God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
"You are not one of his disciples, are you?" the girl at the door asked Peter. He replied, "I am not." John 18:17 (NIV) He gets into the courtyard where they have taken Jesus to be interrogated. Peter is afraid that someone will find out about His part with Jesus. It would not be the... Continue Reading →
Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him John 18:12 (NIV) Turn the clock back about a hundred years and what can we see? Can we see a difference between how our leaders used the name of God back then and how they use it now? ... Continue Reading →
Jesus commanded Peter, "Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?" John 18:11 (NIV) Christ´s Disciples once again manage to see the passing world instead of God at work. The great plan of redemption is reaching its crucial moments. The labor pains have started and the Lord is... Continue Reading →
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) John 18:10 (NIV) Here they are, they have ganged up and come to get Jesus. But they are up to no good. Jesus´ followers are with Him. At least Peter... Continue Reading →
Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, "Who is it you want?" John 18:4 (NIV) It seems a bit of a hodgepodge mob that comes through the darkness to apprehend Jesus. Some have torches, some lanterns and even some are with weapons. There is a detachment of... Continue Reading →
‘I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." John 17:26 (NIV) Jesus shows us God. In Him we can see what God is like. The Father is revealed... Continue Reading →
‘That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.’ John 17:21 (NIV) We Christians may tend to think that our brand of Christianity is the correct one and... Continue Reading →
‘They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.’ John 17:16-17 (NIV) We see Our Savior walking upon the earth with His eyes on God. His heart never leaves its focus for one minute. Jesus remains true to His mission and His... Continue Reading →
‘My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.’ John 17:15 (NIV) Jesus makes it good and clear that those who have set their hopes in Him and gone on to follow Him are not going to fit in too well with the... Continue Reading →
While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. John 17:12 (NIV) This is the prayer of Jesus. He is going to be with the Father. But before He goes... Continue Reading →
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