We can treat gathering as optional and try to follow Jesus largely on our own, missing the ways God meets us and strengthens us through His people. Because Jesus has opened the way to God, we gather to encounter Him, strengthen one another in hope, and spur one another toward love and good works. We are better together.

We have a generous Savior who grants us access. He gets us in our weakness and gives us mercy and grace every day. Come boldly before His throne of grace to receive.

We can follow Jesus for years yet settle into familiarity, stop expecting to grow, and mistake what we already know and have experienced for all God has for us. Because Jesus is better, we have more as we keep growing in Him. Receive righteousness, stay teachable, keep practicing, and keep going with hope.

People are insecure in their relationship with God and how he will behave. They are worried about where they stand with God. The New Covenant is a better covenant. This new covenant with God guarantees a secure, loving relationship forever! The new covenant gives us confidence in our relationship with God.

Forgiveness is hard. We may want revenge or trouble for those who’ve hurt us. But, we should believe that Jesus’ finished work forgives them fully, just as He does me. Jesus hasn't simply called us to forgive our enemies. He has called us to love them. To bless them. To pray for them. To see them fully forgiven by His blood. And He hasn't left us to do that in our own strength. He has given us His Holy Spirit. Today, the Holy Spirit is inviting us into greater freedom to forgive.

We live surrounded by voices telling us what is true, what matters, who we are, and even what God is like. The problem isn’t that God hasn’t spoken. The problem is that we can give other voices more authority than the clearest thing God has said: Jesus

Because Jesus lives forever as our High Priest and intercedes for us, we can confidently join him in the prayer he has already started on our behalf. When shame or weakness tells you to hide, draw near to God through Jesus. Bring Him your sin and struggle, receive His mercy, and keep growing.

We belong to Jesus, but we can still speak in ways that wound people, divide relationships, and damage the body of Christ. Jesus has given us a new life and a new way to speak. We can put off words that produce death, put on the heart of Jesus, and let His Word become the language of our lives.