“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. … Continue reading Proving Ourselves to be His Disciples
Author: Sue Love
Honored You’ll Be
In Isaiah 49 we read a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ, our Lord and Messiah, our Savior. And yet, as his followers, we are his body, and he dwells within us in the person of the Holy Spirit. So, we are to carry on his ministry on this earth, to do the things he did, in … Continue reading Honored You’ll Be
That We Bear More Fruit
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, … Continue reading That We Bear More Fruit
Pursue Righteousness, Flee Evil
“But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the … Continue reading Pursue Righteousness, Flee Evil
The Sound Words of Jesus Christ
“If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and … Continue reading The Sound Words of Jesus Christ
Let No One Despise You
“Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you … Continue reading Let No One Despise You
The Love That Fills
Daffodils and all life’s thrillsCannot compare to Love that fillsOur heart’s desires, for on that hillHe gave his life, obeyed God’s will. The love of Christ so satisfiesThe hungry soul, to him does cryIn agony o’er all his sin,And victory o’er sin does win. The Love of God now lives withinThe hungry soul who’s saved … Continue reading The Love That Fills
A Good Servant of Christ Jesus
“If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, … Continue reading A Good Servant of Christ Jesus
Devoting Themselves to Deceitful Spirits
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and … Continue reading Devoting Themselves to Deceitful Spirits
Run With It 