1 John 3:19-24We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.  Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;  and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.  This is Hi...  Read More

DAY 4 – Throw Off the JunkIt takes courage and trust in God to forgive, but it’s well worth the risk. Can you sense a new freedom in your soul? This is what change is all about!Now it’s time to get down in the trenches and recognize the bad attitudes and behaviors you’ve accumulated from these past experiences. Have you allowed your heart to become hard in self-defense or self-protection?  You may...  Read More

DAY 3 – Welcome ChangeSo far, we’ve established that God created you with “wonderful” in mind and that you have a God-given purpose. You may be asking the question: What if I’m not so hot right now? What if I’m mean and snarky and sometimes really hate who I am?Then it’s time to regain the picture of what God intends for your life.Life “happens” and sometimes it gets the better of us. Has someone ...  Read More

DAY 2 – Embrace Your PurposeGod made you wonderful! And it gets even better… You were created by God to do good and even GREAT things! You have a purpose in life and working towards that purpose is a big part of loving who you are – and being able to embrace and even welcome change so you can become the person God intended you to be. Look at what God’s word says:“For we are God's masterpiece. He h...  Read More

DAY 1 – See What God Sees“Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.” Ephesians 1:4 NLTChange doesn’t always happen overnight – but it can begin today. If you’re tired of who you are and how you’ve been living, your change can start now. The very first thing you must do to embrace any sort of change in your life is to remember that ...  Read More

1 John 3:11-18For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.  Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.  We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the ...  Read More

Scripture:John 21:17 Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”Observation:Jesus’ repeated question to Peter about whether he loved Jesus was painful for Peter; but it wasn’t intended to hurt Peter, but rather to give him the opportunity to in a sense cancel out his three denials of Jesus and to clear his...  Read More

Scripture:John 20:21-22a Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”Observation:In the same way that God the Father had sent Jesus on a mission to earth to show people what God is like and help people connect with God, Jesus commissioned His followers to go into the world. He doesn’t want...  Read More

Scripture:John 19:14 “It was the Day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour.”Observation:Jesus’ death occurred during the Passover at the time when all Jewish families would have been killing a lamb in preparation for that celebration. The Passover lamb was to remind them of how the blood of innocent lambs killed in Egypt saved their ancestors from the plague of death and enabled th...  Read More

Scripture:John 18:28b “To avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.”Observation:The Jews were knowingly trying to kill an innocent man through bribery and deceit; yet they were concerned about keeping religious rules about ceremonial cleanliness. They didn’t want to miss out on celebrating the Passover, the holiday marking God savin...  Read More

Scripture:John 17:24b “You loved me before the creation of the world.”Observation:Long before our universe existed, God existed. But He wasn’t just a loner with no companionship. God existed eternally as three persons who consistently loved each other and lived in perfect harmony with one another. The three members of the Trinity glorify each other, submit to each other, obey each other, lift each...  Read More

1 John 2:29-3:10If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.  See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.  Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know ...  Read More