Dedication 

Matthew 19:13-15    Jesus blessing of the children

Luke 2:22   Parents presenting children to the Lord

Proverbs 22:6  Dedication of parents to raise their children to know Christ

 

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Water Baptism

Matthew 28: 18-20 Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

Acts 8: 37 If you believe with all your heart.

Acts 8: 12 When they believed...they were baptized.

Mark 1: 9-11 Coming up from the water

Acts 8: 38-39 Went down into the water Come up out of the water

Acts 2: 38 It's for “the remission of sins.”

1 Peter 3: 21 The answer of a good conscience

Colossians 2: 12 Buried with Him and raised with Him (Romans 6: 3-8)

Acts 8: 12-17 Salvation - Water Baptism - Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Acts 10: 44-48 Salvation - Baptism in the Holy Spirit - Water Baptism

Matthew 3: 15 Baptism is for everyone; it fulfills righteousness.

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Praise & Worship

John 4: 23 The Father seeks worshipers

Hebrews 13: 15     It pleases God when we praise Him

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18    It is God's will for us.

Psalm 100: 4   We come before Him with praise. Praise brings us into His presence.

Revelation 5: 9-14   He is worthy of our praise.

Psalm 147: 1  With singing.

Psalm 150: 3-6   With all kinds of instruments (2 Samuel 6: 5)

Psalm 98: 4   With joyful shouts (Psalm 100:1)

Psalm 47:  1   With clapping hands

Psalm 98: 4   With joyful shouts (Psalm 100:1)

Psalm 149: 3   With dancing (Psalm 150: 4 & 2 Samuel 6: 14)

Psalm 134: 2   With hands lifted up (Psalm 63: 4, 119: 48 & 1 Timothy 2: 8)

Psalm 95: 6   With kneeling & bowing down

Psalm 150: 6 Let everything that has breath, Praise the Lord!

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Praise & Worship

John 4: 23 The Father seeks worshipers

Hebrews 13: 15     It pleases God when we praise Him

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18    It is God's will for us.

Psalm 100: 4   We come before Him with praise. Praise brings us into His presence.

Revelation 5: 9-14   He is worthy of our praise.

Psalm 147: 1  With singing.

Psalm 150: 3-6   With all kinds of instruments (2 Samuel 6: 5)

Psalm 98: 4   With joyful shouts (Psalm 100:1)

Psalm 47:  1   With clapping hands

Psalm 98: 4   With joyful shouts (Psalm 100:1)

Psalm 149: 3   With dancing (Psalm 150: 4 & 2 Samuel 6: 14)

Psalm 134: 2   With hands lifted up (Psalm 63: 4, 119: 48 & 1 Timothy 2: 8)

Psalm 95: 6   With kneeling & bowing down

Psalm 150: 6 Let everything that has breath, Praise the Lord!

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Power of the Tongue

Proverbs 18: 20-21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue.

James 3: 2-11 The powerful influence the tongue has on our lives.

Proverbs 13: 2-3   Keep your tongue - Keep your life.

Proverbs 21: 23   Keep your tongue - Keep yourself from trouble..

Proverbs 10: 11     The mouth is a well of life.

Proverbs 10: 19-21 He who keeps his tongue is wise.

Proverbs 15: 1-5 A soft answer turns away wrath. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life.

Luke 6: 45 Out of the abundance of the heart we speak. Heart (kardia-greek), mind, will and emotions. As we renew our mind to line-up with God's Word, our minds will line-up too.

Colossians 3: 15-16 Let our hearts be filled with the Word and thankfulness to our God.

Hebrews 13: 15-16 Praise - the sacrifice of our lips, pleases God. Doing good and being in fellowship with others also pleases God. Let's say good things to others. Let us fellowship with and include others with our words and actions. Let's please God! He h

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Power of the Tongue

Proverbs 18: 20-21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue.

James 3: 2-11 The powerful influence the tongue has on our lives.

Proverbs 13: 2-3   Keep your tongue - Keep your life.

Proverbs 21: 23   Keep your tongue - Keep yourself from trouble..

Proverbs 10: 11     The mouth is a well of life.

Proverbs 10: 19-21 He who keeps his tongue is wise.

Proverbs 15: 1-5 A soft answer turns away wrath. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life.

Luke 6: 45 Out of the abundance of the heart we speak. Heart (kardia-greek), mind, will and emotions. As we renew our mind to line-up with God's Word, our minds will line-up too.

Colossians 3: 15-16 Let our hearts be filled with the Word and thankfulness to our God.

Hebrews 13: 15-16 Praise - the sacrifice of our lips, pleases God. Doing good and being in fellowship with others also pleases God. Let's say good things to others. Let us fellowship with and include others with our words and actions. Let's please God! He h

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Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Joel 2: 28-29    God will pour out His Spirit on all flesh.

Isaiah 28: 11-12    God will speak to His People through this method. It will be a rest and a refreshing.

Acts 1: 4   Jesus commanded them to receive this gift. It's a promise from the Father.

Mark 16: 17   Its for all who believe.

Acts 2: 4    They were all filled. All spoke in tongues as the Spirit gave them the words.

Acts 10: 44-46   Gentiles also received. They heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.

1 Corinthians 14: 21 & 32   Refers back to Isaiah 28. We choose when to speak in tongues.

Acts 1: 8 This experience gives us power to witness.

1 Corinthians 14: 2 & 4a    We Speak to God in our new (prayer) language. We speak mysteries (wisdom kept hidden for us). We edified, built up, as we speak tongues.

Jude 20    Praying in tongues builds our faith.

Matthew 3: 11     Jesus is the Baptizer.

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Salvation - the GOOD NEWS!

 Scripture references:

John 17: 3 Eternal life is knowing God through Jesus.

John 3: 16   The way to eternal life is believing in Jesus.

Romans 10: 10  Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth.

John 14: 6  Jesus is the only way to God.

1 John 5: 11-13  The Bible was written so we could know we have eternal life. God has given us this life through Jesus.

John 1: 12  We have the power (ability) to become the sons of God.

1 John 3: 1-2  Now we are children of God.

Romans 8: 15  God gives us an inner witness that we are His children.

Zephaniah 3: 17 God sings with joy over us.

Luke 15: 7 He has joy over one sinner who repents.

1 John 1: 9 He is faithful to forgive

John 14: 1-4 Now you know the way! Share it with others.

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Dwelling Place 

Dwelling Place: home, refuge, residence, a place to restore and refuel. Sounds perfect! A place to sit down, to remain...count me in!

In our world sitting still is considered unproductive. We've got to be busy, busy, busy cause we're not a slacker...and on and on the mantra plays keeping us wound up tighter than an old clock.

David found a secret to becoming a man after God's own heart. He discovered a dwelling place in Him. He took the time and effort needed to go there and abide.

Listen to his words in Psalm 91: "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'...If you make the Most High your dwelling - even the Lord, who is my refuge then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent."

David didn't keep the treasure he discovered to himself. He gives us the inside track to his discovery. The mystery? Dwell, or take up res

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 Do it! 

If anyone had to get up each day and just "DO IT" it was Jeremiah.

Success by the worlds standards usually are accompanied by acquiring wealth, prestige, favor and power. People who, you know, have it all together, have financial and emotional security, yada, yada, yada.

Life here is temporary. Life hereafter is forever.

It's much more valuable to have success in the eye's of God, than in the world's. His rewards endure for eternity which never ends.

Jeremiah would not have been considered a success by just about anyone. However, he was a success in the eyes of God. That makes all the difference.

Looking through the lens of the world's view he was a miserable failure. For 40 years he served as God's spokesman to Judah. When he spoke, no one listened. He continuously urged them to act on God's commands, but nobody moved one inch toward the things that mattered to God. He was poor, underwent hunger and deprivation in order to deliver the message God had given him to de

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