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But you are a chosen people,\\xa0a royal priesthood,\\xa0a holy nation,\\xa0God\\u2019s special possession,\\xa0that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9\\xa0(NIV)

\\u201cYet a time is coming and has now come\\xa0when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit\\xa0and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.\\xa0God is spirit,\\xa0and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.\\u201d John 4:23-24 (NIV)

1. Intimacy

Love\\xa0the\\xa0Lord\\xa0your God with all your heart\\xa0and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.\\xa0Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.\\xa0Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.\\xa0Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (NIV)

2. War

Be alert and of sober mind.\\xa0Your enemy the devil prowls around\\xa0like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.\\xa0Resist him,\\xa0standing firm in the faith,\\xa0because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:8-9 (NIV)

Finally, be strong in the Lord\\xa0and in his mighty power.\\xa0Put on the full armor of God,\\xa0so that you can take your stand against the devil\\u2019s schemes.\\xa0For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,\\xa0but against the rulers, against the authorities,\\xa0against the powers\\xa0of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:10-12\\xa0(NIV)

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.\\xa0The weapons we fight with\\xa0are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power\\xa0to demolish strongholds.\\xa0We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,\\xa0and we take captive every thought to make it obedient\\xa0to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5\\xa0(NIV)

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Revelation 12:11\\xa0(NKJV)

3. A River

God is our refuge\\xa0and strength, an ever-present\\xa0help\\xa0in trouble. Therefore we will not fear,\\xa0though the earth give way and the mountains fall\\xa0into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar\\xa0and foam and the mountains quake\\xa0with their surging. There is a river\\xa0whose streams\\xa0make glad the city of God,\\xa0the holy place where the Most High\\xa0dwells. Psalm 46:1-4 (NIV)

On the last and greatest day of the festival,\\xa0Jesus stood and said in a loud voice,\\xa0\\u201cLet anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.\\xa0Whoever believes\\xa0in me, as Scripture has said,\\xa0rivers of living water\\xa0will flow from within them.\\u201d\\xa0By this he meant the Spirit,\\xa0whom those who believed in him were later to receive.\\xa0Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. John 7:37-39 (NIV)

4. Obedience

I have chosen\\xa0the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart\\xa0on your laws. I hold fast\\xa0to your statutes,\\xa0Lord;\\xa0do not let me be put to shame. I run in the path of your commands,\\xa0for you have broadened my understanding. Psalm 119:30-32 (NIV)

\\u201cIf you\\xa0[really]\\xa0love Me, you will keep\\xa0and\\xa0obey My commandments.\\u201d John 14:15 (AMP)

5. A Mirror

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord,\\xa0the veil is taken away.\\xa02 Corinthians 3:16-18 (NIV)

Now the Lord is the Spirit,\\xa0and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.\\xa02 Corinthians 3:16-18 (NIV)

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate\\xa0the Lord\\u2019s glory,\\xa0are being transformed into his image\\xa0with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 (NIV)

People are not looking for our perfection\\u2026 they are looking for our Jesus.

About midnight\\u2026 Paul and Silas\\xa0were praying and singing hymns\\xa0to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.\\xa0Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.At once all the prison doors flew open,\\xa0and everyone\\u2019s chains came loose.\\xa0The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.\\xa0But Paul shouted, \\u201cDon\\u2019t harm yourself! We are all here!\\u201dThe jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.He then brought them out and asked, \\u201cSirs, what must I do to be saved?\\u201d Acts 16:25-30\\xa0 (NIV)