Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

John

This Is How We Will Be Known

JOHN 13:34-35 – A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”   THEME OF THE DAY.  THIS IS HOW WE WILL BE KNOWN.  Imagine if Christians, all…

Jesus Increases and We Get Out of the Way

JOHN 3:25-30  – Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification. And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given…

No One Is Denied

John 6:37 – All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”   THEME OF THE DAY. NO ONE IS DENIED.  One sad reality of the Christian life is our many times of failing the Lord.  We hate them. We get discouraged over them.  We may even feel like raising the…

Sheep Ears

John 10:3-4 – To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SHEEP EARS.  My grandmother lived out in the country.…

The Greatest Words Ever Heard

  JOHN 8:9-11 – But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before Him.  Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they?  Has no one condemned you?”  She said, “No one, Lord.”  And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go and…