“Now the works of the flesh are evident: …enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy…But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” Galatians 5:19-22 I don’t think I ever noticed before how many of the listed “works of the flesh” in this passage have […]
“I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.” John 17:9 “The Lord knows those who are his” 2 Timothy 2:19 If I am God’s, then will He not lead me rightly? Will He miss a needed provision? Will He speak in a way that […]
“Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one… I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost” John 17:11b-12a Jesus’ prayer in John 17 always strikes me as significant. These are the words He chose to say, the […]
“I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.” John 17:9 What a magnificent thought—that God looks to us, to each of us who are in Christ, and declares, “This one is mine.” Walk with me a moment and allow […]
In Pleasant Places 