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Because you are God’s children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into us to call out, “Abba! Father!”

– Galatians 4:6 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

Good fathers are wonderful but our Daddy in heaven in the best!

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

– John 6:63 (International Standard Version (©2008))

The devil makes many people believe the miraculous power comes from a man.  It’s doesn’t.  It comes directly from God.  Stop seeking man’s touch and reach out to Jesus Himself.

Many people followed him, and he cured all of them.

– Matthew 12:15b (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

If we are going to do greater works than Jesus, and He said He would, then I’m looking for the day when every person in a church service will get healed.  Not some but ALL!

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.  You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin

– Hebrews 12:3-4 (New American Standard Bible ©)

When you feel like you just can’t take it anymore, think about all that Jesus suffered for us knowing that He didn’t have to go through any of it.

My brothers and sisters, be very happy when you are tested in different ways.  You know that such testing of your faith produces endurance.  Endure until your testing is over. Then you will be mature and complete, and you won’t need anything.

– James 1:2-4 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

It’s not fun going through hard times but God will use every experience we go through to mold us and change us into that which He wants us to be.

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children

– Ephesians 5:1 (Bible in Basic English)

Just like little kids pretend to be their parents in the things that they do so we should want to be like our heavenly Father.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

– Colossians 3:13 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

There will be times where you may get in a disagreement, an argument or an all out fight with your brothers and sisters.  We still have to live together and work together for Christ so forgive those who hurt you just like God forgave you when you hurt Him.

One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,

– Luke 17:15 (Weymouth New Testament)

If God heals you (or does anything for you really) you need to shout about it in front of everybody!

Give thanks to the LORD. Call on him. Make known among the nations what he has done.

– Psalm 105:1 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

People don’t want to hear about how great you are but it’s always appropriate to tell about how great God is!

Make sure that no one ever pays back one wrong with another wrong. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and everyone else.

– 1 Thessalonians 5:15 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

Don’t be like the world in thinking that if you were wronged in some way that you have the right to “get back” at that person.