St. James Lutheran Church, Rudyard Michigan
A Christian Church in the Lutheran tradition striving to grow as followers of Jesus Christ. Sunday worship at 10 AM. Refreshments and conversation follow.
“One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.”
Proverbs 29:22 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/pro.29.22.NRSV
“You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness.”
James 1:19-20 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jas.1.19-20.NRSV
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/php.2.3.NRSV
“What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.”
Romans 6:15-18 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/rom.6.15-18.NRSV
“On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’ ””
John 7:37-38 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.7.37-38.NRSV
“Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.6.35.NRSV
“O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.”
Psalms 34:8 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/psa.34.8.NRSV
“…’I am the way, the truth, and the life…'” (John 14:6, NKJV)!
Everything we need is found in this verse!
1. Are you wondering what your future should look like?
Jesus is the way!
2. How will you know what’s right or wrong for your life?
Jesus is the truth!
3. Are you tired of the state of the world or your personal situation?
Jesus is the life!
“And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:24-25 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/heb.10.24-25.NRSV
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.”
John 13:34 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/jhn.13.34.NRSV
“He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Matthew 22:37-39 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/mat.22.37-39.NRSV
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,”
Titus 2:11-12 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/tit.2.12.NRSV
“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
Philippians 4:6 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/php.4.6.NRSV
“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Philippians 4:8 NRSV
https://bible.com/bible/2016/php.4.8.NRSV
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