“We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” —1st John 4:16, New International Version Third and final day with this one verse.  …

“God is love.” — 1st John 4:16b It can’t get much clearer than this: “God is love.” That’s pretty simple: “God is love.” The words are easy to grasp: “God is love.” And I think we just memorized another Bible…

“We know and rely on the love that God has for us.” — 1st John 4:16a Easy verse to memorize: “We know and rely on the love that God has for us.” That’s the first of three sentences that are 1st…

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” — 1st John 5:13 “Anybody here wanna live forever?”  Ray Hildebrand sang that. I…

“We know that God hears us when we pray” — 1st John 5:15 The word I least like to see in the upper left corner of my phone screen is “Searching.” It means my phone’s not connected and so neither…

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know  that you have eternal life.” — 1st John 5:13 November 1st is All Saints’ Day on the historic, traditional…

“We know that we are children of God”   — 1st John 5:19 There are lots of ways you can identify yourself. Let’s borrow one from Twelve Step programs: introduce yourself by name, and then say, “and I’m a child…

“We know that God’s Son  has come and has given us the understanding to know the one who is true.” —1st John 5:20 God wants us to know more than information. God wants us to know and understand the source…

“I write these things…so that you may know….” 1st John 5:13 Why bother? What’s the point? Is there even any purpose? Questions like those make their way to the surface during bad times. For our next several times together here,…

“Arise, shine” — Isaiah 60:1 What are we waiting for? It’s time. Right now. What’s one thing you can do today to follow this direction?