All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized be one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason…
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Love One Another
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:12. God is invisible in nature. We, as humans, like to see and touch who we are communicating with. It can be hard for some to go to God and converse with Him, to take the time and spend it with Him. As we build our relationship with God, we will love other believers; by his Spirit, and the communications of his love, and by his gracious…
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Obey God
“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. John 4:34 “If you love me, keep my commands. John 14:15 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. John 14:23-24 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now;…
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Loving God
We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 Let’s begin today by reading some scripture. Read the following! But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Joshua 22:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all…
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Loved By God
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:8-10 “As the Father…
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As a Jesus Follower – Abide
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” John 8:28-29 Today, we will read the Scripture passages from John 8:28-29; 14:10-11, 15:5, 19; and 17:3. Read it a few times, slowly and carefully. So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just…
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Embracing Relationships As A Jesus Follower
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:5-9 Read the following passages: 2 Corinthians 11:3, ” But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be…
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Burdened
But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3 How would you describe a person who follows Jesus? What should their life look like? What would you say their goal would be for their life? We all have opinions of what it means to follow Jesus Christ. We get things opinions from our families, friends, and church culture. Let’s take some time and learn from Jesus and His word on how to follow Him. How often do we as Christians make following Jesus about what we…
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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…
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Jesus’ Final Words: Part 2
I am the True Vine. Luke 15:1 Yesterday we left off about the Holy Spirit being our advocate, helper, and counselor. Today let’s dive in some more. The Greek word for advocate is parakletos. This means: called to one’s aide or an advocate, intercessor. A console, comforter, helper. Let’s read some verses that talk about the Holy Spirit, our advocate. John 14: 16-17 says this, ‘And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with…