God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
The gravest question any of us face is whether we do or do not love the Lord. Too much hinges on the answer to pass the matter off lightly. And it is a question that no one can answer for another. Not even the Bible can tell the individual man that he loves the... Continue Reading →
‘But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.’ John 14:26 (NIV) Why is all this talk of the Holy Spirit necessary? Jesus put everything He had into teaching us. He worked hard to... Continue Reading →
‘He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.’ John 14:24 (NIV) Now we have it. There can be no excuses. Jesus has instructed us. He has shown us the Way. He has worked hard. He has... Continue Reading →
‘Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." John 14:21 (NIV) Everyone is looking for love. We need to know that somebody is thinking of us. We need... Continue Reading →
‘The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.’ John 14:17 (NIV) The Holy Spirit! He is the answer. He is also the question. He is our hope in a hopeless world. He... Continue Reading →
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- John 14:16 (NIV) What do we feel when we read the Holy Scriptures? Do we read the pages of print without sensing anything? Is our experience there one of cold mental transmission of information? Do we go... Continue Reading →
‘I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.’ John 14:12 (NIV) Who is performing miracles today? Does Jesus have an army of Christians out there doing the things He did? ... Continue Reading →
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ John 14:6 (NIV) The words of Jesus come to us again. They break through the gloomy half-light of our day. They draw us back to Him. They call us upward. Those who will hear... Continue Reading →
‘And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.’ John 14:3 (NIV) Jesus says that He will come to take us to that special Place that He has prepared. He will take us to be... Continue Reading →
In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. John 14:2 (NIV) Can we imagine how great that house where God lives really is? When we hear Jesus speak of where God dwells, do we get the... Continue Reading →
