Resurrection Sd

John 15:18-16:4a — Since persecution is the norm for the faithful church, let’s stop trying so hard to belong to the world and live for God instead.

Matthew 28:1-15 — The gospel makes the strong weak and the weak strong, even as it continues to spread across the face of the earth.

Matthew 21:1-17 — Jesus was nothing that we wanted, but he is everything we need to the praise of his glorious name.

Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 — Since we can't know everything about the divine plan we have to go with what God has revealed to us. We need to be dependent on God, we need to be gracious toward each other, and we need to trust that God is for us.

John 15:1-17 — In a world that is withering and dying, we are called to remain in Jesus, the only source of life and sustenance, so that we might bear the fruit of love for one another.

John 14:27-31 — In light of Jesus' shalom we are commanded to be courageous and rejoice in his obedience through the cross.

John 14:15-26 — Our love for Jesus is the evidence of his deep presence with us through this evil age.

Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14 — We can embrace adversity because God is working all things for our good in Jesus Christ our Lord.

John 14:1-14 — We can have peaceful hearts in the midst of suffering because Jesus has beat death, he has brought light, and he has made us channels of divine life.

John 13:18-38 — The very same power that God uses to glorify himself guarantees the protection and transformation of his people.

John 13:1-17 — The humility of Jesus is the path of sanctification and joy, demonstrated for us through the cross.

Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9 — No amount of money can heal a broken heart, in fact, it can only make it worse, because God alone has the power to heal our hearts now and forever through Jesus.

Ephesians 4:1-16 — Because we have been given unity in our diversity through the lordship of Christ, we should use our diverse gifts together to grow the Church in Christ.

Matthew 28:16-20 — The purpose of the Church is to go out, to bring in, and to grow up new believers into a holistic Christian faith, and we can do that because the power and presence of God is always with us.

Psalm 87

Matthew 2:13-23

Isaiah 9:1-7

Luke 1:26-38 — Because the incarnation is the beginning of God's promise of a new creation, we can have confident hope that he will complete it.

Matthew 1:1-6 — Because the promise of salvation has come to us, we can rest assured that God is for us.

Colossians 1:15-20 — Because Jesus is the intersection of God and man who has reunited heaven and earth by the blood of his cross we have power and freedom and security in God.