The future belongs to the disciplined. This is true for the arts and technology and education and athletics, but it also applies to our spiritual lives. Daily Bible reading should be a discipline that all Christians are committed to.

In addition to being gentle, patient, loving and gracious, Jesus is also holy, righteous and just. When God's house is turned into a house of trade we see the zeal of our Lord. A zeal that should be evident in our lives as well.

Throughout the OT God's people were anticipating the coming of the Messiah. God's answer to everything that is wrong with the world is found in the birth of Jesus. The child that was born and the son that was given brought light into darkness, and replaced contempt with glory.

John 2:15-16

Jesus' first sign revealed that he is 1) Lord of the feast, 2) the bridegroom, 3) the redeemer, 4) the Christ, the Son of God, and 5) a faithful friend.

For people to be converted 1) you must evangelized, 2) God must intervene, and 3) unbelievers have to believe.

The believers at Ephesus had forsaken their first love, so Jesus admonishes them to 1) remember the height from which they have fallen, 2) repent and 3) repeat the works they did at first.

When you are in distress call upon God, remembering that he is a righteous, gracious and merciful God.

Examine yourself to find and confess sin – before sin finds you out!

Proverbs 21:31 Faith and Duty