God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. John 6:5-6 (NIV) People come to see and know Jesus. ... Continue Reading →
"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.’ John 5:45 (NIV) People come to believe many things. We reach our conclusions from the information offered to us. We set our hopes on something. It may seem harmless. But should it be of... Continue Reading →
‘How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God?’ John 5:44 (NIV) The Saviour throws a heavy shot. He puts men on the spot. We have a choice. We could say He is talking to someone else. We could... Continue Reading →
‘And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.’ John 5:37-38 (NIV) Who feels good about themselves? Who has it all together? Who is satisfied and proud... Continue Reading →
‘And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.’ John 5:27 (NIV) All who have come to contemplate God, sooner or later come to the question of what they believe about Jesus. Could we reduce the importance of the Son of God and still say that we believe in... Continue Reading →
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." John 5:16-17 (NIV) As we set ourselves to the task of pleasing God we build up the framework and the parameters. ... Continue Reading →
and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " John 5:10-11 (NIV) The person who senses a faint desire to turn... Continue Reading →
While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. Luke 24:51:52 (NIV) By now have the followers of Jesus had sufficient time for it to sink in to them that they were in the Presence of a Divine Being? ... Continue Reading →
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?" Luke 24:31-32 (NIV) After the Son of God had fulfilled what was written should come... Continue Reading →
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