05/31               1 Peter 4:10-11

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 

11 Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

GLORY

GOD is glorious.

Bring honor and recognition to His greatness, His magnificence.  

Make Him known.  

05/30               1 Peter 3:15-16

Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. 

16 But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.

ACTIONS

Our actions speak loudly.

Make sure that your behavior is Christ like.  

05/29               1 Peter 2:9-10

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 

10 “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.”

HAVE

We have Jesus.

He gives us mercy, grace and life.

He leads us in His victory. 

He saves us to serve.

Love Him and love one another.  

Jesus is Lord.  

Take great pride in serving Him, honoring Him, HE is God Almighty and there is no other.  

05/28               Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 

2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

JESUS

Jesus loves you.

He is seated at the right hand of God.

Interceding for you.

Listening to you. 

Tell Him everything-He provides you with everything.

Jesus is Lord.

Follow Him.  

He will always be with you.  

05/27               Hebrews 3:1

And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest.

THINK

Think about Jesus.  

Think about His work.

Think about His salvation.

Think about His love for you.

Think about what the Lord is calling you to do.  

Walk with Him, get to know Him, serve Him.

Victory in Jesus-HE did it for you. 

05/26               2 Timothy 1:10

And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News.

GOOD NEWS

God came looking for us.

On the cross He paid the price for our freedom from sin.

What we cannot do He did.

He is with us unto eternity.

Jesus paid for your freedom from sin and reinstatement into the family of God.  

Walk in victory-Jesus paid it all.  

We owe Him everything.

05/25               Philippians 3:12-14

12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 

13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 

14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

FOCUS

Focus on Jesus. 

Focus on your call.

Focus on the Word.

Focus on your daily devotional.

Focus, focus, focus because the world is filled with chaos and evil.

We are filled with the Holy Spirit of God and face a daily fight for our direction.

Focus on Jesus, obey Him, spend time with Him, read the Word of God. 

Listen, surrender, serve-Jesus loves you.  

05/24               Philippians 2:1-4

1 Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 

2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 

3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 

4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. 

WORK

Work unto the Lord.

Work with others.

Consider and respect the value of others.  

Jesus will use you.  

05/23               Ephesians 4:1-6

Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. 

2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 

3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. 

4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. 

5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 

6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.

STUDY

Study the Word of God.

Do what He says. 

He will guide you in the way you should go.  

05/22               1 Corinthians 7:17

Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches.

USABLE

We are usable.

The Holy Spirit indwells us and gives us spiritual ability.  

Be who you are.  

Do what only you can do.  

Jesus loves you.