God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. John 7:39 (NIV) By now surely we have all had time to consider how much importance we should place upon what the... Continue Reading →
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of... Continue Reading →
‘that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.’ John 5;23 (NIV) Do we ask why we should honor Jesus Christ? Are there some who question whether or not it is necessary? Are there people out there... Continue Reading →
Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19 (NIV) What if we were to say that faith in God is looking at Him with the... 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 →
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’ John 4:34 (NIV) They offer Jesus some food. He´s got to be hungry. But He doesn´t accept it. Instead Christ tells them that He is fed by Something they don´t seem aware of. He says He... Continue Reading →
‘God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." John 4:24 (NIV) Oh how we shy away from a text like this? Who is left who is bold enough to tackle it? Who is willing to walk down the road where it leads? Do we just love to pick it apart? ... Continue Reading →
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 14:13-14 (NIV) Contrast? Do we have two completely different waters? Are they set... Continue Reading →
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." John 4:10 (NIV) If we could get quiet enough and still enough, if we close our eyes and let the world around... Continue Reading →
‘The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." John 3:8 (NIV) Are we now in a place where we can hear the wind? Can we take a second to stop and... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 