- A people with a deep love for the Living God and His Kingdom.
- A people who know Jesus personally, believe His blood is the only way our sins are washed away, and know He is the only way to Heaven.
- A people who believe Hell is a place of eternal torment from which there is no escape, and those who die in their sins will go there.
- A people who know they are sinners saved by grace, yet believe that with God's help you can overcome and live above sin.
- A people with compassion who realize love and mercy are greater than the law and that they can't force anyone to believe as they do.
- A people who realize they need a spiritual covering and who desire fellowship with a family of genuine disciples.
- A people humble enough to admit they need God's help and guidance, realizing they don't know it all and they don't have all the answers.
- A people who believe God always has their good in mind and that all things work together for good for those who love and obey Jesus.
- A people who believe God still speaks to His people and that God's Word, both written and spoken, holds the answers to all our questions.
- A people who know that God desires to dwell in their midst, filling them with His Holy Spirit and bestowing Spiritual gifts upon them.
- A people who live by the moral laws of God, believing their bodies are the temple of God and should be respected as such.
- A people who believe in the virtue and value of hard work.
- A people willing to submit and subordinate their desires, dreams, and ambitions to God, letting their lives be used to accomplish His will.
- A people with enough faith to abandon everything and come follow Jesus wheresoever He leads, trusting Him in all things.
- A people who know Satan and demons are real and that the kingdom of Hell is organized, militant, and determined to destroy God's people.
- A people who know they are soldiers in God's army and that they are part of a war machine engaged in conflict with the forces of evil.
- A people willing to stand at their post of duty, endure hardness as soldiers under command, and take orders for the sake of God's Kingdom.
- A people who are non-violent in the physical, not needing carnal weapons, for God is their defense.
- A people willing to stand valiantly and contend courageously for the truths God has given them, even if it means sacrifice and persecution.
- A people dedicated to the mission of taking the gospel of Jesus Christ to all the world that others can be liberated from the bondage of sin.
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