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…
Matthew 2:1-12
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…
Matthew 1:18-25
INTRODUCTION Jesus is the hope of the world. What makes Jesus unique? What makes Jesus our ultimate source of hope? SCRIPTURE Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her…
Matthew 7:24-29
INTRODUCTION Imagine a life completely committed to Jesus. What do you imagine when you imagine a life completely committed to Jesus? What is one thing that needs to change in your life to move towards “completely committed to Jesus?” SCRIPTURE Matthew 7:24-29 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on…
Matthew 7:15-23
INTRODUCTION Imagine a life completely committed to Jesus. What do you imagine when you imagine a life completely committed to Jesus? What is one thing that needs to change in your life to move towards “completely committed to Jesus?” SCRIPTURE Matthew 7:7-14 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one…
Matthew 7:7-14
INTRODUCTION Imagine a life completely committed to Jesus. What do you imagine when you imagine a life completely committed to Jesus? What is one thing that needs to change in your life to move towards “completely committed to Jesus?” SCRIPTURE Matthew 7:7-14 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one…
Matthew 7:1-6
INTRODUCTION Imagine a life completely committed to Jesus. What do you imagine when you imagine a life completely committed to Jesus? What is one thing that needs to change in your life to move towards “completely committed to Jesus?” SCRIPTURE Matthew 7:1-6 Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that…
Matthew 6:25-34
INTRODUCTION Imagine a life completely committed to Jesus. What do you imagine when you imagine a life completely committed to Jesus? What is one thing that needs to change in your life to move towards “completely committed to Jesus?” SCRIPTURE Matthew 6:25-34 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the…
Treasure in Heaven, Matthew 6:19-24
INTRODUCTION Imagine a life completely committed to Jesus. What do you imagine when you imagine a life completely committed to Jesus? What is one thing that needs to change in your life to move towards “completely committed to Jesus?” SCRIPTURE Matthew 6:19-24 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and…