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. - John 15:13 “What have you sacrificed?” That was the question I was asked one night as I was teaching about the Christian lifestyle. The main topic that night was the the idea that if we want to see God move [...]

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I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. - John 15:11 I hate unfinished projects. Unfinished projects have a habit of remaining unfinished longer than you ever expected. To make things worse, most of the time the reason an unfinished project doesn’t get finished is [...]

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“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now, remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.” – John 15:9-10 It’s not enough to be loved by God the Father and by [...]

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