Overview

PROFESSER is an action verb with the following meanings:

> to strive, aspire

> to profess

> to declare, affirm one's faith

> to dedicate oneself

Professers are covenant makers and covenant keepers who strive daily to grow their faith in Jesus Christ. They intentionally set aside time each and every day to take steps that invite the Holy Spirit to guide and bless them.

When we covenant with God to do His Will and act accordingly, He promises blessings. These blessings come through the power of the Holy Spirit and include the fruits of the Spirit; namely, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. As these Christlike attributes are nourished daily by intentional righteous actions, they will grow within us and we will mature spiritually and become more and more like Jesus Christ.

A covenant is a sacred agreement between God and his children. In making a covenant, God sets the terms and He promises a blessing for obedience to particular commandments. If we choose to obey the terms of the covenant, promised blessings are received.

Covenant Actions result in Covenant Blessings

Pray

Peace and comfort, protection, ability and strength to overcome, knowledge and guidance, wisdom, forgiveness, desire to do God’s Will

Repent

Forgiveness of sin, peace and comfort, confidence, and gateway to accessing the power of the Atonement of Christ

Obey

Confidence, strength, knowledge, joy, and peace

Forgive

As we forgive others, we can be forgiven of our own sins and our faith in Jesus Christ increases; more energy (mental and emotional), increased companionship of the Holy Spirit

Exercise

As we exercise faith in Jesus Christ, we bless others, inspire others to live better, reinforce our commitment to follow God, trust in His promises more, confidence that we will not be left alone, His peace will fill our souls

Search

His Word will tell us all things to do, sheds light on falsehood and error, brings us to repentance and rejoicing in Jesus Christ, shows God’s power, enlarges our memory concerning our relationship with God

Serve

Draw closer to God, know Him better, find ourselves better, increase our ability to love, less selfish, and our own problems seem less serious

Endure

Become more polished, learn and grow line upon line; a repetitive and iterative process of becoming more like God and Jesus Christ as we come to know them better

Remember

By remembering Christ, we retain the Spirit of God, receive strength to resist temptation, receive guidance by following His example and serving others, and ease our pain and guilt and receive strength to repent

Sacrifice

Increase faith in God, happier, united, caring, concerned for others, blessings of heaven (tithing)