“Turning away from him, ignoring his words because they’re just too hard to understand is not profitable, not life-sustaining. IF YOU DON’T GET IT TODAY, HANG AROUND. You might get it tomorrow. He said his words were Spirit, the very Spirit of God, and life eternal. Good luck finding such stuff like that somewhere else.”
Category: Christianity
Into Our Predicament
“God is very intentional, very active. God comes, God reveals, and God acts on our behalf. Amid God’s actions, there is something that begins to take place. We begin to believe that God’s activity is for our benefit, AND WE BECOME ACTIVE, AS WELL.”
Owed Some Explaining
“Maybe the heart of anything we’ve read or heard about Jesus today or any Sunday, any quiet time of devotions or study is found in our last verse today – “He explained everything in private to his disciples.” You and I are still owed some explaining.”
Waiting for Everybody?
“It all started with one soldier taking a risk because he knew who he was, and he knew the Lord’s mode of operation was to save either by many or by few. Either by many or by few.”
The Same Holy Spirit
“With repentance and baptism in Jesus’s name, we are awakened to the Holy Spirit, the presence that is upon us, fills us and empowers us, will enable us to share the good news of Jesus in word and deed as Jesus and the early church did.”
You’re Loved
“When connected to the vine of Christ we grow in healthy ways and produce fruit that others feed from and grow strong because of the life of Christ in and through us.”
You Have No Idea (Like a Vine Through a Branch)
“I’m inclined to believe WE’RE SIMPLY NOT AWARE how connected we really are to Jesus.”
The Shepherd
“How often in this life have we thought IF WE JUST HAD SOMEONE TO FOLLOW and not be afraid of what might happen in the moments ahead?”
Meant to Share
“Despite the skepticism of our world or our neighbor, we have something to share, and we can trust the listener, the reader, and the friend can take our word for it.”
He Stirred Our Faith
” Jesus enters OUR LIVES AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES triumphant over any enemy and affliction of spirit, soul or body. He enters today our conditions of depression or misery AS OUR VICTOR.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 