Archive for April 2007

The Sheep’s Gate

John 10: 1-10 Acts 11:1-18 / Psalms 42, 43 Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came (before me) are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. (John 10:8) When he beckons me to follow Him I shall not sit around and wait; [...]

A Question of Fidelity

John 6: 60-69 Acts 9:31-42 / Ps 116 ‘Do you also wish to go away?’ (John 6:68) Tho’ God’s ways lie beyond our ken, Tho’ His words are hard to comprehend, Trust that we will see the truth when Everything unravels in the end. Many of the disciples who heard Jesus’ discourse on the Bread [...]

Hungry for the Bread of Life

John 6: 52- 59 Acts 9:1-20 / Ps 117 Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. (John 6:53) Nothing nourishes more than Jesus, And as precious as His Word we’re fed. In Scriptures we receive [...]

A Simple Matter of Faith

John 6: 44-51 Acts 8:26-40 / Ps 66:8-9,16-17,20 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. (John 6:47-48 ) If we cannot believe the Word That the Bread of Life has given, We may not be worth the reward Of eternal life in heaven. Jesus said, [...]

The Final Commissioning

Mark 16: 15-20 1 Pt 5:5-14 / Ps 89:2-3,6-7,16-17 They went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs. (Mark 16:20) Our strifes and troubles when we preach Are but a light cross that we bear, But there’ll be more souls we can reach If Christ’s [...]

The Nourishment for Eternal Life

John 6: 30-35 Acts 7:51–8:1 / Ps 31 I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6:35) Who puts our Lord Jesus Christ first Will never go hungry or thirst. If we must seek true life instead, We’ll find [...]