John 7:37-38

God is still in the business of saving souls. It’s His business after all. Is the church ready to receive who God sends to His own?…

All fires die out if they aren't stoked. And refreshingly icy water gradually settles into tepid tastelessness. Is there a remedy for us when this happens in our walk with the Lord? #ChristianBlog…

[Jesus] left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob&#8……

How thirsty are you right now? The very thought, as I write this, makes me want to grab a glass. But earthly water doesn’t permanently slake our thirst. Within a short time, we crave it again. The Psalmists describe us as a “dry and thirsty land,” longing for the presence of God. Like the woman at the well, we yearn for living water from a well that never runs dry.…

Christ is the one who empowers us to walk “a long obedience in the same direction.”…

Living “the good life” (as our culture defines it) results in missing the best life.…

© 2020 MRJN Photography. All Rights Reserved. Unsplash.Used by permission. There are deceivers, and there are the deceived. I really don’t want to be either of those. I know myself well enough to recognize that I am not immune to being taken in. I want so much to believe the best about people, and part……

Appendicitis can’t be cured by eating more, wearing nice clothes, or having a bath. It can’t be cured from the outside-in. You need to be healed from the inside out.…

The gospel of John is a gospel of “sevens.” Seven is the number of completion or perfection. We see seven witnesses, seven women, seven disciples, seven feasts, seven “signs,” and more. Beginning today, and over the next several weeks, we will look at the seven “I AM” statements from Jesus as recorded in John’s gospel.……

Do we listen to Holy Spirit, or do we listen to Satan? Do we trust God to give us what we need and bless us for our obedience? We are no longer of this world, yet we are tempted to be like the world. We are called to be different, peculiar,…