Today, you and I can work on our foundation. In fact, we never stop working. We are to keep growing in God’s grace. We continue to pursue a closer relationship with God. We go deeper in His Word. We grow in our faith. We use our gifts to serve God. We obey His Word. All of this contributes to a strong foundation for our lives.

Main Points:

1. We are all building a spiritual house. What foundation are you building on? Are you taking time to build on a solid foundation? The storms of life are sure to come. The rain will fall and the winds of adversity will beat against your spiritual house. Will you endure the storm?

2. How foolish it would be to know the Word of God and to know how to be a strong Christian, and yet fail to take action to put it into practice.

3. Today, you and I can work on our foundation. In fact, we never stop working. We are to keep growing in God’s grace. We continue to pursue a closer relationship with God. We go deeper in His Word. We grow in our faith. We use our gifts to serve God. We obey His Word. All of this contributes to a strong foundation for our lives.

Today’s Scripture Verses:

Matthew 7:24 - “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

James 1:22 - “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

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In Matthew 6:33, Jesus says we are to seek God, but he goes on to say that we are to seek him “first.” This is a matter of priority. We all seek something. We might seek opportunity, position, resources, and open doors. We could seek pleasure, enjoyment, comfort, success, and fulfillment. We might seek friendship, family, and connection. We all seek something, but Jesus said that for those who would follow him, we must seek God and his kingdom first.

Main Points:

1. To seek is to pursue, to look for, to desire to obtain, and to discover.

2. Today is a good day to ask ourselves some important questions: Is Jesus in first place in our lives? In all of our seeking, are we seeking God first? Is there practical, everyday evidence that we are putting God first in our lives?

3. Your life and mine are filled with worry. We live with a certain amount of anxiety about our needs being met. Let’s focus on this powerful promise from Jesus. If we begin to seek God first in our lives, God is faithful to meet all of our needs.

Today’s Scripture Verses:

Matthew 6:33 - “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

1 Chronicles 22:19 - “Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God.”

Colossians 3:1-2 - “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

Jeremiah 29:13 says, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

Psalm 34:10 - “…those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”

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Your story is one of your greatest ministry tools. I meet people who feel they have nothing to offer the Lord. In their minds, they feel incapable of serving in some ministry. Yet, every one of us has a story. It’s a God story. It’s a story of how we met Jesus, the circumstances of your salvation, and how Jesus has changed your life.

Main Points:

1. When I think of the explosive growth of the New Testament church in the Book of Acts, we see two things at work. People were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, and second, they shared their testimony with others. Sadly, it seems as if today we have stopped telling our story. But you have a story to tell. It is a story of God’s grace.

2. A personal testimony is the most non-threatening way to tell an unbeliever why Jesus is important to you. It allows you to be open about your life while giving God the glory. You can rave about the power of Jesus to transform a life, and even someone hostile to the gospel will listen because you are not asking anything of them.

3. Your story is simply an account of how God has changed your life. If Jesus is your Lord and Savior, then surely He has done miraculous things for you. People are looking for evidence that God exists and that He is personally involved in people’s lives. You can’t make God appear on the spot to prove His existence, but you can certainly point straight to Him by talking about how He has worked in your life.

Today’s Scripture Verses:

John 7:46 - “No one ever spoke the way this man does.”

Acts 4:33 - “And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.”

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