Love Without Limits
Matthew 5:43-48 Key Verse: “You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:43-45a CSB) What is it in your life that makes […]
Do I Have The Right To Retaliate?
Matthew 5:38-42 Key Verse: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.” (Matthew 5:38-39 CSB) How should you treat someone […]
Do You Keep Your Promises?
Matthew 5:33-37 Key Verse: “But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.” (Matthew 5:37 CSB) Many of us, when we were younger, learned a simple trick. If we crossed our fingers when we said something, it meant that we didn’t have to follow […]
Radical Holiness
Matthew 5:27-30 Key Verse: “If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off […]
Make It Right!
Matthew 5:21-26 Key Verse: “So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.” (Matthew 5:23-24 […]
Genuine Faith
James 2:14-26 Key Verse: “But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” (James 2:18 CSB) The good news of Jesus Christ is this: Because Jesus died for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3), we can know God. […]
Looking Forward
Philippians 3:7-14 Key Verse: “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14 CSB) A friend and […]
Am I Too Far Gone?
1 Samuel 12:1-25 Key Verse: “Samuel replied, ‘Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord. Instead worship the Lord with all your heart. Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or rescue you; they are worthless. The Lord will not abandon his […]
The Temptation of Unbelief
Psalm 84 Key Verse: “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!” (Psalm 84:11-12 ESV) Do you ever feel like God is holding out on […]
A Different Kind of Righteousness
Matthew 5:17-20 Key Verse: “For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20 CSB) When you think of the godliest or pious person that you know, who comes to mind? Is it the person who never misses their Bible […]