Jesus promises to be ourdailybread. (Not a weekly or monthly stockpile.) Because if I have a year’s supply of food and toilet paper, I’m going to trust inthatand notHim. He wants us to trust Himone day at a time. One moment at a time. And when we do that, we can trade o...
Jesus Promises to Send the Holy Spirit - “Don’t be troubled. Believe in God, and believe in me. My Father’s house has many rooms. If that were not
Just to add to the topic, while the usage of fundamentalist and progressive is valid, it’s still very messy, depending on how they’re defined. For example, by fundamentalist do we mean someone who holds to a literal, unbending interpretation of scripture, or someone who holds to a litera...
Immediately, I felt called to go into that world, because they didn’t have a lot of salt and light. I thought,I’m going to leave the choir. I’m gonna leave the church as we know it. And I’m going to go and do ministry to people who [don’t even have] the church on the...
About to leave the Jordan in Judea to go to Galilee, Jesus seeks out Philip. This is the first time we meet Philip in John's Gospel, but he may have been the other unnamed disciple of John the Baptist who had begun to follow Jesus (1:37) -- we just don't know for sure. ...
Jesus promises that believers will witness greater things. This encourages us to live with expectation and openness to God's work beyond our current understanding.Divine KnowledgeJesus' knowledge of Nathanael under the fig tree demonstrates His omniscience. We can trust that God knows us intimately ...
I will never leave you without a Shepherd, for the Divine Shepherd NEVER abandons His sheep, even if the rest of the shepherds do. Children, do not complicate yourselves with so many reasonings that only lead you to even greater anguish and confusion. Contrast the words and the actions –...
Luke 8:12 sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against. Luke 8:12 tn The participle πιστεύσαντες (pisteusantes) has been translated as a finite verb here. It may be regarded as an...
(Matthew 28:20b). Our passage also talks about the mutual indwelling of the Father and Jesus in us (verse 20). In verse 23, Jesus promises obedient believers that he and the Father, "will come to him and make our home with him" (14:23) -- a spiritual, not a physical reality. ...
He will never leave us. He will never forsake. He will never abandon us. Let us pray. Dear Jesus, thank you for what you did on the cross for us. Thank you for forgiveness. Thank you for healing. Thank you for including us. We are not forgotten. We are not abandoned, in your ...