So here is the question of the week. What does it mean to follow Jesus? (Check out previous questions here)
Author: Norm
a shepherd that cares
SCRIPTURE: John 10 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. The good…
update from Nathan
Our son Nathan is on a one year internship with Urban Promise, a ministry “that exists to proclaim the love of Jesus, and to express it through the spiritual, social and educational development of children, youth and families living in government housing.” He sent me this update recently of what he is up to: Hey…
open my eyes too!
SCRIPTURE: John 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life….
He is the I Am!
SCRIPTURE: John 8 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds. [John 8:58-59] There are so many things that I could write about in today’s reading, which one do I pick? Technically,…
who is this guy?
SCRIPTURE: John 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, but I know him because I am from him and he sent…
hungry for Jesus
SCRIPTURE: John 6 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. [John 6:26-27]…
coming to God through Jesus
SCRIPTURE: John 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with…
question of the week
So here is the question of the week. What impact has Jesus had on your life (give one example)? (Check out previous questions here)
making me thirsty
SCRIPTURE: John 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” [John 4:13-14] Living water, a spring of water, never thirsty again? Jesus…