Category: John

  • Obedience of Love

    Obedience of Love

    This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12 This is my commandment… We are told here plainly that loving others is not optional.  That in fact it is a commandment of God.  We are told elsewhere in John that if we love God we will keep his…

  • Abiding = Answered Prayers

    Abiding = Answered Prayers

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    If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.  (John 15:7) I want to be here; how about you?!  So close to Jesus, his words such a part of me, that his will is my will.  That my prayers are pleasing and answered…

  • God Glorified Through Sickness

    God Glorified Through Sickness

    Imagine with me walking around in a constant “brain fog”, unable to think clearly, feeling like your head was full of cotton.  You know, the way you can feel after taking Benadryl – dazed and not thinking well.  Imagine feeling exhausted every single minute of every single day, regardless of how much sleep you get.…

  • The Truth Will Set You Free

    The Truth Will Set You Free

    …you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.  (John 8:32) A hot and steamy morning cup-a-joe with this verse anyone?  Oh yes, let’s not forget, this is Coffee Cup Theology you guys!  If you have been around Christian circles for any length of time, this verse is sure to have popped…

  • God in Us and Living Water

    God in Us and Living Water

    On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”  Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who…

  • Betrayal

    Betrayal

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    Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve?  And yet one of you is a devil.”  He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him. – John 6:70-71 We have all had moments in our lives where we have felt absolutely betrayed…

  • Born Again

    Born Again

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    Being born again is nothing less than a beautiful, amazing thing!  Just like the way the birth of a new baby ushers in solemn awe to all those who anticipate the arrival, so does the spiritual birth of a new Christian. It is nothing less than a miracle.  An incredible miracle that began with the…