The Essential 100, Day 59 Who is my neighbor? This story has been read by many to help us understand our responsibility for all people. Read Luke 10:25-37. Everyone is considered our neighbor. God has given us a responsibility to look after and care for anyone and everyone that he brings across our path. Are we making sure to focus on that and ensure that we are living that out today? Who do we need to treat like a neighbor today?

The Essential 100, Day 58 What does the kingdom of heaven mean to you. As we read today, Jesus is teaching about the kingdom of heaven. Read Matthew 13. The kingdom of heaven is something that as beloevers and followers of Christ, we are able to experience now. We can see and experience all that God has for us now if we are focused on Him. As we see in this passage, what is the kingdom worth to us? Do we truly understand that God desires that we experience God’s kingdom now? How do we stay focused on all that God has for us?

The Essential 100, Day 27 Do we expect answers? As we look at the second half of the sermon on the mount, we see the importance of actually expecting to receive from God. Read Matthew 6:5-7:29. Whether we are dealing with fear or worry or questions, we can come to God and bring him our concerns. When we come to himm, do we actually believe that he is going to impact our lives and make change? Do we trust in him to handle things, or do we try and take our concerns back? What do we expect? God is able to address all our concerns and we need to ensure…

The Essential 100, Day 56 The sermon on the mount is the longest recorded sermon by Jesus. In looking at the first part, read Matthew 5:1-6:4. Main message of the sermon about it’s really how are we relating to God? Do we allow him to work and move through us? Do others see him in our life. As you read through all the instructions and reminders here, the message is really about surrender. Are we surrendering to God so that others see Him through us?

The Essential 100, Day 55 Temptation. Jesus faced temptation just like we do. Read Matthew 3:13-4:17. How do we respond when we are tempted? We know it’s going to happen, so we might as well be prepared. We can think through and plan our responses now so that we are prepared. Jesus was prepared. He knew scripture and he was ready to quote it as needed to fend off the devil. How prepared are we to face the temptations we will face? They will come, and like Jesus, we can overcome through the power of God’s Word.

The Essential 100, Day 54 Are we prepared? Read Luke 3:1-20. Reading through the story of John the Baptist, we see how he sought to prepare the way for Jesus and through his message of repentance. Part of John’s message was helping the people to understand that they needed repentance. As we look at our lives, where do we need to review ourselves? Where in our life needs to be reviewed in terms of whether or not we need to repent? None of us are perfect. All of us need to be constantly evaluating and bringing our lives before the throne of God to allow him the opportunity to review…

The Essential 100, Day 53 Share the message. Jesus was born and those who knew were given one simple direction. Share the message. Read Luke 2:1-40. The shepherds were told about the birth. They went and saw and then went to share. Simeon and Anna shared. Do we? As we look at our lives and what we know about God, do we share? Are we focused on the importance of spreading the message to everyone? Who do we need to share the message with today?

The Essential 100, Day 52 God does the unexpected. Just when people were comfortable with their daily routine, God stepped in and did something amazing. Read Luke chapter 1. Do we look for God to do the amazing in our lives? In this chapter comment we see an angel appear to two different women and completely alter their lives. Do we pray and ask God to do amazing things in our life? God wants to move and work in such a way as to bring himself glory. If we will focus on him and be watching for him, we will see God do amazing things each and every day. We…

The Essential 100, Day 51 God became flesh. It’s one of the great mysteries of the gospel message. God himself, chose to come in the form of a man so that we might have a relationship with God. Read John 1:1-18. God is relational. He wants to build a relationship with us, which is amazing when you consider the he is God and we are sinful. He is holy and had to make a way to bridge that gap. Jesus is that bridge. Do we understand Jesus as the bridge? Only by having a relationship with Jesus will we be able to have a relationship with God.