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How NOT to have a healing ministry
I am walking my way through the Gospel of John and there are times I find passages I’m familiar with a bit humorous. John 5 is one of them.
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The abundance of his presence
Yesterday was a travel day for us, so I wasn’t able to post readings for Saturday. Saturday readings: Psalm 87, 90, 136 Gen. 47:27-48:7 1 Cor. 10:1-13 Mark 7:1-23 Sunday’s readings: Ps. 66, 67, 19, 46 Gen. 48:8-22 Rom. 8:11-25 John 6:27-40 While I know it’s a need in my life to slow down when I read, it doesn’t happen…
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Asking in prayer is no good…
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
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Jesus will invade your “safe place”
If you think you don’t like “the Church” because of Christians… just wait until you actually meet Jesus.
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Why bother?
Why are you calling yourself a Christian?
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Real life is in the vine
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (John 15:4)
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Living Dead Brings New Life
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am,…
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Chosen
16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you could go and produce fruit and so that your fruit could last. As a result, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. (John 15:16) Father, you have empowered me. You have chosen me. I am empowered to bear lasting fruit. What…
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The “I am” statements of John
The Gospel of John has some great “I AM” statements of Jesus. (“I am the light of the world.” “I am the Way, the Truth, the Life.”) Last night the Lord had me revisit each chapter and make prayerful notes of where I am in that story. They weren’t all positive declarations. There were those moments where I knew I was…
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