This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous. 1 John 3:11-12...
Continue ReadingThose who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them." John 14:31
The words "I love you" elicit a response, don't they? Whether they are said from a parent to a c...
Continue Reading"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
There is a reason why the Bible is often referred to as God's love letter to us. You see, the entire message of the Bible is that a per...
Continue ReadingDon't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father's home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? John 14:1-2
There is a universal longing for home in all of us, I believe. We a...
Continue ReadingAll praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Ephesians 1:3
Of all the things I could be concerned and worried about in the world, I am certainly not worried about Prince W...
Continue ReadingDear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 1 John 3:2
In the time of the New Testament, family names meant everything. Your value, your inh...
Continue ReadingSee how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him. 1 John 3:1
It does not take long to flashback to middle school gym class, where you...
Continue ReadingSo you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. 1 John 2:24
Watching young kids play basketball can be quite funny, there is always one kid who scores in the wrong basket, isn't there? ...
Continue ReadingDo not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 1 John 2:15
Complacency gets the best of us sometimes, doesn't it? If we are not careful, it will take away our drive, motivation, and discipline. It can often ...
Continue ReadingIf anyone claims, "I am living in the light," but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. 1 John 2:9
When my sister and I argue, we do not let our anger last long. Typically, the offended person calls the offender and says the words, "Do you have something to say...
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