But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26 – ESV This verse has an importance when we take into account the promised aid of the Holy Spirit in preserving […]
Life-Light
Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!— came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out. John 1:4-5 MSG John is not writing a biography, he is writing about real life. […]
The Word
The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighbourhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish. John 1:14 MSG Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. it does involve the […]
Friendship
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think […]
The World’s Light
Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.” John 8:12 MSG When we think of light we probably think of the sun and, as Lewis said (1947, Miracles) “We believe that the sun is in the […]
I am the way
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” NIV Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. AMP Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, […]
Before all time
IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. John 1:1 AMP In the beginning.—The reference to the opening words of the Old Testament is obvious, and is the more striking when we remember that a Jew would constantly speak of and […]
For God
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NIV The last verse has spoken of “every one who believeth.” The thought went beyond the limits that Rabbis set to the kingdom of God. Its only […]
The World’s Light
Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.” John 8:12 MSG MacLaren’s commentary on this passage puts it this way:‘I am the Light of the world.’ We have in Him a better guide through worse […]
Broken Vessels
All these piecesBroken and scatteredIn mercy gatheredMended and wholeEmpty handedBut not forsakenI’ve been set freeI’ve been set free Amazing graceHow sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like meI once was lostBut now I’m foundWas blind but now I see Oh I can see you nowOh I can see the love in Your eyesLaying yourself downRaising […]
What is our Mission?
Then he turned to the host. “The next time you put on a dinner, don’t just invite your friends and family and rich neighbours, the kind of people who will return the favour. Invite some people who never get invited out, the misfits from the wrong side of the tracks. You’ll be—and experience—a blessing. They […]
God loves you
How much does God love you? He stretched wide his arms and said…. This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. John 3 […]