Bible references:  Acts 20:24; Romans 12:9-21; Galatians 5:22-26; Ephesians 4:22-24; Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 4:25-26 - 5:3; Romans 12:19-21; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17; Deuteronomy 19:15-21 How to live the Christian life?  We are servants of God.   Build up the Church.  We are saved by God and the way He does things.  God wants to take you from being justified,  sanctified and glorified.  We allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives,  the fruit is found in Galatians 5:22-23. Each day  - we must dedicate our lives and bodies to the Lord.  To be sanctified,  is about committing ourselves to the Lord.  We must choose to put off our old self and put our new self put on.  A spiritual act to allow God to transform our mind. When we read Scripture, we are challenged.   It's important to God that we participate in life, working, community.  Idle minds need work.   Don't waste your time on people who can insult you.  People who do things to you, pray for them,  for one

Bible references: Acts 20:24; Romans 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 5:14-16; Romans 6:13-15 Romans 12:1-2 speaks to us about how ought to behave.   We should dedicate ourselves to Jesus Christ every day; a spiritual act of worship.  Often people struggle because they don't know how to think.   Teachers teach us to think.   We need to renew our minds.   We want to love because Christ's love compels us to live for Him. With salvation comes responsibilities. 

Bible references: 2 Chronicles 7:14; 2 Peter 2:9 In salvation we are justified,  sanctified and glorified.  Our Nation...needs restoration. 2 Chronicles 7:14 In our nation, culturally we are becoming more and more secular,  becoming indifferent to anything Christian.  We need healing in our culture,  business,  education,  marriage,  families,  in our nation.  Most of all we need healing in our hearts. We have hope, God is good and he can repair anyone's life.  He wants the best for his people.   Media and those indifferent to Christ,  want to tear the country apart.  Almost 3000 years ago, God made a promise to King Solomon.   Today,  this promise is just as relevant.  2 Chronicles 7:14. God told Solomon and the nation of Israel for things.  Today, the Church, his people,  have the same message from God.  Christians are an elect, peculiar,  people.   We are to humble ourselves and live the way God wants.   Pride is still our problem.   Turn and read God's word and

Bible references:  Romans 11:1-36; Romans 11:11-36. NASB Genesis 12, 15; Ephesians 3:14-21 The purpose of our being, our calling here on earth.  Paul had a heart for his people to come back to the Lord.  The Gentiles are grafted into the olive tree.   Paul wants to see people restored to God.  Restoring the people of God back to himself.   God made the plan of salvation; Jesus is the way to the Father.   The rejection of Israel of God has enabled us, the gentiles to be restored.   Israel will come back to God.  Genesis 12, Abraham is our founder.  Its important in our own nation, the people of the nation will want to bless the church.  When the Church does the wrong thing,  the nation is thrown into turmoil.  Genesis 15 - the covenant between God and Abram.  This covenant is the one we, the gentiles come under.  As Christians, we are grafted in. Abram knew he could not keep the covenant,  God kept the covenant.   Jesus was sent to keep the covenant.  God paid the price.  1

Bible references:  Romans 11:1-10;  Psalm 69; Romans 4:3, Elijah 19:18 Did God reject his people?  No! We are saved by grace, not by works.  God has kept a remnant of faithful people.  The Psalm refers to the suffering of His servant,  the passion, and the gentiles.  Its God who gets us saved,  not us.  God makes us good enough.  When we say no, we're telling him he's not good enough.   Pray to God, he can give you the strength,  comfort,  and perseverance to do his will.  Sometimes people will say things about you that will be bad, but count them as suffering alongside Christ.  The psalm tells us some of Christ's suffering.   He went through all on the cross for us.  If people persecute you because of Christ. pray for them,  they are in strife.   The jews sin was that they could not see the light and preferred darkness.   If this is what we desire, we will be given over to their own lust, passion.  God will not shut anyone out from righteousness.  Acts 20:24 - our purpose.