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Week 4
Lessons 22-28 Relationship is the core of the Bible narrative. Learn why the actual word “relationship” doesn’t appear in most translations of Scripture.
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Overview:
- “Love The LORD…"
- The Meaning Of “Father"
- God Wants Us To Know Him
- Remain In Christ
- What Following Jesus Actually Means
- Live Life In Christ
- Belief & Faith
Video Lesson
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Primary Verse:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:5
Secondary Verse:
“Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 7:38-39a
Daily Lessons
Christ The Center
May 4th, 2026
Deuteronomy 6:5“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” “Love the Lord…”Let me start this week off with an odd fact. The word “relationship” does not appear in most English versions of the Bible. That said, for the last three weeks we’ve found that a relationship with God through Jesus needs to be at the center of our lives. Is this really a b...
Christ The Center
May 4th, 2026
Luke 11:1-2“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed [totally set apart, special] be your name…’” “FATHER”This prayer Jesus taught His disciples must have echoed loudly in the souls of His disciples. The very thought that they...
Christ The Center Copy
May 4th, 2026
Ephesians 1:17“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” Knowing – [Greek - epiginosko]On Week 1, day 2, we alluded to the fact that God wants us to “know” Him intimately, just as He knows us intimately. This is the original language of the New Testament’s most profound relationship ...