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Taking a Journey with the Apostle John – Part V

1 John 2:7-8

“Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.” 1 John 2:7-8 NIV

Today’s Scripture seems to…

Taking a Journey with the Apostle John – Part III

1 John 2:1-2

“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in…

Please join me in prayer for God to heal me physically.. and pray fir my family thank you!!

One mother is outraged after her 5-year-old daughter returned from daycare with her chicken sandwich confiscated because daycare workers were unable to determine if the food was halal. Yasmin Jackson, 24, claims that her daughter was starved for the entire day after the staff at Kingswood Daycare Nursery in Mitcham, London took…

Taking a Journey with the Apostle John – Part II

1 John 1:5-10

“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be…

A healthy Christian is one of the liveliest creatures on earth. When he is at work you may hear him sing. He cannot help it; do not blame him for a little noise. Let him sing, and laugh till he cries. Sometimes he cannot help it; he will burst if his soul may not have vent. When he begins to talk about his Lord his eyes flash fire. Some people hint that he is out of his mind; but those who know best assure us that he was never before so sane as now. Of course,…

Taking a Journey with the Apostle John – Part I

We are going to take a journey with the Apostle John as we seek to learn about Jesus through his eyes as recorded in the book known as First John.…

Love in Matthew Five. 5.43-48

Are you loving? Stop and think.

Are you loving? Sometimes. To some people. Maybe not so much to others. Then, are you really loving? Do you pick and choose the times and the people? Maybe we all do.

“Love isn't something natural,” Fromm postulated, unless it is in short spurts. “Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice…”1 except for Jesus; for Jesus,…

"Remember the poor."

Galatians 2:10

Why does God allow so many of his children to be poor? He could make them all rich if he pleased; he could lay bags of gold at their doors; he could send them a large annual…

What’s the deal with Jesus and the Law? Matthew 5.17 …

Just had a short note in response to one of my recent Morning Briefings—“Thank you for the message, kindly keep on sending.”

EDWARD, From Delhi (INDIA)

I can picture Edward some 8,000 miles away, looking at his computer monitor and reading the words that are inspired by Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, beginning in Matthew Five. The Beatitudes were somewhat captivating, I believe; just the consideration of…

The Power of Influence, and Salt.  Matthew 5.13

Can’t really say why for sure, but my mom and dad were really big on salt …. and pepper! No kidding, they put both on watermelon, cantaloupe, and just about everything else. Now we all know that salt is a flavor enhancer, but when Jesus made his emphatic statement to the disciples that afternoon as part of the Sermon on the Mount, I think he had far more than that in mind - You are the salt of the earth.

First of all, we note that…