God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 1st John 5:10 NIV Once, a young man who had grown up in... 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 →
There is a question that we may want to ask ourselves often. We might want to stop and take a good hard look at what it really is that we strive for. Many times it is some kind of earthly gain. It could be accumulating some more earthly possessions or improving our own self-worth. But... Continue Reading →
for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 1st John 5:4 NIV A new classmate from high school started coming over to a boy´s house to visit. This student had moved up from a lower grade and the two had not been... Continue Reading →
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1st John 4:20 A certain church member stood firmly on her declaration of faith. She had ready texts to back... Continue Reading →
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1st John 4:18 NIV One night, a farmer invited the kids that were visiting his ranch in Africa to go for a night drive to... Continue Reading →
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