“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may […]
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“…I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Messiah Yeshua.” Philippians 3:13b-14 “What’s behind me is not important”– Italian race car driver in
Then He said to him, “Follow Me!” Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain
From Deuteronomy 28: Blessings and Curses 1 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: Deut 28:1-2 15 However,
“I have given them Your Word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am
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“The children of Israel grumbled against Moshe and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness!” Numbers 14:2 In my opinion, there is something innate in human nature about the propensity to complain and grumble. It
“See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me..’ Isaiah 49:16 “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has
Loneliness is something that many people deal with…the truth is we all know what it’s like to feel lonely. That hollow emptiness, those feelings of being isolated and disconnected. We don’t even have to be by ourselves to experience it. We can feel lonely even in relationships, in a crowded room, even when we
“Rejoice in the Lord always—again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all people. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything—but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the shalom of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds
A Matter of Degrees We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; Isaiah 53:6a “No one who takes their hands off the plow is fit for the Kingdom” Luke 9:62 Some years ago I sat in my home with my wife across from our then congregational leaders.