September 23 | Week 4: Life Together Being part of the church is more than showing up on Sunday. Acts 2:42-47 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders…
September 22 | Week 4: Life Together God Has Placed The Parts In The Body 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit…
September 21 | Week 3: Character and Growth Forgiving Seventy-Seven Times Matthew 18:21-35 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but…
September 20 | Week 3: Character and Growth Uncover & Acknowledge Hidden Iniquity Psalm 32:1-7 1 Of David. A maskil. Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit…
September 19 | Week 3: Character and Growth Overcoming Peer Pressure Takes Resolve Daniel 1:8-16 8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official…
September 18 | Week 3: Character and Growth Jesus Said “If” You Hold… John 8:31-32 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”…
September 17 | Week 3: Character and Growth Accept “I Have Sinned Against The Lord” 2 Samuel 12:1-13 1 The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man…
September 16 | Week 3: Character and Growth Who You Are Getting Advice From Matters! 2 Chronicles 10:6-16 6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked. 7 They replied, “If you…
September 15 | Week 3: Character and Growth Hopelessness: “I Have Had Enough, LORD” Even the strongest disciples get discouraged. It is not a sign you are failing, it is a chance to lean on God. 1 Kings 19:1-9 1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how…
September 14 | Week 2: Faith and Trust Consider It Pure Joy James 1:2-4 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that…