A Biblical Description of a Courageous Life

Consider this outline of Romans 12:9-21 as it provides a Biblical description of a courageous life, transformed by the grace of God.  

Just think for a moment, what if a group of Christ followers lived out this shared intention by the power and grace of God? What if a church courageously lived a spiritually transformed life directly upheld by the hand of God?  What if this was true of us?

Roman 12:9-21 outline

Letting love be completely real
Abhorring what is evil
Clinging to what is good
Being devoted to one another in family-like love
Outdoing one another in giving honor
Serving the Lord with ardent spirit and all diligence
Rejoicing in hope
Being patient in troubles
Being devoted constantly to prayer
Contributing to the needs of the church body
Running after hospitality
Blessing persecutors and not cursing them
Being joyful with those who are rejoicing
Being sorrowful with those in sorrow
Living in harmony with each other
Not being haughty or prideful
Not seeing yourself as wise
Being at peace with everyone, so far as it depends on you
Taking no revenge, but leaving justice to whatever God decides
Providing for the needy
Not being overwhelmed by evil, but overwhelming evil with good

Angry Jesus

I was blessed to be able to share in this great series Pastor Dave has started on The Gospel of John.  In this teaching we look at the sign of Jesus clearing the Temple in John 2:12-22.  What does this sign actually point to?  What does it teach us about God?  What if Jesus cleared the Temple because you are so valuable to Him that he wants nothing to stand in the way of our worship of God?  Thanks for listening.

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