God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true--even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 1st John 5:20 NIV A child picked up the... Continue Reading →
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1st John 5:14 The boy fell in love with a girl from his high school. They started dating. She liked him too. But, eventually, her parents convinced her that she should not marry... Continue Reading →
If we want to share God´s love with His children everywhere, we need to become experts in living for the moment. This does not mean some future moment that may or may not come. It means that we need to get real good at seeing where the Lord is moving and where it is that... Continue Reading →
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1st John 4:12 He was really good at hiding. In his small rural school, there were not a lot of places to hide, but the children loved to play kick... Continue Reading →
The Son of God, the Son of Man, had to spend some time buried away. But He rose just like He said He would. Our hopes can rise with Him too! We can wake up to faith in Jesus Christ! What might it mean for us today if we can just let the resurrection of... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1st John 4:1 The children grew up in the church. They knew well what they could do and should not do. They were well informed on... Continue Reading →
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 1st John 3:23 NIV A single mother reluctantly let her two little boys go on a camping trip in the desert. They went with their friend´s dad and his kids.... Continue Reading →
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1st John 3:18 NIV She was not his mother. She was not the boy´s grandmother either. She was just an elderly lady that knew the child´s family. When the boy came to her country to go to boarding... Continue Reading →
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 1st John 3:16 NIV They were now 20 days out to sea and halfway across the Ocean. Their boat had no sail and no motor. They had... Continue Reading →
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 1st John 3:14 NIV One day, some good friends of the family came over to visit. They had children too and the kids immediately started playing together. There was a room... Continue Reading →
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