Get Serious: You’ve Got This - 1/5/25

“American Christianity has largely failed since the middle of the twentieth century because Jesus’ modern day disciples do not act like Jesus.”
—Barna Research

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.”
—Matthew 7:24–25, CSB

“When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
—Matthew 5:1–4, CSB

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”
—Matthew 5:3, CSB

“Where what God wants done is done.”
—Dallas Willard

“How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me?”
—Psalm 13:1–2, CSB

“The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.”
—Psalm 34:18, CSB

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
—John 1:14, CSB