2 Tim 3:16         Luke 8:18          2 John 9          1 Peter 2:24           2 Peter 3:18            2 Cor 1:20-22       Romans 15:4      Phil 3:10      Mark 12:29-31      Titus 2:11-15     Titus 3:3-5       2 Peter 1:16   Romans 13:8-10        James 2:12-13          Hosea 6:6             Ps 103:10        1 Cor 1:30       Eph 6:17

THE GOSPEL  (THE GOOD NEWS)   IS:   GRACE  (GOD’S LOVE FOR US)

Remember:  

Lam 3:21-23  “I have hope when I think about this:    The LORD’s love never ends;   his mercies never stop.  They are new every morning;  great is your faithfulness.”

Gal 5:5 “But we have the true hope that comes from being made right with God, and by the Spirit we wait eagerly for this hope.

Romans 3:22 “God makes people right with himself through their FAITH in Jesus Christ.”

Romans 1:16-17 …the good news, … it is the power God uses to save everyone… The Gospel shows how God makes people right with himself— it begins and ends with FAITH.

1 Peter 1:13 “So prepare your minds for service and have self-control.  All your hope should be for the gift of grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ is shown to you.”

So prepare your minds for service and have self-control-– remember:

Phil 2:5 “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.”  

Eph 4:13b “We must become like a mature person,  growing until we become like Christ….

1 John 2:6 “Whoever says that he lives in God must live as Jesus lived,”

Remember: John 17:3 Jesus said  “this is eternal life”   You must KNOW God  and  KNOW Jesus.

Gal 4:8 “In the past you did not know God…. But now you KNOW the true God.   Really, it is God who KNOWS you.”

Romans 5:5    God has poured out his love to fill our hearts     8 God shows his great love for us 

1 John 4:7-8 “….because love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has become God’s child and knows God.    Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

1 John 2:3  “We can be sure that we KNOW God if we obey his commands.” 

1 John 5:3-4 “Loving God means obeying his commands.   And God’s commands are not to hard for us, …. this is the victory that conquers the world– our FAITH.”

Gal 5:6   …in Christ the important thing is faith–  the kind of faith that works through love.

Remember:    1 Cor 13:1-3     “If I do not have love, then I am nothing.”   4-8    11-12

1 Cor 13:13   these three things continue forever:  faith, hope, love. And the greatest of these is love.

Eph 6:15                “On your feet wear the Good News of peace to help you stand strong.”