Finish Well

Teaching & Sermons with Ines Franklin

Why would God want me?Am I where God wants me to be?Where am I going?What’s next?Why is it taking so long?Am I on a detour?Did I get lost or miss a turn?What am I supposed to do?As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-34 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:4-6As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Ephesians 4:113 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 15:5-8“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4“love covers over a multitude of sins” 1 Peter 4:8Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:3-6So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. …Be devoted to one another in love… Romans 12:5, 10Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! Psalm 133:1Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12