Another John Weekly Message

"There are worse things that can happen to you than dying."

"I love mankind...it's people I can't stand!!"

Jesus knew both how the disciples would fail and how they would not.

May God encourage our hearts to continue to be persistent for each other. 

We patiently wait because it's the only way we'll learn to be more faithful.

If Jesus hadn't called on him, who knows what they would have said to him after he yelled even louder in response.

Heaven not being some far-off place with clouds as steps.

We often struggle with God's sense of grace and generosity.

It's better to give than to receive. But that doesn't mean to receive is bad.

We have a Jesus-life to live.

Yes, your example is a great and true teacher. But we also teach our faith in other ways.

Prophecy and prophets are gifts from God. Both remind us that our well being still concerns God today.

Following God is not a burdensome chore to accomplish or achieve.

According to James, what doesn't kill doesn't make you stronger. It doesn't make you weaker. But it just might make you whole.

As bad as you've had it, have you ever described your situation as "wormwood and gall"?

How will we allow the suffering others endure impact who we are and what we do as God's church?

Love, joy, peace, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are lessons for us all.

There is no softening the point Jesus wanted to make.

I still haven't decided to change my mind about preaching my own funeral sermon.

We were dead, doing dead-people things, but God raised us with Christ.