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Matthew 26: 26-29

1 Corinthians 11:17–33

Galatians 3:23–29

Galatians 3:23-29

Our mission is to know God by knowing Jesus His Son. How do we get to know Jesus? We pray in and through the Holy Spirit, to better understand Jesus. The Holy Spirit helps us experience Jesus better.

Spiritual growth is more than just you and I; it's us as a whole. We cannot grow spiritually apart from one another.

It is not enough to know the lyrics of God's song, we must also know the melody. God's song is beautiful and he is calling all to come to sing and know God's salvation.

One of the most common prayers in the Bible is the prayer for justice. The first thing we can do is accept our weakness towards issues of justice. Weakness drives us to prayer to the God of Justice.

Jesus is enough. He calls us to pray with hands wide-open to receive and give back because all we receive is from our heavenly Father.

Repentance is a sign of spiritual life. Jesus calls us to repent and turn to him and he will receive us, heal us, and guide us.

Will you ask Jesus, the great Intercessor, to pray the true prayers that we need to overcome our sins and faults and bring us closer to God and his righteousness?

Jesus came to restore power unto us, power not to sin, power to overcome in and through him, and power to persevere. WE are powerless, but he is power.

The cross makes suffering meaningful. Jesus came as a servant who would suffer, and through his suffering conquered the world. Through Jesus, we also can conquer our suffering and sin.

Forgiving others brings great healing, but what about feeling forgiven of our sins? Do we carry out guilt with us? Or, do we allow Jesus' forgiveness to penetrate deep in our hearts?

Many of our issues may seem only on the surface, but all our problems come from deep within, our sinful condition. We need healing deeper than the surface, we need total healing that only Jesus can do.