Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— John 1:12 Let’s start with reading scriptures that talk about making connections. Read the following passages. John 17:17 says, “ Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given…
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Embracing Relationships
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 What does the passage above mean to you? What does this teach you about following Jesus? This past week we have touched on three kinds of relationships. All of these relationships are interdependent with one another. ” A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you(abide), that you also love one another(connect). By this, all men will know (share) that you’re My disciples if you’ve loved…
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Connecting With Others
The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was…
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The Seven I AM’s
I Am the Bread of Life. John 6:35; I Am the Light of the World. John 8:12; I Am the Gate. John 10:9; I Am the Good Shepherd. John 10:11; I Am the Resurrection and the Life. John 11:25-26; I Am the Way, and the Truth and the Life. John 14:6; I Am the True Vine. John 15:1 Jesus’s seven I AM’s statement. Many times we need to go back to a truth ( more truths than one) and have to study, meditate on it numerous times before it sticks. Let’s review all of these I AM’s. Bread Of Life Apart from Jesus, there is no true satisfaction. There are…