“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: 28-31….Deep, Deep Thoughts!
You heard me say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take placeContinue reading “John 14: 28-31….Deep, Deep Thoughts!”
John 14: 18-27…..Promised Relationships!
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I inContinue reading “John 14: 18-27…..Promised Relationships!”
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 14: 1-9…. A glimpse into the future.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and willContinue reading “John 14: 1-9…. A glimpse into the future.”
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.”
2Samuel 11: 1-9…..Stupid, stupid David.
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof ofContinue reading “2Samuel 11: 1-9…..Stupid, stupid David.”
John 13: 21-30….Judas Dismissed.
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side, so Simon Peter motioned to himContinue reading “John 13: 21-30….Judas Dismissed.”
John 13: 11-20….Living your calling.
For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and youContinue reading “John 13: 11-20….Living your calling.”
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.”
As I read it! 