God's Spirit creates to bring glory to God. After rebelling against him, we ruined his created order, and our relationship with him was estranged. But he sent his Son to rescue us from this death, and sent his Spirit to recreate us and restore all things to a glorious state.

The resurrection of Lazarus demonstrates Jesus' power over death. He is the

As Christians we must continually realize our deep need for Christ and then in turn go and offer his mercy to others.

Christians who have experienced the amazing grace of God want to be generous with our lives as God has been so generous to us.

Christians have the distinct privilege to partner together in gospel ministry with the shared vision of making much of Jesus. Such partnership serves to advance the gospel in places where Christ is not known and glorifies our God who has loved us and sent his Son to redeem us.

Christians are called to trust God to meet our needs now and for all eternity and thus be generous in this life. We must believe the gospel and store up our treasures in heaven instead of here on earth.

Those who have been radically transformed by Jesus (who became poor so that we would be rich) are excited to give sacrificially of their finances to make much of Him in all things.

As Christians, we want our lives to be so Christ-centered that we can honestly join Paul in saying,