The Essential 100, Day 93 Be holy. Two very simple words, but impossible to do. Read 1 Peter 1:1-2:12. God calls us to be holy, but he knew that we would never be able to be holy. How does that work? God is holy. Through Christ, we can be made in the image of God and because of Christ living and working through us, we can be holy. That is the only way we are able to be holy in what we do, by allowing Jesus Christ to live through us every moment of every day. Do we truly understand that the only way to be holy is to surrender?…

The Essential 100, Day 92 We have been made new in Christ. Read 2 Corinthians 4:1-6:2. As we learn more and more what it means to be a new creation in Christ, we recognize that we are truly not the same person that we were before. Everything about us has changed. Our likes, our dislikes, our thought processes, even what we once enjoyed to do in our spare time changes as a result of asking Jesus Christ to be the Lord of our life. It is a complete and total transformation. Do we recognize how God works and moves in our life? How we completely surrendered to him so that…

The Essential 100, Day 91 God is love. We make that statement, but do we truly even understand what love is? Read 1 Corinthians 13. Love is so much more deep and broad and expansive than what we truly even understand. Love as God defines it is more than what any of us have experienced, outside of the love that God has for us. We cannot love the way God loves and the only hope we have is to allow him to love others through us. As we seek to understand what God’s love truly is, we come to recognize the depth of exactly what it means to be loved…

The Essential 100, Day 90 The return of the Lord. The day and time is coming when Christ will return. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 Christ is coming back! We are so excited about this, but are we ready for it? And more so, are our family and friends and those we were around ready for it, too? We need to make sure that we are sharing the message and the news so that we are not surprised when Christ returns but that we are truly ready and all those that we know and love and have contact with are ready, too.

The Essential 100, Day 89 The Bibe is God’s word for us. It is applicable to every day and every situation we will face. Read 2 Timothy 3:10-4:8. As we study and spend time in God’s word, we will see much more clearly how we should act and what we should do every day. God is working and moving and as we read, God uses that to shape and direct us. Are we listening to God’s word? Do we take the time to seek to understand it and to apply it to the situations we face? Only God’s word will truly help and direct us every day.

The Essential 100, Day 88 How do we present ourselves? What are we displaying for others to see? Read 2 Timothy 2. As followers of Jesus Christ, it is important to understand how we represent ourselves each day. In the business world, we talk about our “presentation”. How do we show up each day and how to others around us perceive us? How we present ourselves to the world? As believers and followers of Jesus Christ, we should present ourselves to the world as someone who is seeking after the approval of Christ, not men. Our presentation should represent Christ. We are seeking to be known as someone who follows…

The Essential 100, Day 87 Contentment. Do we understand what it truly means to be content? Are we finding rest and joy in Christ regardless of our circumstances? Read 1 Timothy 6:3-21. So many people can get so caught up in money and the desire for more money. Yet, God explains to us the need to be content with what we have and where we are. God places us where he wants us to be so that we can be the most effective for him. And, he doesn’t allow us to be tempted beyond what we are able and so sometimes, he has to remove us from situations that might…

The Essential 100, Day 85 We can be made holy. Because of Christ’s sacrifice, even through all of our mistakes, we can be made holy. Read Colossians 1:1-23. God’s creatio is truly amazing. The power and the majesty that is displayed and tells the story of the character of God is truly are inspiring when we think about it. And then when we compare ourselves to it, we recognize our mistakes and our faults and our flaws. Yet God didn’t leave us in that position. Through Christ’s life and his sacrifice, he made a way for us to be made right with God. God sees us through the sacrifice of…

The Essential 100, Day 84 What do you think about? When we reflect on our thoughts for the day, does it fall into this list? Read Philippians 4:2-10. Thinking back on the subjects that we think about and talk about during the day, would those qualify as true, honorable, pure? Would others around us agree with our assessment? The way we think is an indication of what will ultimately be spoken by us. Our truest self is revealed in our thoughts. Are those thoughts a reflection of Christ living and working in our lives? If not, how can we surrender to him and allow him to guide our thoughts. Only…