Command: Speak what I tell you Matthew 10:16–42 (ESV) “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, 18 and you will be dragged […]
Category: Commands & Stories
Love Your Neighbor – April 14th, 2019
Command: Love your neighbor (Matthew 22:34-40); Matthew 22:34–40 (ESV) But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall […]
Love God – April 7th, 2019
Command: Matthew 22:37, love God Matthew 22:34–40 (ESV) But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the […]
Let your light shine – March 31st, 2019
Command: Let your light shine Matthew 5:16 (ESV) In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:1–16 (ESV) Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples […]
Be on your guard, Rebuke, Forgive – March 24th, 2019
Command: Be on your guard, Rebuke, Forgive, Luke 17:3–4 (ESV) Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” Luke 17:1–10 (ESV) And […]
Do not judge, Do not condemn, Pardon, Forgive – March 17th, 2019
Command: Do not judge, Do not condemn, Pardon/Forgive Luke 6:37 (ESV) 37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; Luke 6:20–45 (ESV) 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, […]
Be reconciled to your brother – March 10th, 2019
Command: Be Reconciled to Your Brother Matthew 5:20–26 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ 22 […]
Recall, Repent, Do – March 3rd, 2019
Command: Remember/Recall, Repent, Do Revelation 2:5 (ESV) Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. Story: Message to church at Ephesus, Revelation 2:1–7 (ESV) “To the angel of the church […]
Deny Self, Take up Cross, Follow Me – February 10th, 2019
Command: Deny Self, Take up Cross, Follow Me Matthew 16:24 (ESV) Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Story: Peter tries to protect Jesus from cross Matthew 16:21–26 (ESV) From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that […]
Make disciples / Disciple – February 3rd, 2019
Command: Make Disciples/ Disciple Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV) And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them […]