The Church should be the evidenced power of God on the earth. We should offer salvation, healing, purpose, and redemption by the power of God. We should confront sin, falsehood, and the enemy of our souls with the weapons God has given us. The world needs a Church full of power. The Church needs Christians full of power to be the Church. You need the power of God made available form Pentecost.

The world is constantly putting pressure on Christians, to squeeze us into their mold. We must resist this squeezing, and this will result in persecution. We are blessed when we are persecuted, insulted, lied about because of righteousness, because of our proclamation of the Gospel, because of our refusal to be squeezed into the world's mold.

Being a peacemaker is difficult. You must lay aside your interests and desires. You must put others first. You must be like Jesus Christ and be motivated by love. Seeing how the enemy is holding them captive and desiring above all the glory of God be made know in every situation and in every life.

To have a pure heart you must realize that your heart isn't pure and you need Jesus to clean your heart. When this happens, your love and affections, your behavior and attitudes will change, and you will see God.

God's mercy is His goodness to those in misery, despair, and distress. As His followers we are to be people of mercy showing the goodness of God.