“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me,Continue reading “John 15: 1-8….Grapes or Kiwi Fruit or another type of ‘fruit’?”
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John 14: 10-17….Fantastic Promises!
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,Continue reading “John 14: 10-17….Fantastic Promises!”
John 13:31-38….The beginning of a long teaching session.
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just asContinue reading “John 13:31-38….The beginning of a long teaching session.”
John 13: 1-10….A servant’s task.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’sContinue reading “John 13: 1-10….A servant’s task.”
2Samuel 3:26-30….Pay-back – the real reason.
When Joab came out from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know about it. And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck himContinue reading “2Samuel 3:26-30….Pay-back – the real reason.”
Esther 6: 7-11….Whoops!
And Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honour, let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set. And let the robes and the horse be handed over to one ofContinue reading “Esther 6: 7-11….Whoops!”
Esther 5: 9-14…..Is pride going to lead to a fall?
And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh. And HamanContinue reading “Esther 5: 9-14…..Is pride going to lead to a fall?”
Esther 4: 9-17….Esther shines as pure gold!
And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there isContinue reading “Esther 4: 9-17….Esther shines as pure gold!”
Esther 2: 9-14….This sounds complex and horrible!
And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king’s palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. Esther had not made known her people orContinue reading “Esther 2: 9-14….This sounds complex and horrible!”
John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be bornContinue reading “John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.”
As I read it! 