Spirituality is an individual’s walk with God and is ingrained, embedded and nurtured in the fertile soil of the mind, including emotions, intellect, and behavior. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” “A legal religion can never lead souls to Christ; for it is a loveless, Christless religion. Our own works can never purchase salvation.” E G White
Jesus ~ Lord & Savior
John 3:16, 17
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
Walking With Jesus ~ LOVE
Walking With Jesus ~ GRACE
Deuteronomy 6:5 “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” Leviticus 19:18 “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27 “So He answered and said, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.” This is an OT and NT teaching!
God’s GRACE is His joy and delight, favor and loving-kindness. God is gracious and reaches out to humankind by sending His only Son for our salvation. Deuteronomy 31:8 “The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear, or be dismayed.” John 1:4 “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 12:32 JESUS SAYS: “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
Walking With Jesus ~ FAITH
FAITH is our belief, conviction and trust in the overcoming grace of God. Habakkuk 2:4 “Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by faith.” Galatians 3:26 “For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 1:13 “Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.”
Walking With Jesus ~ JOY
Happiness is the fruit and result of salvation. Psalm 32:11 “Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!” Read Matthew 5:1-12 = The ‘BE HAPPY ATTITUDES!’
Walking With Jesus ~ HOPE
Joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation. Our future is in eternity. Romans 5:2 “Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Colossians 1:27 “Christ in you the hope of glory.” Our hope is built on Jesus’ righteousness!
Walking With Jesus ~ MERCY
God goes the extra mile in to save us. Psalm 52:8 “I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.” Luke 18:13 “The tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
Walking With Jesus ~ FREEDOM
The result of God’s love, grace and our faith are deeds, acts and behavior. A lifestyle within the freedoms of God’s law. Philippians 2:13 “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Also read John 14:15; Matthew 5:17-20
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."
Ephesians
2:8, 9
2:8, 9
"And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring,
who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
"The price paid for our redemption, the infinite sacrifice of our heavenly Father in giving His Son to die for us, should give us exalted conceptions of what we may become through Christ. As the inspired apostle John beheld the height, the depth, the breadth of the Father's love toward the perishing race, he was filled with adoration and reverence; and, failing to find suitable language in which to express the greatness and tenderness of this love, he called upon the world to behold it. "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God." 1 John 3:1. What a value this places upon man! Through transgression the sons of man become subjects of Satan. Through faith in the atoning sacrifice of Christ the sons of Adam may become the sons of God. By assuming human nature, Christ elevates humanity. Fallen men are placed where, through connection with Christ, they may indeed become worthy of the name "sons of God." Steps to Christ page 15
Revelation 12:17