Christ in you, the hope of glory! What a description of what it is to be a Christian. No wonder Paul is working hard, praying for harmony and full of hope.

From outsiders to insiders through Jesus' death for us! Keep going and tell others. We can be encouraged about what God is like as we look more and more at Jesus!

Jesus our Creator bled and died for us so that we can have peace and life that will never end! Our God dies for us - what a God he is!

Being in Christ gives us real hope that shows itself as we grow in faith and love. Let's pray for one another as we partner in his work and see it bearing fruit all over the world!

'In Christ' - what a way to describe what we are! And it shows itself in our love for one another.

Let's follow Jesus' example of thinking about God's word the Bible, talking to ourselves about it and talking to God about it. As we do so we will see more and more that God is good and all that he does is good.

LORD you are good and all that you do is good. Help us to see that and believe that and live by that throughout this year.

Jesus is like the sun, getting rid of the darkness, bringing warmth. He shows us what the Bible is like and how we should think about it.

God lifts up the humble - without him we can do nothing. He keeps his promise to Abraham to bless all the nations through King Jesus. May we be encouraged to tell people about Jesus, looking forward to the day when every knee will bow before him.

The LORD always does what he says he will do. Jesus came, lived, died and rose - he is the King. We can trust everything he says knowing him as a rock, fortress, shield, deliverer.