#8 Giving and Receiving
Raymond McDonald
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something […]
#7 – Steps to Peace
Brian Fox
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartialandsincere.18Peacemakerswhosowinpeacereapaharvest of righteousness. James 3:17-18
#6 – Crisis in Confidence
Raymond McDonald
The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever. Isaiah 32:17
#5 – HONORING MATURITY
Raymond McDonald
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:32 ESV
#4 We Can Work It Out
Raymond McDonald
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.17in his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” John 5:16-17
#3 Maturing in Unity
Raymond McDonald
Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so thattheworldmaybelievethatyouhavesentme.22Ihavegiventhem theglorythatyougaveme,thattheymaybeoneasweareone—23Iin them and you in me—s o that they may be brought to complete unity. John 17:20-23
#2 THE TOUGH GET GROWING
Raymond McDonald
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4
#1 Coming of Age
Raymond McDonald
Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Hebrews 6:1-2 ESV