God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
"But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.’ John 16:32 (NIV) Jesus is teaching with careful pointedness. Even His Disciples remark at how clearly He is directing His... Continue Reading →
‘No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.’ John 16:27 (NIV) All those who have based our beliefs in God and religion do so upon a few certain pillars. Have we ever considered what those few primary beliefs are? Have we ever made a... Continue Reading →
"In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me." John 16:16 (NIV) Do those words just leap right out from the pages? “In a little while,” Jesus says. In one short sentence He speaks of in a time and after a time. Speaking of... Continue Reading →
"All this I have told you so that you will not go astray.’ John 16:1 (NIV) Jesus uses encouragements, guidelines, fulfilled prophecy and warnings to teach us. He gives us colorful, life-like illustrations that help us bridge the gap between God-sized thinking and our lower experience and capabilities. Like a shepherd He leads us forward. ... Continue Reading →
"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.’ John 15:26 (NIV) Jesus is making a most beautiful promise to those who care to hear it. He is offering to us a capable and essential Helper... Continue Reading →
‘If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.’ John 15:22 (NIV) Are the people Jesus is talking about breaking one of the Ten Commandments? Are they stealing, lying, coveting or killing? Are they not paying tribute to their... Continue Reading →
‘You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.’ John 15:16 (NIV) We Christians constantly make a subtle yet consequential mistake. Because we are the ones doing the thinking, we unconsciously believe... Continue Reading →
‘I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.’ John 15:15 (NIV) Jesus calls us His friends. He calls us His friends because we follow Him. But is it... Continue Reading →
‘Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.’ John 15:13 (NIV) Celebrated as one of the most beautiful texts in all the Bible, this message is used to point us to the unlimited love that God holds for His children everywhere. It shows that the love of... Continue Reading →
‘This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.’ John 15:8 (NIV) It has been taught in Christian circles that Jesus´ instruction on bearing fruit means that we should win converts to our religious institution. However beneficial this may be for everyone involved, is it really what... Continue Reading →
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