Matthew 17:1-13
Matthew 17:1-13 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you…
Matthew 14:3-21
SCRIPTURE Matthew 14:13-21 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds…
Matthew 16:13-23
SCRIPTURE Matthew 16:13-28 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah!…
Luke 5:1-11
SCRIPTURE Luke 5:1-11 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.…
Esther 9-10
SCRIPTURE Esther 9:20-22 20 And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far, 21 obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year, 22 as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into…
Esther 7-8
SCRIPTURE Esther 7:3-6 3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request. 4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be…
Esther 5-6
SCRIPTURE Esther 5:1-2 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in front of the king’s quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. 2 And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then…
Esther 3-4
SCRIPTURE Esther 3:2-3 2 And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. 3 Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?” Esther 4:13-17 13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will…
Esther 1-2
SCRIPTURE Esther 2:5-11 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure…
Hebrews 12:1-3
SCRIPTURE Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Luke…
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
SCRIPTURE Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?” 3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven…
Matthew 15:1-9 and Luke 9:23-25
SCRIPTURE Luke 9:23-25 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? Matthew 15:2-9 Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash…
John 15:12-19
SCRIPTURE John 15:12-19 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father…
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
INTRODUCTION Jesus can change your life. Has Jesus changed your life? How? SCRIPTURE 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that…
2 Corinthians 5:16-19
INTRODUCTION Jesus can change your life. Has Jesus changed your life? How? SCRIPTURE 2 Corinthians 5:16-19 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and…
2 Corinthians 5:11-15
INTRODUCTION Jesus can change your life. Where do you tend to look for your identity? What are some ways that you can find your identity in Jesus Christ? SCRIPTURE 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you…
2 Corinthians 5:5-10
INTRODUCTION Jesus can change your life. Where do you tend to look for your identity? What are some ways that you can find your identity in Jesus Christ? SCRIPTURE 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the…
2 Corinthians 5:1-4
INTRODUCTION Jesus can change your life. Where do you tend to look for your identity? What are some ways that you can find your identity in Jesus Christ? SCRIPTURE 2 Corinthians 5:1-5 1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on we may not be found…
3 simple steps to grow your faith this year
The New Year is a great time to reflect on our lives. I know so many of you want to grow in your love of Christ. I do too. But it’s difficult, right?!? It’s difficult because we’re in a spiritual battle. We have an enemy who doesn’t want us to love Christ more. And, if we’re honest, our own flesh isn’t real excited about it either. So, here are 3 simple steps that will help you love Christ more this…
Matthew 2:13-23
INTRODUCTION Jesus is the hope of the world. What do you tend to do when you’re feeling hopeless? What are some ways that we can find hope in Jesus Christ? SCRIPTURE Matthew 2:1-12 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and…
