John 10:10 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. Question: Who is the “thief?” How can you defeat this enemy? Application: Remember that the thief wants to steal from you, rob you of the ultimate joy in [...]

1 John 3:1 – How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (NIV) Question: How do you view God? What is that first [...]

Matthew 9:10-13 – 10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. 11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?[a]”12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need [...]

Romans 5:6-11 – You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, [...]