God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you. 3rd John 1:5 The brothers had all grown up and left their parent´s home. Life had taken them all in different directions. States, countries, and seas separated them now. Some had stopped going to... Continue Reading →
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3rd John 1:4 NIV It was the day of the week that they normally went to church, but they were very far from the nearest one. Along the banks of one of Africa´s great rivers, under immense acacia... Continue Reading →
Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 2nd John 1:9 A quick tap on the roof of the pickup and the driver brought the vehicle to a stop. The spotlight was shining... Continue Reading →
It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. 2nd John 1:4 NIV Outside of town, there was a National Park. It was a reserve for a wild and beautiful part of the country. Towering rock structures stuck out of the... Continue Reading →
What lies outside the capabilities of human beings is where God is the specialist. His plans for us overshadow anything we could possibly dream of. Our lives can touch so much more than we see. So why don´t we offer them up to the Lord and let Him define what can and cannot be done?
We approach God for many reasons. Do we know what ours are? We could come to Him to ask Him for things that we think will make our lives easier or better. We can come to Him to hopefully get some help getting out of a bad situation. Maybe we are just lonely. If we... Continue Reading →
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in truth and love. 2nd John 1:3 NIV A missionary man was invited out into one of the tribal lands to a church camp meeting. Many natives from the villages nearby came to hear the... Continue Reading →
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 →
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1st John 5:13 NIV On an island in the Indian Ocean, a group of friends had been traveling all day, crammed in a small bus. They finally reached... Continue Reading →
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