As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. John 15:9 (NKJV) John 15:4-5 says “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. Yes,...
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Ps 51:10 (NIV) God is always creating. His ‘creating streak' didn’t last for 6 days and then vanished – He still has that creative power burning within Him and manifesting all around...
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5b (NKJV) (Part 2 of 2) Often the disruption of peace comes into our lives because of a choice we have made, or some else’s choice that has directly effected us. And as each...
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4b (NKJV) (Part 2 of 2) Despite the fact that Jesus went to the cross carrying our burdens, it's easy for people to look back on history – and even during the actual days it happened –...
This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an...
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35 (NIV) I’m not sure where the idea originated that perfectionism was the true sign of following Christ, but that idea completely misrepresents the Gospel and everything Jesus did...
What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you. – Gen 28:15 (NLT) The Lord said this directly to Jacob in a...
Hymn Series Day 6 – Amazing Grace John's mother died in 1731 when he was 6 years old. He was left to the devices of an emotionally distant step Mother and a Father who was always at sea. After being mistreated at boarding school, he was taken onboard his fathers...
Jesus said to them “you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” Matt 22:37 (NKJV) This scripture can be quite intimidating… Love God with everything – all of yourself, all the time, every moment,...
Mercy, peace & love be multiplied to you. Jude 1:2 (NKJV) What an amazing way to greet someone. This was a letter written by Jude, widely considered to be Jesus' brother, to the Church urging them to “contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the...
