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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Day Fifteen

You Were Formed For God's Family

" I am the vine, and you are the branches." - John 15:5

"Christ makes us one body... connected to each other." - Romans 12:5

"God is the one who made all things, and all things are for his glory. He wanted to have many children share his glory. - Hebrews 2:10a

"See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are." - 1 John 3:1

His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure. - Ephesians 1:5

It was a happy day for him when he gave us our new lives, through the truth of his Word, and we became, as it were, the first children in his new family. - James 1:18

God has given us the privilege of being born again, so that we are now members of God's own family. - 1 Peter 1:3b, Romans 8:15-16

You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:26

When I think of the wisdom and scope of his plan I fall down on my knees and pray to the Father of all of the great family of God - some of them already in heaven and some down here on earth. - Ephesians 3:14-15

Since you are his child everything he has belongs to you. - Galatians 4:7b

My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:19

Here on earth we given the riches... of his grace... kindness... patience... glory... wisdom... power and mercy. - Ephesians 1:7, 2:4, 3:16, Romans 2:4, 9:23, 11:33

I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.
- Ephesians 1:18b

God has reserved a priceless inheritance for his children. It is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. - 1 Peter 1:4

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.
- Colossians 3:23-24a

go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. - Matthew 28:19

Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into Christ's body by one Spirit, and we have all received the same Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13

Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. That is why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. - Hebrews 2:11

(Jesus) pointed to his disciples and said ' These are my mother and brothers. Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!'
- Matthew 12:49-50

DAY FIFTEEN

THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE

Point To Ponder: I was formed for God's family.
Verse To Remember: "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ." - Ephesians 1:5a
Question To Consider: How can I start treating other believers as members of my own family?

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