1. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  2. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  3. Who is God really? He is offensive, anarchic by the world’s standards, and far too gracious to people who don’t deserve his time or attention.
  4. You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.
  5. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  6. You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
  7. Our God is a living God and he listens to our cries for help.
  8. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
  9. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  10. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  11. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
  12. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.