Josiah Stendel

As He is so am I in this world.

1 John 4:17 (HCSB)
In this, love is perfected with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, for we are as He is in this world.

Even if...

Daniel 3:16 (MSG)
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, "Your threat means nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. But even if he doesn't, it wouldn't make a bit of difference, O king. We still wouldn't serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up."

Song idea

1 Corinthians 15:52 (HCSB)
in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

Memory Verse Romans 12:9-11

Romans 12:9-11 (NIV)
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Memory Verse

1 Corinthians 3:12-14 (NIV)
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,

Coworkers with Christ

1 Corinthians 3:9-11 (NIV)
For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building.

The word ... like a hammer

Jeremiah 23:29 (NIV)
"Is not my word like fire," declares the lord, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

Ephesians Reading November 17-27, 2011

Ephesians 2:1-22 (MSG)
It wasn't so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn't know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It's a wonder God didn't lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.

Effective Prayer

1 John 5:14-16 (MSG)
And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening.

Effective Prayer

1 John 5:14 (MSG)
And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening.

!!!

Romans 5:1-2 (MSG)
By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that's not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.

Luke 3:11-14

Luke 3:11-14 (MSG)
"If you have two coats, give one away," he said. "Do the same with your food."

Nehemiah 8:10

Nehemiah 8:10 (AMP)
Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold.

Ephesians 3:12

Ephesians 3:12 (MSG)
When we trust in him, we're free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go.

Help those not able to help themselves

Philippians 2:3 (MSG)
Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead.

in the first month...before any growth can take place...supernatural

Joel 2:23 (AMP)
Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for He gives you the former or early rain in just measure and in righteousness, and He causes to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.

1 Timothy 2:11-12, 1 Timothy 2:14

1 Timothy 2:11-12 (NIV)
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.

1 Timothy 2:14 (NIV)
And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

Psalm 45:1

Psalm 45:1 (NIV)
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.