Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned befo

"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you (Matthew 6:33). This past month we took a break from our Matthew study…but not really. Matthew and the other three Gospels contain the words and work of Christ. The Savior is the anchor and the lens through which we read and apply all scripture, and so our New Year’s messages, like all sermons, all come back to our relationship with Jesus. We have the assurances of rebirth and inhe