Opening Passage John 1:32 And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. John the Baptist was an amazing man who had a deep relationship with Jesus and also an amazing role in announcing Jesus’ first advent. John spent years, even decades in the […]
Opening Passage John 15:18 “And I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you.” Something that is central to the human experience is the feeling of being alone. Many experience this reality to varying degrees with some of the feelings being brought about by the physical reality of being alone or being […]
Opening Passage John 15:1-7 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser…every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit…Abide in Me, and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in this vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me…” […]
Opening Passage John 16:8-11 And when He has come He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment; of sin because they do not believe in Me, of righteousness because I go to My Father and you see Me no more, of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. […]
August 27th makes it 9 years and I feel like I’m just getting started. Growing up as a girl I always wanted to get married. It didn’t dawn on me that marriage is work until after I said I do. Possibly the day we came home from our honeymoon. I look back at that day and […]
Opening Passage John 16:5-7 But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, where are You going? But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if […]
Opening Passage John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. Jesus is in a very difficult conversation with the disciples throughout John 14, 15, 16 and 17, as He is […]
Opening Passage John 14:16-18 And I will pray to the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. […]
Opening Passage John 7:37-38 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ This passage, regarding the life of the Spirit flowing […]
This past weekend on Sunday, July 21st, Mike Bickle preached a message titled “Abiding In Christ: Cultivating Union With God” from John 15:5. It was a really timely message for our missions base, but even more so for me personally. It’s fairly easy to be in a ministry like ours that focuses primarily on worship and […]