Teresa Sturek

“In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus. Christ himself was like God in everything. But he did not think that being equal with God was something to be used for his own benefit. But he gave up his place with God and made himself nothing. He

“You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. So, you do not belong to yourselves, because you were bought by God for a price. So, honor God with your bodies.”-1 Corinthians 6:

“Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink from this

“The Lord God of Israel says, ‘I hate divorce.’” – Malachi 2:16 God hates divorce. He does not take divorce lightly because marriage is an institution that He created in the beginning. Genesis 2:24 says, “a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

“The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

“Don’t be afraid of people, who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the one who can destroy the soul and the body in hell.” - Matthew 10:28 Christians have no need to fear people. People have limited power.

I will give them a desire to respect me completely, and I will put inside them a new way of thinking. I will take out the stubborn heart of stone from their bodies, and I will give them an obedient heart of flesh. Then they will live by my rules

“Don’t think that I came to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. I have come so that: ‘a son will be against his father, a daughter will be against her mother, a daughter-in-law will be against her mother-in-law. A person’

“Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise. Ants have no commander, no leader or ruler, but they store up food in the summer and gather their supplies at harvest.” – Proverbs 6:6-8 Ants are always working. Every time we see them, they are

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never die, and no one can steal them out of my hand.” – John 10:27-28 Do you hear Jesus when He is telling you something? If not, that could

Ephesians 6:11-17 (NCV) "Put on the full armor of God so that you can fight against the devil’s evil tricks. Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness, against the spiritual powers of

“Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don’t be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go.” – Joshua 1:9 I have asked myself before, where are you, God? I have felt alone many times in my life. People have abandoned

“Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.” – Matthew 6:33 How many times a day or during your busy week do you seek God? Seeking Him can include prayer, reading the Bible or talking to Him either out

“Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love drives out fear. It is punishment that makes a person fear, so love is not made perfect in the person who fears.” – 1 John 4:18 Living life is scary, especially when there are stories in

“Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause people to forgive each other for many sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8 I never knew that I could learn a lot biblically from a movie, especially from the popular Christmas movie, “Dr. Seuss' The Grinch”. The version I watched