God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." John 11:14-15 (NIV) What are our ears hearing? Do we hear Jesus saying He was glad that He was not there? Does He not... Continue Reading →
‘We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don't even know where he comes from." John 9:29 (NIV) A man is healed. The leaders are indignant that it happened outside of their conceivable means and stipulations. This man is forced into questioning. But nobody wants to listen to him. He... Continue Reading →
"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" John 8:58 (NIV) Out of those who live here on earth, the Christian is the one that looks up towards Heaven. We who claim to have faith in God, believe that there is more out there than we can see with the... Continue Reading →
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32 (NIV) The Truth will set you free! Is this what we seek? Is this what we need? Are we all... Continue Reading →
‘I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins." "Who are you?" they asked. John 8:24-25 (NIV) The world is divided. People choose to believe what they will. Even in the churches all... Continue Reading →
‘Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." John 7:38 (NIV) Who has ever spent some time out on the waters? Those who have braved the seas or challenged a river will be able to testify to the strength and the power that water holds. ... Continue Reading →
‘The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.’ John 6:63 (NIV) Is it possible that there lives within each of us a flame? Was there a spark set off somehow which brought the individual into being? Could this mysterious life which... Continue Reading →
No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. John 6:46-47 (NIV) Who was sent from Heaven above? Who was chosen of God to be the One? Who was given a strange and difficult... Continue Reading →
They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" "Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered. John 6:42-43 (NIV) There are many things that we must stretch our understandings to try and comprehend. When it comes to Jesus, God... Continue Reading →
Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." John 6:28-29 (NIV) Is it something within our nature? What is it about us that always makes us want to “DO” something? Do we need... Continue Reading →
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