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John Lessons
Contributed by Greg Nance on May 3, 2001 (message contributor)
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1. There's No Place Like Home
Contributed on May 3, 2001
Jesus calms our troubled hearts when he tells us the end of the story. He is coming again to take us home.
Comforting a Troubled Heart. John 14:1-4 When I was a little boy I remember having nightmares. There were two things that used to scare me to death. One was witches and the other was skeletons. Ooo! I hated those things! It all started when I saw the Wizard of Oz. It was Sunday evening ...read more
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2. They Saw God!
Contributed on May 3, 2001
No one has seen God, or have they? Jesus said, "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father." Think of it! Where can you and I see God today?
Do you like family pictures? When Jennifer was born we took thousands of pictures of her. She would smile and we’d snap another picture. I remember getting a roll of film developed one time and seeing about 36 pictures, (actually 72 with double prints), of almost exactly the same expression and ...read more
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3. A Piece Of God's Presence
Contributed on May 3, 2001
God left some of himself in the very words of John’s gospel. Looking closely we see Him there, loving us, calling us, filling us, and blessing us.
Have you ever been on a spiral staircase? When we lived in Lancaster we would often visit Prospect Mountain where there was a stone tower about 45-50 feet high. You could go in a door at the bottom of the tower and climb up a spiral stair to the top and look out on a panoramic view of the ...read more
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4. Abiding In Jesus Means:
Contributed on May 5, 2001
Jesus, the vine and the Father the vinedresser and the Holy Spirit the witness all work to help us bear fruit that will last
John 15 Abiding in Jesus means: 1. Bearing fruit 2. Answered prayer 3. Obeying the commands 4. Facing opposition from the world 5. Holy Spirit witness In the Bible we see that stories have principles. The Jews called this the haggadah and the halakah. The haggadah is the story or ...read more