This series takes a new Christian from the basics of who Jesus is through topics such as the Holy Spirit, prayer, witnessing, and surveys of the Old and New Testaments. 10 Basic Steps Toward Christian Maturity Introduction: The Uniqueness of Jesus Step 1: The Christian Adventure Step 2: The Christian and the Abundant Life Step …
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These are the essential how-tos that every Christian, whether newborn or mature, needs to know and remember. These concepts are biblical truth that can be simply and powerfully communicated from one person to another. Transferable Concepts How You Can Be Sure You Are a Christian How You Can Experience God’s Love and Forgiveness How You …
I was out for a walk in the neighborhood with my four-year-old grandson when he turned to me and said, “God loves me and that is the most importantest thing.” I cannot think of a statement that is more profoundly true. The grammar may not be correct, but the content is. God loves us; that …
People everywhere are desperate to experience God’s overwhelming, never-ending love. The popularity of Cory Asbury’s song, “Reckless Love” is evidence of this deep longing. The song was posted to YouTube on January 19, 2018 and six months later the video had been viewed over 36 million times! To view this song, go to the Forever …
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One day I was reading Sheila Walsh’s little book, Outrageous Love, when her words made me stop. “God’s love doesn’t play by the rules…. It offers unconditional love to the one who knows [he] she is guilty and the one who thinks [he] she is innocent.” How true! God’s love doesn’t play by the rules. …
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Mother Teresa showed her understanding for the deep need of every human being when she said, “Hunger is not only for bread. Hunger is for love, to be loved, to be wanted.” When she was 38, this devout nun left her job as a teacher at a Catholic girls’ school and began working amongst the …
Pope John Paul II once said, “We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures. We are the sum of the Father’s love for us.” Do you believe it? Can you personalize his words and say, “I am not the sum of my weaknesses and failures. I am the sum of my Father’s love …
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Billy Graham once said, “God proved His love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’” With these simple words, one of the greatest evangelists in the modern era summed up the heart of the Gospel. How clear. How pure. Jesus came to …
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“God created us to love and to be loved.” “The most beautiful thing in the world is to love one another as God loves each one of us.” “We must not be afraid to radiate God’s love everywhere.” Mother Teresa not only spoke these words; she lived them. She loved people with God’s love. People …
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When I was young, my mother taped a hand-written note to the refrigerator door: “God doesn’t love us because we are good. He makes us good because He loves us.” As a teenager growing up, I couldn’t believe those words. They seemed too wonderful—too amazing. I wanted to believe them, but I just couldn’t. But …