Category: John
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Jesus loves me, and . . .
John 11:5 “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.” Perhaps the best-known Sunday School song of any child is “Jesus Love Me.” It’s a wonderful and simple truth, so, it’s no wonder that this song is so well known. That same theme has found its way into many other songs as well. Hymns such…
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Hearing God’s voice
John 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice . . .” Have you ever heard God speak? If you watch many of the religious TV shows these days, especially those that involve “televangelists” you would think it is a very common experience – emphasis on the word “experience.” So many of these men and women use…
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Abundant life?
John 10:10 “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” What does it mean to have an abundant life? After all, Jesus said that the reason He came was to give such a life to us. But then when you think about it, many Christians around the world are enduring incredible suffering,…
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Robbed blind
John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” Do you realize that if you don’t know Christ your life is being stolen from you at this very moment? The verse above tells us that “the thief,” i.e., the devil, has three very specific objectives, and ONLY these three – to steal, kill,…
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Which way?
John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” Have you ever thought about life as a path that we’re all on? John Bunyan wrote a book about it called “Pilgrim’s Progress” which I’m told has sold more copies than any other…
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A transformed life
John 9:3 “Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.” Do you know anyone whom God has changed; someone that used to be one way, but is now totally transformed? They were a person who lived a life of sin. They were…
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Eyes to see
John 9:1 “As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.” Ever just come upon a situation and wonder what, if anything, you should do about it? Jesus walked this earth just like we do, and “as he passed by” he had an eye for things, eyes to see. He, in fact, is…
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To whom shall we go?
John 6:66-69 “After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, ‘Do you want to go away as well?’Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.’”…
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Rewards
John 5:44 “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?” 2 Timothy 4:6-8 “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept…
To Encourage You 