01
Jun

Jesus Prays For You

John 17:20-26 In what we know as the “High Priestly Prayer” Jesus prays specifically for those who will believe in Him through the Word.  Who are those who believe in Him through the Word? You.  Me.  All of us who have believed after Jesus prayed this prayer, praying for… us.  He prays that we would […]

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25
May

Take Heart. I Have Overcome.

John 16:23-33 Jesus gives words to the disciples to bring them peace.  Because there are times coming where there will not be peace in the world for them.  There will be trials, tribulations, trouble.  Amidst of all that, the disciples are told to take heart, because Christ has overcome the world.  Maybe the same words […]

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18
May

From Sorrow to Joy

John 16:12-22 Jesus talks about the connection of the joy of childbirth to the joy of His return.  As a woman goes through the sorrow (pain) of childbirth, when she meets her baby face to face, the feeling turns to joy.  For the disciples, as Jesus was taken from the earth, died on the cross, […]

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11
May

The Good Shepherd’s Voice

John 10:22-33 Babies can hear the voice of their mother early on while they are still in the womb.  The first of many voices, but mom’s will always be the one they hear the most.  Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”  As the Good Shepherd, Jesus […]

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04
May

Peter, A Fisher of Fish?

John 21:1-19 Jesus appears to His disciples for a third time after the resurrection, and this time they are fishing on the Sea of Galilee.  Jesus first called disciples (Peter, Andrew, James, John) to leave their life of fishing and to come and follow Him and be fishers of men.  They left everything to follow […]

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