To take heart, is to take courage, it is a command and a promise. It is a promise because the one commanding us to take heart is the same one who will give us a heart that can have courage. (John 16:16-33)
Sunday Messages @ Stockton Anglican
Without the Spirit of God, we allow the world to define sin, righteousness and judgement with its laws. Laws that are forever changing, forever increasing in number and laws that we have no hope of truly keeping. (John 15:26-16:15)
John 13 – Unless we allow Jesus to serve us, by cleansing us of our sins, through dying for us, we can have no part in him, and to have no part in him is to have no part in his kingdom.
John 11 – The Lord’s timing is perfect as He continues to reveal His plan for each of us, in despite of our doubts, through our tears and according to his promises.
John 8:1-11 – “If the inner thoughts of a man was written on his forehead, he would not take his hat off”. (Sunday Message by Peter Anderson)
John 7 – To be an effective Christian today, we need the zeal of the seeker, the tenacity of the hater, the calm of the unbeliever and the help of the Holy Spirit.
John 6 – We use many metaphors to explain our relationship with Jesus, metaphors that we can usually choose to take or leave. Metaphors such as Shepherd, sheep, teacher and disciple to name a few. But in John 6, we are given perhaps the most challenging metaphor yet, a nonnegotiable. […]