Sermons

​​But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
-- 1 Peter 2:9-10

​​If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
-- Romans 8:11

​​But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
-- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

​Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
-- James 1:22

​​Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
-- Matthew 6:20-21

​​Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
-- Deuteronomy 7:9

​If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
-- Romans 8:31-32

​You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
-- 2 Samuel 22:28

​Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
-- 1 John 3:8

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
-- John 10:27-28 27

Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
-- Matthew 10:32

​Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
-- 1 John 5:1-2

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
-- Colossians 3:17

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
-- Philippians 4:4-5

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
-- John 6:35

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
-- Matthew 5:9

Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
-- John 5:24

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
-- Psalms 34:17-18

But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-- Psalms 73:28

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.
-- Psalms 23:1-2