Topics

• Anxiety & worry — Casting your cares on the One who cares for you.
• Fear — The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear?
• Depression & despair — Why are you downcast, O my soul? Put your hope in God.
• Loneliness — God sets the lonely in families, and never leaves His own.
• Anger — Quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
• Guilt & shame — There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• Envy & comparison — Godliness with contentment is great gain.
• Pride & humility — God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
• Grief & loss — Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
• Suffering & trials — Our light and momentary affliction is producing an eternal glory.
• Sickness & healing — My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.
• Facing death — To live is Christ and to die is gain.
• Growing old — Even to your old age I am He; I will carry you.
• Persecution — Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness.
• Temptation — God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
• Lust & sexual purity — You are not your own; you were bought at a price.
• Addiction & freedom — If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
• Honesty & lying — Put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour.
• Marriage — The two will become one flesh — a picture of Christ and the church.
• Divorce — What God has joined together, let no one separate.
• Parenting — Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
• Singleness — Undivided devotion to the Lord.
• Friendship — A friend loves at all times.
• Conflict & reconciliation — If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
• Forgiving others — Forgive, just as in Christ God forgave you.
• Becoming a Christian — Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.
• Doubt & assurance — I do believe; help my unbelief!
• Prayer — In everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
• Guidance & decisions — Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and He will make your paths straight.
• Hope — We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
• Identity in Christ — If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
• Money & contentment — Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have.
• Work & vocation — Whatever you do, work at it with your whole heart, as for the Lord.
• Rest & the Lord's Day — Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Patience & waiting — Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength.
• Joy — Rejoice in the Lord always.
• Gratitude — Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
• Purpose & calling — Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever.
• Sharing your faith — Always be ready to give a defense for the hope that is in you.
• Belonging to a church — Not neglecting to meet together, but encouraging one another.
• The Holy Scriptures — God has spoken: Scripture is the only rule of faith and life.
• God & His attributes — Infinite, eternal and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.
• The Trinity — One God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• God's decree & election — He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.
• Creation — In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, in the space of six days, and all very good.
• Providence — God upholds, directs and governs all creatures, actions and things.
• The fall & sin — In Adam all sinned; the heart is deceitful above all things.
• Covenant — One gracious purpose unfolding through Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and the new covenant.
• Christ the Mediator — True God and true man, prophet, priest and king.
• The atonement — He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree.
• Calling & new birth — You must be born again — a new heart and a new spirit.
• Free will — The natural man cannot please God; grace frees the will to choose what is good.
• Justification — Declared righteous by faith alone, for the sake of Christ alone.
• Adoption — See what great love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God.
• Sanctification — Renewed in the whole person after the image of God, dying more and more to sin.
• Saving faith — Receiving and resting on Christ alone for salvation.
• Repentance — Turning from sin to God, with grief and hatred of sin, and full purpose of new obedience.
• Good works — Created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand.
• Perseverance of the saints — He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.
• Assurance of salvation — I write these things so that you may know that you have eternal life.
• The law of God — The Ten Commandments summarized: love God with all your heart, and your neighbour as yourself.
• Christian liberty — God alone is Lord of the conscience.
• Worship & the Lord's Day — God is to be worshipped in spirit and truth, in the way He has appointed.
• The church — One holy catholic and apostolic church, the body and bride of Christ.
• Baptism — A sign and seal of union with Christ. Westminster, Belgic and Heidelberg teach infant baptism; the 1689 teaches the baptism of believers.
• The Lord's Supper — Feeding on Christ by faith, proclaiming His death until He comes.
• Civil government — Rulers are God's servants for our good; we obey God rather than men.
• Death, resurrection & judgment — The dead will be raised, all will be judged, and God will make all things new.