God showed His love for us by sending His Son to sacrificially lay down His life for us, and we are to follow His example by laying down our lives for others.

John 15:13; 1 John 4:7-12

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Peace comes from within through the strength that Christ provides, not from our external circumstances or possessions.

Luke 8:22-25

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In times of distress, we need to expectantly wait upon God, knowing we can have hope because He is the Sovereign God Who has fulfilled all of His promises in Christ.

Isaiah 40

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The Church has been given the Spirit to empower us to be on mission together, taking the Gospel forth and displaying the love of God to others from our location to the ends of the earth.

Luke 4:16-19; Luke 24:45-49

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The local church community is where we are taught humble servanthood as a virtue, where we practice acts of servanthood, and where our souls are shaped so that our whole life becomes characterized by the attitude and practices of servanthood.

Galatians 5:13–15

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The Church is the community of those who are God’s people through faith in Christ and are therefore exiles in this world. Consequently, they must persevere through suffering and persecution, knowing God is worth far more than this passing age.

Hebrews 11.