18 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck - 1 Timothy 1:18-19 NKJV

5 Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand all. 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich. - Proverbs 28:5-6 NKJV

22 put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. - Ephesians 4:22-24

In our final lesson for this quarter, we take one more look at God's great mercy towards us and who it is that the Lord will justify and make to be holy and righteous. We will also see the nastiness of self-righteousness and why we should be wary of becoming self-righteous.

How do you respond and react when your hater hate on you? Do you respond in fear or do you answer with hate? In today's sermon I take at how we are to deal with and overcome hate.

Our lesson this week takes a look at the gracious rewards of the Lord and those that will receive His rewards. We dive into the thought of what it means for the last to come first and the first to come last. There is a great rejoice we all must share in with when it comes to God's rewards

12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you ... 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. - 1 Peter 4:12, 14 NKJV

2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. - Genesis 39:2-3

32 Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” - 1 Samuel 17:32-33 NKJV

When we need each other, we need to be strong of faith in the Lord and have the courage to step out in faith. In this week's story, we take a look at the motivation faith of Deborah in the story of Deborah and Barak.