Category: John
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The Greatest Gift Giver
James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. . .” John 17:1-2 “When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have…
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Ears to Hear
John 16:5 “But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’” Do you read the Bible? If you do, why do you read it? Hopefully, it is to listen to God’s own words and thus have your eyes opened to His revelation of those things that…
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To whom are you listening – and why?
John 16:4-7 “But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. . . But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.” Jesus always spoke the truth to His followers, even if the…
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The Word
2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV) “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” John 1:14 (KJV) “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten…
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Spiritual Speech
John 16:14 “He (i.e., the Holy Spirit) will glorify me (i.e., Jesus), for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” How often do you and I use the word “I” when we speak? If God is truly working in our lives, it’s likely that we won’t use it much. In John…
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The hunger to know
John 16:13 “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” It is impossible to understand the Bible without the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It…
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There’s always more . . .
John 16:12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” John 16 was written as an account of Jesus speaking to the apostles. He was promising them that after the cross and His ascension back to the Father He would send them the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit…
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Filled!
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” Is there anyone in your life that you don’t like very much? Maybe there’s even someone that you despise, someone who every time you…
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Karen
John 15:16 (NIV) “I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last” Saturday morning, tragedy rocked my daughter’s world. We were visiting her and suddenly her coworker came to her house to tell her that their supervisor, Karen, one whom they loved very much, had suddenly died. …
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The truth about friendship
James 4:4 “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” The “world” in the Bible refers to the world system that is under the control of the evil one. It’s that modern…
To Encourage You 