Besides being born again in Christ,  a healthy body and mind is a blessing we can have.  Not all families experience this. Luke 22:19-20 1 Corinthians 1124-26 There was an old covenant,  then a new covenant.   Communion was and is a big part of worshipping God.  His loving instruction is we participate together in communion.  We proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.  There is no instruction that it's only done on a Sunday.  The early church did communion each day they met.  Jesus blood gives us the right standing before God.   We are righteous by what is done on the cross. Hebrews 4:16 How can we know? How do we pass the test? 2 Corinthians 13:4-6 Answer:  Christ Jesus is in us.  If Christ is not in us, we're in big strife.  In Christ we declare his death; we are made right. Communion is not just a ritual to be observed.   We are to count our blessings one by one, and see what God has done.

Bible reference:  Romans 8; Joshua 1:1-9; Joshua 14:14-21 Jesus came for you!  His act of death and resurrection frees you from judgement and sin. Our choice?  Respond in repentance and obedience to the Lord. How do we know who the sons of God are?  They live by the Spirit,  not the flesh. Joshua 24:14-21 But as for me and my household; we will serve the Lord. What is a spiritual act? The people went down into the Jordan and coming out the other side.  A spiritual act is doing what the Lord wants.  If there is no testimony of walking with the Lord, there is no display of the Lord's presence. The doctrinal part is the history of what God has done; protection in the desert.  How we walk through this life, even in this sinful body. They respond to God's favor and blessing.   We want God to continually build us as we walk with him.   A willing mind,  a willing action.  God's love.   The Father wants us to worship him in spirit and in truth.   The carnal mind cannot wa

9Bible reference:  Acts 20:24; Romans 7:23-8:6; Romans 8:1; Romans 9:14 A man once said, there are two dogs inside.  The one you feed the most wins. Original sin makes our bodies dead.   Paul tells us that he struggles,  he's carried around a 'dead' body.   He's complaining about the sinful nature that attacks us.  He's about serving Jesus Christ.   He says, what a wretched man I am; he wants to be rid of the sin nature that is a burden to the saved soul.  Yet Paul comforts himself with three things: - a righteousness deep within him - the Law of God written in him by the Holy Spirit (Romans 7:16);that he delights in the Law of God in the inward man (Romans 7:22)  All who are born again,  delight in the law of the Lord.  2 Corinthians 4:16 - his great comfort lay in Jesus Christ  Whether we believe it or not,  we are winning.  We still live in this world and the pressures of the flesh attack us.   Paul still breaks out in praise.  Daily,  not just at church, 

Bible reference:  Acts 20:24; Romans 6:1-23 Do we want to live a life of victory or a life of defeat? Our works will not save us; once we are saved, he wants us to be a masterpiece. Live for what the Lord has given you.  All too often we've been taught that Church comes first.  But first is relationship with God and then family, etc and then we'll see the church grow. Ministry is not singing,  etc.   Ministry is reconciliation with Jesus Christ. We need to live out our mission.   We tell people about the Lord, and the Lord gives the harvest.   The better we prepare the soil, the greater the harvest. The purpose of our life: to be in reconciled relationship with Christ. Galatians 2:20 It's no longer I that lives but Christ who lives in me! We are dead to sin's control.   We need to run our relationships with authority,  not with control.   In Eden, when sin entered,  the authority was given to Satan.   Jesus died on the cross and took back the authority. Who h

Bible reference:  Matthew 22:34-40; Matthew 28:18-20 Last week- Salvation comes when we put our faith in Jesus Christ.   Works before salvation is for ourselves; after salvation for Jesus Christ. In Matthew 28:18-20, we are all called to make disciples (not believers).  We are to also baptize them,  teach them everything Jesus has commanded us. 1.  Love the Lord our God with allour heart, mind and soul- worship. Why did Jesus Christ come?  To reveal the Father. 2.  Love your neighbor as yourself - ministry. The early church loved each other and cared for each other,  people wanted in. 3.  Win disciples. 4.  Baptize disciples 5.  Teach disciples Exodus 20:1-8 Marriage.   God says "I am your God,  and you will have no other god before me". Read book of Ephesians,(grafted into  Abraham's line). A man should say to his bride,  no other man, just him. Same for woman; her husband to have no other woman to be in his thoughts but his wife. God and Israel are in a ma