The Love of Adoption – David Blevins (One Love Ministries)

In the Jewish custom of the “Adoption of Sons”, upon the son’s “graduation”, the father gives his son his name, which meant that he could act in the power and authority of his father. At His baptism, Jesus was called the Son of God. Every human has the opportunity to be adopted by God and receive the same inheritance as Jesus. Have you been adopted by God?

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Joel 1:14-20 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)

One of the greatest temptations Christians face is to avert our eyes from the person of Jesus and place them on the things of Jesus – His doctrine, His people, His word, His mission. This is a great temptation because there is absolutely nothing wrong with any of these things. In fact, without serious attention to them we could not be His disciples. They are essential.

The fallacy that trips us up is our focus on these things as objective apart from living fellowship with the person of Jesus. We end up with zeal for a cause, but no fellowship with the spirit behind the cause. Jesus doesn’t call His disciples by saying “Follow My teachings,” or “Follow My example,” or “Follow My reasoning.” It is always personal. “Follow Me.”

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Joel 1:1-15 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)

God’s judgment on Israel through the locusts brought complete devastation. Even the priests were mourning because the grain and drink offerings required to worship the Lord were gone. As believers, we are the priesthood. Joel challenges us to ask ourselves, do we have “what it takes” to worship? Let God’s judgment, cause repentance, so He can bring restoration!

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Imago Dei – Troy Newman (One Love Ministries)

The Bible tells us that we are created in the image of God (“Imago Dei”). President of Operation Rescue, Troy Newman, reminds us that God is pro-choice, but anti-abortion. Don’t let the enemy steal your money, kill your baby, and destroy your life through the lie of abortion. Let’s join with Operation Rescue as they resist the enemy in their fight to shut down abortion clinics across the nation and instead choose life!

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