Consistency
- We need to commit to both meditate and pray.
- We need to commit to God to trust in Him even when we can’t figure everything out.
- We have to choose to commit to God regardless of the situation in which we find ourselves.
- We must be committed to the end to persevere, endure, and be diligent.
- Losing our commitment to our purpose — growing weary in doing good — allows Satan to tempt us into disobedience.
- Committing to God becomes our way of life, regardless of our emotional state.
- We must submit everything to God so that our character will be changed to imitate His.
- We must trust God daily today so that we walk with Him.
- God does not force us to accept His gift of salvation.
- We are supposed to choose to not want to sin.
- We must follow through with any oath we make to God.
- We must submit our lives to God rather than just declaring to know Him..
- Well doing has nothing to do with our feelings.
- We are to respect ourselves as we see us the way God sees us.
- It takes a lot of people to run a church, but unfortunately, they may not all be on the same page.
- Even though we are not to be of the world, we must serve God in it.
- We should not grow weary, but constantly strive to be transformed to be like God.
- We should not grow weary, but constantly do the work God has for us.
- Doing what God has called us to do can sometimes be difficult, but we need to be consistent in our well-doing.
We must consistently focus on God instead of ourselves, which can be tiring as we are selfish.
Withstanding Satan can be tiring, even if we are consistently following God’s Will.
Working for the Lord in the transformation process can be wearisome.
Communication
- We are communicating with the One Who is above all others.
- We are communicating with the One Who created all things.
- We are communicating with the One Who requires all of us.
- Because God created this world, He owns it — the land and all of the creatures in it.
- Because God created the world, owns it, and is supreme, He rules and judges it.
- One of the best things is God will rule forever as He is an eternal being.
- God is a Father because He is the Father of Jesus Christ.
- God is a Father because He provides for us.
- God is a Father because He protects His children.
- God is a Father because He grows His children to become more like Him.
- God is a Father because He comforts as a mother does.
- God is a Father because He provides for us.
- In a way, Heaven is a very mysterious place.
- Heaven is God’s dwelling place, His home.
- Only those who accept salvation and endure the Sanctification Road will become the Church and eventually reside in Heaven.
- At a specific point in the future, God will stop individually calling us home to Heaven and call the Church as a whole.
- The Church will be judged upon reaching Heaven.
- There will be no church/temple in Heaven.
- As Jesus had descended to earth, it is only natural that He ascend again to Heaven.
- After Jesus returned to Heaven, He was given a place of honor – at the right hand of God.
- Once eternity begins, there will be nothing that can separate us from Jesus.
- Jehovah means I AM.
- YHWH, according to Genesis 15: 7, is God’s personal covenant name.
- The use of Attiyq Youm occurs three times in the book of Daniel (7:9, 23, and 22) and in Isaiah.
- Called Elohim, God is not only all-powerful Creator of the universe, but He created everything in it.
- El Elyon means the Most High God.
- El Shaddai means the All Sufficient One or God Almighty.
- Emmanuel means God with us.
- Jehovah-Tsidkenu means the God of My Righteousness.
- El Roi means the God Who Sees Me.
- Jehovah-Rapha means the Lord Who Heals.
- Jehovah Rohi means the Lord is My Shepherd.
- Adonai, generally a substitute for YHWH, translates My Great Lord or Lord Master.
- Abba is even more personal, and we would say this is Daddy.
- There can be only one King – God.
- God’s kingdom is a spiritual kingdom.
- God’s kingdom hasn’t arrived yet.
- We are to use God’s Will as our guide.
- God’s will is being done in Heaven right now, and He wants us to be doing the same right now on earth.
- We may be asking for what we want, but we know that God supplies all things.
- God supplies for our physical and spiritual needs.
- While God has plans for our future, He wants us to rely on Him for the day.
- Debts is an interesting term for sin.
- Because God has loved and forgiven us, we are to love and forgive others.
- Temptations are a part of life in order for us to grow in faith.
- We can’t resist temptation alone, rather God delivers us.
- We must praise God for His spiritual kingdom.
- We must praise God for His unmatched power.
- We must praise God with honor and reverence.
- Our praise to and worship of God will never end.
- We seal our prayers with an Amen.
Agreement
- We aren’t sinning when we disagree with each other, necessarily.
- Paul knew that it was imperative for success in any ministry for us to have and be of like minds.
- There are many different church denominations.
- To be fruitful for God, we must be operating from the same mindedness and agree with each other and COMMIT to doing so.
- For us to be godly in all that we are doing for Him, we must commit to follow him in all that we do.
- The only way that we can possibly do all for the glory of God and mean it is to abide in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Integrity
- Integrity fosters steadfastness.
- Integrity is a choice.
- Having integrity doesn’t mean being sinless.
- We are to be examples to others, as Jesus is an example to us.
Trust
- Trusting God is relying on Him instead of our own understanding.
- We cannot separate God from His salvation, so must trust the whole package.
- Confidence is a synonym for trust.
Engagement
- Committing our hearts by delighting in pleasing God means having faith in Him.
- It pleases God when we commit in our hearts to become like Him.
- Committing our hearts by delighting in pleasing God means we approach Him humbly.
- Committing our hearts by delighting in pleasing God means we work toward expanding God’s kingdom.
- We need a pure heart in order to approach God.
- All we are has to belong to God, so it should be pure.
- We can’t separate heart, soul, and mind.
- Words and meditations are two different types of prayers, but they are connected.
- We must follow all God’s laws with all our hearts.
- Our hearts must be filled with thanksgiving and praise.
- All souls of mankind belong to God.
- Ezekiel said the soul that sins must die because they are separated from God.
- God offers us salvation to repair the damage done by sin.
- Jesus was a true Jewish man.
- Jesus believed not only in reading Scriptures, but also in putting it into practice in our lives.
- Jesus was set apart from the world.
- Jesus hated sin so much that He came to die to pay the penalty for our sins.
- Even though Jesus hates sin so much, He felt that we should be restored when we believe in Him.
- Jesus willingly gave up His Deity to become like mankind to save us from the penalty of our sins.
- Jesus submitted His Will to God, always being obedient to Him.
- Jesus taught us not to grumble and complain about our circumstances.
- Jesus didn’t concern Himself with death, persecution, and what opinion others had of Him.
- Jesus taught us to want more for others than for ourselves.
- Jesus knew His mission was to provide salvation for the world.
- Jesus was sympathetic to both those who followed Him and those who didn’t.
- We utilize and gain strength in our new life in Christ as we walk more closely with the Spirit.
- Our walk should always be about listening to the Holy Spirit in order to be obedient to God.
We are to imitate Jesus. - The walking would mean nothing if it didn’t include abiding in Him.
- We have no doubts about our relationship with God when we are imitating Jesus.
- God loves us so much, He sent His Son to pay the price of our sins.
- We need to choose to accept God’s love in order to have our names written in the book of life to avoid judgment.
Responsibility
- Jesus calls all to preach the Gospel.
Jesus calls us to be committed to proclaiming His message. - Just like we are all told the preach the Gospel, we are all told to tell it to everyone.
- We are called to go elsewhere — wherever elsewhere may mean — to serve Christ.
- It is not only our responsibility to tell others the message of Christ, but it is also our responsibility to learn it through sanctification.
- Jesus doesn’t see our mission as being over anytime soon.
Liability
- God doesn’t want us to feel guilt over repented sins.
- We can be determined because God helps us to conquer sin.
- We experience joy when we are in perfect harmony with God’s Will.
- God allows us to reason things out to make decisions, but we have to lean on His understanding, not our own.
- We are wrong when we say God doesn’t condemn us.