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He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit ...  O #0X pTCTX#~ John 14:6 K(#V  Hm #d2x4vCA#Christ's completed work, not our deeds, brings salvation  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Only through Christ can we have relationship with God #uQ P['C!P# Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." #0X pTCTX## x Rev 3:20 K(#V  H( #d2x4vCA#Christ will change our life and redeem us if we ask Him  bDx* #eI*f9 xC: X#He knocks at the door of our heart - asking us to let Him in #uQ P['C!P# Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.1-///XX+;>1 #0X pTCTX#It @John 1:12 It  H #d2x4vCA#Christ will change our life and redeem us if we ask Him  bDK #eI*f9 xC: X#We need only beleive in Him - acknowledge Him as our Lord #uQ P['C!P# Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God  O! #0X pTCTX#@ John 5:24 It  H #d2x4vCA#Christ will change our life and redeem us if we ask Him  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Eternal life is for us now if we beleive in Him #uQ P['C!P# "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life." #0X pTCTX#It ?l2 Cor 5:17 It  Hn #d2x4vCA#When we come to Christ, we are changed forever  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Life in Christ makes us into a new being #uQ P['C!P# Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  O #0X pTCTX#A9 Gal 2:20 It  H #d2x4vCA#When we come to Christ, we are changed forever  bD6 #eI*f9 xC: X#Christ is alive within us We are dead to what we used to be before Christ #uQ P['C!P# I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. #0X pTCTX#It < John 10:28,29 It  H( #d2x4vCA#When we come to Christ, we are changed forever  bDW* #eI*f9 xC: X#Christ gives us permanent, eternal life #uQ P['C!P# I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.-///XX #0X pTCTX## |xII Tim 1:12 K(#V  H #d2x4vCA#When we come to Christ, we are changed forever  bDK #eI*f9 xC: X#He will keep us #uQ P['C!P# That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day. #0X pTCTX## |D1 John 5:12 K(#V  H6 #d2x4vCA#When we come to Christ, we are changed forever  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#True life only is from God #uQ P['C!P# He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.  O #0X pTCTX#~ Rom 8:1,2 K(#V  Hn #d2x4vCA#We are free, secure and protected because of Him  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#There is no condemnation when His Life is in us #uQ P['C!P# Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, Because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.  O #0X pTCTX#|  Rom 8:38,39 K(#V  H #d2x4vCA#We are free, secure and protected because of Him  bD6 #eI*f9 xC: X#No thing can separate us from Christ #uQ P['C!P# For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. #0X pTCTX## ziJohn 10:28,29 K(#V  H( #d2x4vCA#We are free, secure and protected because of Him  bDW* #eI*f9 xC: X#Once in His hand, we can never be taken away #uQ P['C!P# I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.1-///XX;.@1 #0X pTCTX#It ?Rom 12:1,2 It  H #d2x4vCA#Obedience and Submission prove our love for the Lord  bDK #eI*f9 xC: X#We must submit to Christ's Lordship  g? #uQ P['C!P#Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godthis is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will ishis good, pleasing and perfect will.  O! #0X pTCTX#? John 14:21 It  H #d2x4vCA#Obedience and Submission prove our love for the Lord  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Our obedience is proof of our love for the Lord #uQ P['C!P# Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." #0X pTCTX#It =1 John 5:1-4 It  Hn #d2x4vCA#Obedience and Submission prove our love for the Lord  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Because of His Love for us, we want do His will  g? #uQ P['C!P#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. This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. ...  O #0X pTCTX#= 1 John 2:5,6 It  H #d2x4vCA#Obedience and Submission prove our love for the Lord  bD6 #eI*f9 xC: X#Keeping God's Word proves we are in Him #uQ P['C!P# But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. #0X pTCTX#It >1 John 2:15 It  H!( #d2x4vCA#We have been freed from ourselves and the world  bD) #eI*f9 xC: X#God's love in us (Christ) is opposite to the world #uQ P['C!P# Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.I,///XX #0X pTCTX## }1 John 2:3 K(#V  H #d2x4vCA#Knowing we are saved  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We know we are in Him because we desire to do His will #uQ P['C!P# We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. #0X pTCTX## * Rom 8:16 K(#V  H #d2x4vCA#Knowing we are saved  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We know in our Spirit we are His #uQ P['C!P# The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. #0X pTCTX## # # |D1 John 5:13 K(#V  HM #d2x4vCA#Knowing we are saved  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#God's Word is for us to prove His salvation to us #uQ P['C!P# I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. #0X pTCTX## # }1 Cor 3:16 K(#V  H #d2x4vCA#We are made to be His dwelling place  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Our bodies are His dwelling place #uQ P['C!P# Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? #0X pTCTX## # # z2 Tim 3:16,17 K(#V  H"( #d2x4vCA#God's Word holds our standard  bD( #eI*f9 xC: X#The Bible is God's handiwork God's Word set's the standards for real life #uQ P['C!P# All Scripture is Godbreathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.1,///XX,1 #0X pTCTX#It ?'Joshua 1:8 It  H #d2x4vCA#God's Word holds our standard  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Obedience to the Word brings real prosperity #uQ P['C!P# Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. #0X pTCTX#It < Psalm 119:130 It  H #d2x4vCA#God's Word holds our standard  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#His Word gives us understanding #uQ P['C!P# The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. #0X pTCTX#It < Psalm 119:105 It  Hm #d2x4vCA#God's Word holds our standard  bD5 #eI*f9 xC: X#His Word shows us how to live #uQ P['C!P# Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. #0X pTCTX#It A*Josh 1:8 It  Hl #d2x4vCA#We need to dwell in His Word continuously  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We need to spend time in His Word day and night #uQ P['C!P# Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. #0X pTCTX#It @Jer 15:16 It  HA( #d2x4vCA#We need to dwell in His Word continuously  bD) #eI*f9 xC: X#His Word needs to become our life food #uQ P['C!P# When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty.i,///XX #0X pTCTX## ~ Job 22:22 #V  H #d2x4vCA#We need to dwell in His Word continuously  bDK #eI*f9 xC: X#His Words need to be a part of our Heart #uQ P['C!P# Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart. #0X pTCTX## |Psalm 119:9 K(#V  H6 #d2x4vCA#We need to dwell in His Word continuously  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We become purified by His Word #uQ P['C!P# How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. #0X pTCTX## |SPsalm 1:2,3 K(#V  H #d2x4vCA#We need to dwell in His Word continuously  bDA #eI*f9 xC: X#We bear fruit as we dwell in His Word #uQ P['C!P# But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. #0X pTCTX## # ~John 15:7 K(#V  Ho #d2x4vCA#How to Pray  bD7 #eI*f9 xC: X#We can know how to pray if we dwell in God's Word #uQ P['C!P# If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. #0X pTCTX## # } Phil 4:6,7 K(#V  He( #d2x4vCA#How to Pray  bD-) #eI*f9 xC: X#Thank God for all things Prayer conquers anxiety #uQ P['C!P# Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.1-///XX-1 #0X pTCTX#It >1 John 5:14 It  H #d2x4vCA#How to Pray  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Pray according to His will #uQ P['C!P# This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. #0X pTCTX#It ?EMatt 18:20 It  H #d2x4vCA#We need to build each other  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Christ is the center of real fellowship #uQ P['C!P# For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." #0X pTCTX#It =lHeb 10:24,25 It  Hm #d2x4vCA#We need to build each other  bD5 #eI*f9 xC: X#We need to encourage and build each other through fellowship #uQ P['C!P# And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one anotherand all the more as you see the Day approaching. #0X pTCTX#It ADCol 3:16 It  Hl #d2x4vCA#We need to build each other  bD4 #eI*f9 xC: X#We build each other by sharing His Word #uQ P['C!P# Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. #0X pTCTX#It <John 13:34,35 It  H( #d2x4vCA#We need to build each other  bD) #eI*f9 xC: X#If we are truly His, we will love each other #uQ P['C!P# "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.",///XX #0X pTCTX## |D1 John 3:18 #V  H #d2x4vCA#We need to build each other  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Love is demonstrated by deeds as well as by what we say #uQ P['C!P# Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. #0X pTCTX## }Matt 10:32 #V  H #d2x4vCA#We need to share our Lord with others and be His Witnesses  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Christ will build us as we proclaim Him to others #uQ P['C!P# "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven."  Oz #0X pTCTX#*  Rom 1:16 #V  HL #d2x4vCA#We need to share our Lord with others and be His Witnesses  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We need not have fear in sharing Christ #uQ P['C!P# I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. #0X pTCTX## ~John 15:5 #V  H #d2x4vCA#We need to share our Lord with others and be His Witnesses  bDW #eI*f9 xC: X#His life in us causes us to bear fruit #uQ P['C!P# "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." #0X pTCTX## zMatt 28:19,20 #V  HB( #d2x4vCA#We need to share our Lord with others and be His Witnesses  bD) #eI*f9 xC: X#We are commissioned to be His witnesses #uQ P['C!P# "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."1-///XXq->?1 #0X pTCTX#It @uMark 1:35 It  H #d2x4vCA#The need for fellowship with Him (Quiet time)  bDK #eI*f9 xC: X#Christ had quiet time with the Father (our example) #uQ P['C!P# Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. #0X pTCTX#It @1 Cor 1:9 It  H6 #d2x4vCA#The need for fellowship with Him (Quiet time)  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We were called to fellowship with Christ #uQ P['C!P# God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. #0X pTCTX#It It < Psalm 119:147 It  HN #d2x4vCA#The need for fellowship with Him (Quiet time)  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Pour your heart to Him and wait for His answer #uQ P['C!P# I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. #0X pTCTX#It It It @Psalm 5:3 It  H #d2x4vCA#Hearing from Him  bDq #eI*f9 xC: X#Let Him know your heart and wait for His answer #uQ P['C!P# In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. #0X pTCTX#It @Prov 8:17 It  H( #d2x4vCA#Hearing from Him  bD( #eI*f9 xC: X#If we seek Him, He will find us #uQ P['C!P# I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.*///XX #0X pTCTX## ~8 Jer 29:13 #V  H #d2x4vCA#Hearing from Him  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#If we seek Him, He will find us #uQ P['C!P# You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. #0X pTCTX##  Matt 6:6 #V  H #d2x4vCA#Hearing from Him  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Be real and pray from the depths of your heart #uQ P['C!P# But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. #0X pTCTX##  Is 40:31 #V  Hm #d2x4vCA#He rewards those that seek Him  bD5 #eI*f9 xC: X#He gives us new strength, energy and life #uQ P['C!P# But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. #0X pTCTX##  Is 41:10 #V  H #d2x4vCA#He rewards those that seek Him  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#He promises strength and help #uQ P['C!P# So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. #0X pTCTX##  Jer 33:3 #V  H( #d2x4vCA#He rewards those that seek Him  bD( #eI*f9 xC: X#He answers those who call upon Him #uQ P['C!P# While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:1+///XXb+z}A1 #0X pTCTX#It >Psalm 107:6 It  H #d2x4vCA#He rewards those that seek Him  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#He delivers us from our distress #uQ P['C!P# Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. #0X pTCTX#It AHeb 4:16 It  H #d2x4vCA#He rewards those that seek Him  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#He is merciful and graceful to us #uQ P['C!P# Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. #0X pTCTX#It ?Matt 7:7,8 It  Hm #d2x4vCA#He rewards those that seek Him  bD5 #eI*f9 xC: X#He gives to us as we ask from Him #uQ P['C!P# "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. #0X pTCTX#It AEph 4:15 It  H #d2x4vCA#We will continue to grow as we dwell in Him  bDV #eI*f9 xC: X#We are commanded to grow in His Life #uQ P['C!P# Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. #0X pTCTX#It BpHeb 6:1 It  H( #d2x4vCA#We will continue to grow as we dwell in Him  bDw* #eI*f9 xC: X#We need to press and become more mature in Him #uQ P['C!P# Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God ...-///XX #0X pTCTX## | Rom 8:28,29 #V  H #d2x4vCA#God is in control  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#All good comes to those that are in Him #uQ P['C!P# And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. #0X pTCTX## ~W Phil 4:13 #V  H #d2x4vCA#God is in control  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We can cope with anything because of Christ in us #uQ P['C!P# I can do everything through him who gives me strength. #0X pTCTX## ~Num 23:19 #V  Hm #d2x4vCA#God is true  bD5 #eI*f9 xC: X#God cannot lie and will do what He says He will do #uQ P['C!P# God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? #0X pTCTX## e Heb 2:18 #V  H #d2x4vCA#He will help us in temptation  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Christ Himself overcame temptation. He understands us. #uQ P['C!P# Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. #0X pTCTX## yPsalm 119:9-11 #V  H( #d2x4vCA#He will help us in temptation  bD( #eI*f9 xC: X#As we immerse ourselves in His word we are strengthened #uQ P['C!P# How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.1,///XX[.1 #0X pTCTX#It >1 Cor 10:13 It  H #d2x4vCA#He will help us in temptation  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#Christ is our escape from temptation #uQ P['C!P# No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. #0X pTCTX#It ?Rom 12:1,2 It  H #d2x4vCA#He continues to re-create us  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We are constantly being transformed #uQ P['C!P# Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godthis is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will ishis good, pleasing and perfect will. #0X pTCTX#It A9Gal 5:13 It  Hm #d2x4vCA#We are called to purity  bD5 #eI*f9 xC: X#Being saved is no license for sinning #uQ P['C!P# You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. #0X pTCTX#It ?l1 Cor 5:11 It  H #d2x4vCA#We are called to purity  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We are to separate ourselves from sin #uQ P['C!P# But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. #0X pTCTX#It =1 Cor 6:9,10 It  H( #d2x4vCA#We are called to purity  bD( #eI*f9 xC: X#An unrepantant heart will not inherit God's kingdom #uQ P['C!P# Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.q-///XX #0X pTCTX## z1 Cor 3:16,17 #V  H #d2x4vCA#We are called to purity  bD #eI*f9 xC: X#We are the temple where God dwells #uQ P['C!P# Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.