For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. John 10:17
NO GREATER LOVE
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13
A FRUITFUL LIFE
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. John 15:7–8
I AM THE TRUE VINE
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit… . I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, … Continue reading “I
AM THE TRUE VINE”
LIFE, AND NOT DEATH
Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. John 11:25–26
SEARCHING FOR ONE LOST SHEEP
Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his … Continue reading “SEARCHING
FOR ONE LOST SHEEP”
ABUNDANT LIFE
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10 The good shepherd I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep… I know my own and my own know me. John 10:11, 14
I AM THE GATE
I am the gate for the sheep… . Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. John 10:7, 9
LIGHT AND DARKNESS
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:22–23
I AM THE LIGHT
I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life. John 8:12