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John 15:5

I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. This should challenge and relieve us at the same time. The … Continue reading

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John 6:28-29

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” Isn’t it interesting that Jesus responds to a cry for … Continue reading

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John 21:1-3

Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going … Continue reading

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John 12:23-26

Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, … Continue reading

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3 John 1:9-10

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even … Continue reading

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John 17: 21, 22

As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us… so that they may be one as we are one. Marriage is an earthly replica of the divine Trinity – three persons who … Continue reading

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1John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  And ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. Biblical love is commitment love.  It is not simply how you feel. More than … Continue reading

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John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” The woman at the well only saw … Continue reading

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John 1:12-13

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of … Continue reading

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1 John 4:4

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. There are some Christian circles that place their emphasis upon the powers of … Continue reading

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