Luke explains that nothing will be impossible with God -- not elderly Zechariah and Elizabeth having the baby who prophecies said would prepare people for the Messiah, and not the virgin Mary giving birth to the Messiah who would be fully God and rule on David's throne forever. Which means that none of God's promises will be impossible for God to keep for those who trust the Messiah.

In this passage Paul concludes his teaching on spiritual gifts, urging many to participate in sharing gifts, explaining how tongues and prophecies should be shared, and how prophecies should be weighed.

In this powerful chapter Paul explains why spiritual gifts must be motivated by love, what love involves, and why love is more important than spiritual gifts.

The church is a supernatural miracle of astonishing love and unity between diverse people. In these verses we learn how Jesus creates this love and unity, and what this means for church life.

In this passage Paul answers four crucial questions: how can we tell when someone is not speaking by the Holy Spirit, how we can tell that we have the Holy Spirit, how many gifts the Spirit gives us, and how many of us receive spiritual gifts.

To end our series on growing in worship, we looked at Psalm 67 which challenges us to desire to see the nations be glad and sign for joy and consider how the requests we make of God are influenced by this desire.

Psalm 95 both gives us powerful reasons to motivate our worship, and concrete commands teaching us how to worship.

Psalm 43 answers one of the most important questions about worshiping God: since Jesus says worship should be from the heart (Matthew 15:8-9), how can we worship when our hearts are far from God? What should we do when our hearts are weighed down by worry, distracted by other pleasures, or just feeling far from God. This psalm answers that question in a way that will encourage all of us.