CREATED TO BECOME LIKE CHRIST (verses to ponder day 23)

                     God knew what he was doing from the beginning. He decided from the outset shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of is SON...We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him..

-Romans 8:29-

We look at this SON and see GOD's original purpose in everything created..

-Colossians 1:15-

- God's ultimate goal for our life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants us to grow up spiritually and become like HIM..God created our uniqueness and he wants us to develop the kind of character desribed in the beatitudes of JESUS.

-Our character is essentially the sum of our habits. God is far more interested in what we are than in what we do.

REAL FELLOWSHIP

EACH ONE  OF YOU IS PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST,

AND YOU WERE CHOSEN TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE.

-COLOSSIANS 3:15-

HOW WONDERFUL IT IS, HOW PLEASANT, FOR GOD'S PEOPLE TO LIVE TOGETHER IN HARMONY!

-PSALM 133:1-

GOD'S INCREDIBLE PROMISE TO US..

"For where two or three have gathered together in my name, I am there in their midst"

"REAL FELLOWSHIP HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GET HONEST ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES"

"EVERY TIME YOU UNDERSTAND AND AFFIRM SOMEONE'S FEELINGS, YOU BUILD FELLOWSHIP."

IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE (verses to ponder day 22)

NO MATTER WHAT I SAY,

 WHAT I BELIEVE, AND WHAT I DO,

I'M BANKRUPT WITHOUT LOVE.

-1 CORINTHIANS 13:3-

LOVE MEANS LIVING THE WAY GOD COMMANDED US TO LIVE.

AS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, HIS COMMAND IS THIS: LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE.

-2 JOHN 1:6-

QUOTE OF VIEW

"LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS REALLY WORTHLESS,

LIFE MINUS LOVE EQUALS ZERO.".

*RELATIONSHIPS ARE WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.

-relationships take time and effort,and the best way to spell love is "T-I-M-E"

*THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE IS YOUR TIME.

-time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it.

WHEN GOD IS HIDING AWAY FROM US ( verses to ponder 21)

The LORD has hidden himself from his people,

but I trust him in place my hope in him.

-Isaiah 8:17-

"For GOD has said,'I will never leave you;I will never abandon you,"

-Hebrews 13:5-

QUOTE OF VIEW 15

God admits that sometimes he hides his face from us.

For us to seek him and for him to test  our faith in him.

*The most common mistake Christians make in worship today is seeking an experience rather than seeking GOD.

*When you feel abandoned by GOD yet continue to trust him, you worship him in the deepest way.



GOD'S FAMILY (verses to ponder day 20)

GOD IS THE ONE WHO MADE ALL THINGS,AND ALL THINGS ARE FOR HIS GLORY. HE WANTED TO HAVE MANY CHILDREN SHARE HIS GLORY.

-HEBREWS 2:10-

SEE HOW VERY NUCH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES US, FOR HE ALLOWS US TO BE CALLED HIS CHILDREN, AND WE REALLY ARE!

-1 JOHN 3:1-

THE HOLY BIBLE SAYS "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through JESUS CHRIST.And this gave him great

pleasure."

QUOTE OF VIEW

*Your spiritual family is even more important than your physical family because it will last forever.

* Being included in God's family is the highest honor and the greatest privilege you will ever receive.

WE WERE FORMED FOR GOD'S FAMILY!!!

PROBLEMS AND HIS PURPOSE (verses to ponder day 19)

FOR OUR LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR US ETERNAL GLORY THAT FAR OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL.

-2 CORINTHIANS 4:17-

"AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE."

-ROMANS 8:28-

QOUTE OF VIEW 12

*Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest day."

*Everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.

*What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you.

LIFE IS A SERIES OF PROBLEM AND GOD HAS A PURPOSE BEHIND EVERY PROBLEM THAT WE ENCOUNTER.



VERSES TO PONDER (day 17) (mission)

IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU GAVE A MISSION IN THE WORLD,

I GIVE THEM MISSION IN THE WORLD....

-JONH 17:18-

THE MOST MPORTANT THING IS THAT I COMPLETE MY MISSION,

THE WORK THAT THE LORD JESUS GAVE ME..

-ACTS 20:24-

OUR MISSION IN THIS WORLD IS OUR SEVICE TO UNBELIEVERS..WE NEED TO TELL THEM OR LET THEM KNOW ABOUT GOD AND HIS WORD..AND HIS PLAN AND PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES..

 

VERSES TO PONDER (day 15) (be an example)

THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE SON OF GOD HAVE  THE  TESTIMONY OF GOD IN THEM.

-1 JOHN 5:10-

YOUR LIVES ARE ECHOING THE MASTER'S WORD....THE NEWS OF YOUR FAITH IN GOD IS OUT.WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ANYMORE---YOU'RE THE MESSAGE!

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-1 THESSALONIANS 1:8-

"BE READY AT ALL TIMES TO ANSWER ANYONE WHO ASKS YOU TO EXPLAIN THE HOPE YOU HAVE IN YOU,BUT DO IT WITH GENTLENESS AND RESPECT"

-1 PETER 3:15-16-



VERSES TO PONDER (day 14) (be responsible)

Live life with a due sense of responsibility, not as those who do not know the meaning of life but as those who do.

-Ephesians 5:15-

"Don't let the errors of evil people lead you down the wrong path and make you lose your balance."

-2 Peter 3:17-

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VERSES TO PONDER (day 13) (God's purpose to us)

Many are plans in a man's heart,

but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

-Proverbs 19:21-

For David.... "served the purpose of GOD in his own generation"

-Acts 13:36-

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VERSES TO PONDER (day 12) (friendship with GOD)

"Since we were restored to friendship with GOD by the death of his own Son while we were still his enemies,we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life."

-Romans 5:10-

"Friendship with GOD is reserved for those who reverence him."

-Psalm 25:14-



VERSES TO PONDER (day 11)

Give yourselves to GOD...

Surrender your whole  being to him

to be used for righteous puposes.

-Romans 6:13-



VERSES TO PONDER (day 10) (smile)

May the Lord smile on you

-Numbers 6:25-

Smile on me,your servant;teach me the right way to live.

-Psalms 119:135-

VERSES TO PONDER (day 9) Planned for God's Pleasure

You created everything,and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created.

-Revelation 4:11-.

The Lord takes pleasure in his people

-Psalm 149:4-

VERSES TO PONDER (day 8)

Everything comes from GOD alone.

Everything lives by his power,

and everything is for his glory.

-Romans 11:36-

The LORD has made everything for his own purposes.

-Proverbs 16:4-

VERSES TO PONDER (day 7)

I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy!

                                                                     -Ecclesiastes 4:4-

"You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you."

-Isaiah 26:3-

VERSES TO PONDER (day5)

Live life with a due sense of responsibility,not as those who do not know the meaning of life but as those who do.

-Ephesians 5:15-

Don't let the errors of evil people lead you down the wrong path and make you lose your balance.

-2 Peter 3:17-

VERSES TO PONDER (day 4)

Everything comes from GOD alone.

Everything lives by his power,

and everything is or his glory.

  -Romans 11:36-

The Lord has made everything for his own purposes.

-Proverbs 16:4-

"LIVING FOR GOD'S GLORY IS THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR LIVES."

VERSES TO PONDER (day 3)

LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.Remind me that my days are numbered,and that my life is fleeing away.

-Psalm 39:4-

I am here on earth for just a little while...

-Psalm 119:19-

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,but on what is unseen.For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

-2 Corinthians 4:18-

VERSES TO PONDER (day 2)

This world is fading away,

along with everything it craves.But if you do the will of GOD, you will live forever."

1 John 2:17

Surely GOD would not have created such a being as man to exist only for a day!No,no man was made for immortality.

-Abraham Lincoln-

GOD has......planted eternity in the human heart.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

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