“May they prosper who love you.
“May peace be within your walls,
And prosperity within your palaces.”
For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good. Psalm 122:6-9 NASB1995
God loves you and created you to know Him personally. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16
God’s Plan: “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3
Man is sinful and separated from God, so we cannot know Him personally or experience His love. “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 3:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23
Jesus Christ is God’s ONLY provision for man’s sin. Through Him alone you can know God personally and experience God’s love. He died in our place: “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
He is the only way to God: “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6
You must individually repent and receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then you can know God personally and experience His love. You must receive Christ: “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,” John 1:12 “The Lord is not slow about His promise… not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9
We receive Christ through faith: “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8
Building Families Through God’s Word
Our Bible Reading Plans begin on January 1st
Stop by the Welcome Center to pick up a copy of the reading plan
or find it here:
Anyone can start anytime throughout the year.
Read:
Discuss:
Pray:
Share:
Tips:
married couples make sure both husband and wife agree and
work together to establish this habit.
• Begin with the New Testament reading. A good first goal is to
establish daily bible reading. If you try to do too much you are
more likely to be become over-whelmed and quit. After daily
Bible reading becomes part of your routine add the poetry
(Psalms, Proverbs, etc.) reading for the next step. Lastly, perhaps
add the Old Testament. This may be after the first month or two
or several months or even a year.
• If you miss, feel free to skip a reading, or some readings. Trying
to “catch up” can be overwhelming and cause you to miss the
goal.
• Don’t worry about what you don’t understand. When the time
is right, and God wants you to understand it, He will give you