God Has Blessed Us with Every Spiritual Blessing

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.
Ephesians 1:3 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/eph.1.3.NLT

Uniting myself with Christ means that He gives me spiritual blessings.  It means that if I follow Christ he will give me spiritual blessings.  People tend to think of physical or financial blessings, but spiritual blessings are the most important thing that Christ has given me.  I need to remember that my spiritual life is the most important aspect of my life.

I can do All Things Throug Christ

I can do All Things Through Christ

13For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength
Philippians 1:13

In the context of the verse, it means that you can be content and satisfied no matter what your circumstance.  Even though this verse is very encouraging that I can do anything with Christ's help, it is about being satisfied with my circumstances, whether they're good or bad. 

I must learn to be satisfied and content no matter what happens in my life.  God can help me accomplish things but I must learn to be content no matter what my circumstances are.

Forget the Past, Look Forward to What Lies Ahead

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
Philippians 3:13 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/php.3.13.NLT

It's easy to focus on past mistakes but God wants me to focus on looking forward to what He has in store for me.

Live a Life that Shines Bright for God

Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ¡¯s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.
Philippians 2:14-16 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/php.2.14-16.NLT

I need to live a life that shows that I follow  Christ.  I need to shine like a bright light in the crooked and dark world.  I need to hold fast to the Word of life so that God will reward me.

Don't be Selfish, Look out for Other People's Interests

Phillipains 2:3: 
³ Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. ⁴ Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

It's very easy for me to become selfish and forget to look out for other people's interests.  I need to be selfless and remember to look out for other people and their interests.

I will Obey God Rather Than People

But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?
Acts of the Apostles 4:19 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/act.4.19.NLT

God wants me to obey HIm rather than people.  He will reward me for obeying Him and putting Him first in my life.

Bring Everything to God in Prayer

Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord.
James 5:13‭-‬14 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jas.5.13-14.NLT:

God wants me to bring everything to Him in prayer, whether I'm experiencing happiness or hardship. I can go to HIm with everything.

God's Plans Might Be Different than what you Expect

The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him home, saying,  “No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.
Luke 8:38-39 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/luk.8.39.NLT
Luke 8:38 NLT
The demon-possessed man that Jesus healed wanted to go with HIm, but Jesus had other plans for him.  I need to follow God's plan for my life, even if it takes me unexpected places and doesn't turn out how I expect it to.

A Farmer Went to Plant Seeds, a Parable

“A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it.  Other seed fell among thorns that grew up with it and choked out the tender plants.  Still other seed fell on fertile soil. This seed grew and produced a crop that was a hundred times as much as had been planted!” When he had said this, he called out, “Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”
Luke 8:5-8 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/luk.8.8.NLT

Jesus used parables to teach people, but He gave believers the ability to understand what He says.  The Seeds are God's Word and we can accept it or reject it.  I accept God's Word and want to share the Good News with other people.  It's why I am on this Earth.

Trusting God Means Believing in His Authority

I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.” When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!”
Luke 7:8‭-‬9 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/luk.7.8-9.NLT

If I have faith in God like the centurion did, He will give me what I ask for.  I need to believe in God's authority and have great faith in Jesus, just like the centurion did.

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
Luke 6:45 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/luk.6.45.NLT

I can be a good testimony for Jesus through my actions.  People will see the good things I do and will see that I follow Jesus.  If I do evil then the fruit of who I really am will be shown to others.

Jesus Came to Save Sinners

I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”
Luke 5:32 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/luk.5.32.NLT

God calls sinners to repentance, God saved me so I am no longer a sinner.  I must spread the good news that Jesus came to save sinners because that is the Great Commission.  I was put here on Earth to have a relationship with God and tell other people about Him.

I Will do Good Deeds with Umility, not Pride

If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.
James 3:13 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jas.3.13.NLT

I need to do good things but do them wihtout boasting and be humble.  I do good but not so I can boast about how I good I am.  I need to remember that I do good things to demonstrate my faith and having humility will give me wisdom.

God Will Put a new Spirit in Me

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
Ezekiel 36:26 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/ezk.36.26.NLT

God has put a new spirit in me, so I won't be suborn and do just what I want to do.  I  He gives me a responsive heart that wants to obey what He wants me to do.

God has told us What will Happen, So I need to Live like He is Coming Back

When the seventh angel blows his trumpet, God’s mysterious plan will be fulfilled. It will happen just as he announced it to his servants the prophets.”
Revelation 10:7 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rev.10.7.NLT

God knows what will happen and He is in control of everything in the world.  He has a plan for the world and He has told us everything that will happen so we will be prepared for His return.  I have to live like He is coming back because He will return very soon.

God Wants You to Be Sincere When You Come to Him

Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the Lord, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
Ezekiel 14:4 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/ezk.14.4.NLT

God knows when you're not really serving Him.  I need to be sincere in serving Him and not have any other god but God alone.  I need to make sure that He is the most important thing in my life.  I can't do whatever I want and then go to God for an answer.  I need to serve the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength.

God Created Me and He was Pleased To Make Me

“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”
Revelation 4:11 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rev.4.11.NLT

God created everything, and that means he created me, and he was pleased that I exist and he was happy that he made me. God is powerful and created me for a special purpose to love him and spread the Good News about Jesus Christ, coming to Earth, living a perfect and sinless life, dying on the cross and rising from the dead.  He will come back very soon so I will prepare for His return.

Hold On To your Faith

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.
Revelation 3:11 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rev.3.11.NLT

I must hold on to my beliefs because Jesus is coming back very soon.  I must keep my faith in Him and trust Him.  No one will take away the crown I will receive in Heaven.

Hear and Listen to what the Spirit of God Says

“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. Whoever is victorious will not be harmed by the second death.
Revelation 2:11 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rev.2.11.NLT

I need to hear and listen to what the Spirit is saying to me.  Listening to the Spirit will make me a victorious person and I will not be harmed by eternal death.  Jesus will show me what He wants me to do and I can understand His will for my life.

God Will Show Me Where I Should Go

Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.
Psalms 143:8 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.143.8.NLT

God will show me what I'm supposed to do.  I need to remember God's unfailing love for me.  He knows what the plan for my life is and He will show me what to do.

Don't Let Bad Examples Influence You

Don't Let Bad Examples Influence You

Dear friend, don’t let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God.
3 John 1:11 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/3jn.1.11.NLT

Follow the good examples of good people God has put in your life.  Sometimes there are Christians that do not set a good example, but not all Christians are like that.  I should follow the good examples of Christians who do what God says.   

I must Do what God Says, not just Listen to the Word

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
James 1:22 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jas.1.22.NLT

If I love God you must not only listen to the world, I must also do what it says.  It is how I show that I am not a hypocrite.  I do what the Bible says and don't just read the Word.

God Shows us the Truth about Jesus through His Testimony

All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son.
1 John 5:10 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.5.10.NLT

I know the truth about Jesus because of the testimony of Jesus.  God has shown me who He is through His Son, Jesus, and God's testimony is true.

Loving Each Ohrther Means we Follow God

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.4.7.NLT

I will show God's love to others by loving other people.  It is the way I show other people that I know God, by loving other people, since it's a command to love other people.  

God Knows the Plans He Has for Me

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jer.29.11.NLT

I know that God has good plans for me, no matter how hard or difficult life may seem.  He has good plans for me. This scripture was written when everything seemed bad for Israel, but God knew what His plans for them were.

God knows the plans he has for me, and they are a future and a hope, that's why I can trust God to lead and guide me in what I'm supposed to do.

Living in God means Living My Life as Jesus Did

Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.
1 John 2:6 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.2.6.NLT

If I want to say that I live in God, I must live my life as Jesus did, listening to God's Word and doing what it says.  Following God means living in God and living like Jesus did.  

That means hearing God's Word and doing what it says.  It is how I show my testimony, doing what the Bible says, and showing Jesus to others through how I live.

I have Fellowship with God

But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.1.7.NLT

God cleansed me of my sins so I have fellowship with Him through Jesus.  I accepted Jesus as my savior and Lord and now I have fellowship with God.  He has fellowship with me because He took away my sins.

God is Always Faithful

Psalm 109:7:

He is the Lord our God.  His justice is seen throughout the land.

⁸ He always stands by his covenant—the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

God will always be faithful to me because I have a relationship with Him.   He is faithful to people who love Him and I know He will always be faithful to me.  He is a just God and he will always be there for me. 

God Will give me Wisdom if I ask Him for It

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 

James 1:5

I can ask God for wisdom and He will give me wisdom for my life.  God knows what I am asking for and He will give me the wisdom to make good decisions for my life. I can trust His wisdom because he knows and understands me and wants what is best for me in my life.

Jesus Has Overcome the World

Jesus Has Overcome the World

 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

When life is tough, Jesus' words are a constant reminder that He has overcome the world.  He gives me supernatural strength because of His death a resurrection.  Jesus carries me through hard times in my life.  So I will share what He has told me through the Bible.

Remain in Jesus

Remain in Jesus:

John 15:4

⁴ Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 

If I remain in Jesus, he will help me produce fruit, how I live my life.  I will remain in Jesus and He will change my life for the better, no matter how hard it is to live for Him.

Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled

Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
John 14:1

I know that no matter what is going on in the world, I can trust in God and Jesus.  He knows what's going to happen and I can rely on him to show me what I'm supposed to do.  I know that He will leade me and guide me through any of life's circumstances.

If you Have Jesus, you have Life

If you Have Jesus, you have Life:

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.
1 John 5:12, NLT

I have life because I have it in Jesus.  He makes my life feel complete and fulfilled.  I have Jesus because I accepted Him as my Lord and savior.  He gives meaning to my life.

Jesus Knows Us and We Know Jesus

 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me," John 10:14
Jesus is the good shepherd.  He knows us and we know him. We can know Jesus because he is the good shepherd by reading His Word and doing what says.

God Chose Me to Bring Good News

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.
Isaiah 61:1 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/isa.61.1.NLT

God sent Jesus to fulfill scripture and He has given His spirit to us.  He gave us a message to share with other people that Jesus came to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that sinners have been freed.

This is the Good News that Jesus gave us freedom. That is the message of Jesus and His love for us.

Use Your Gifts to Help Others

God Wants us to use Our Gifts for Him:

Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
1 Peter 4:11 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.4.11.NLT

God wants us to use your gifts to glorify Him, so remember He gave you your talent and use it to glorify him and not yourself.  So we should use our talent to bring glory to God, and we should also thank Him for the gifts and talents that he gave us.

It's easy to think that we have talent on our own, but God gives each and every one of us a special talent to use to bring glory to Him.