SHARING BREAD 30 “I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, 31 but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me.” “Come now; let us leave.” John 14:30-31 (NIV) Ever looking [...]
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SHARING BREAD 29 “I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.” John 14:29 (NIV) Jesus both graciously and lovingly foretold His disciples of His impending death which was – of course – according to Divine plan and purpose. Our Lord rightly knew this knowledge would afterwards redound [...]
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SHARING BREAD 28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.” John 14:28 (NIV) Good-bys are never easy are they? Someone you have loved and cherished – [...]
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SHARING BREAD 27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 (NIV) True peace is not derived from circumstances, people or things; true peace is derived from Jesus. Christ’s peace [...]
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SHARING BREAD 25 All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:25-26 (NIV) “The Father in heaven loves to fill His children with His [...]
August_19
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SHARING BREAD 24 “He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.” John 14:24 (NIV) Jesus was pristinely clear – His Words were not His own rather He spoke the Words of His Father. Jesus was God’s Word [...]
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SHARING BREAD 22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” John 14:22-23 (NIV) [...]
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SHARING BREAD 21 “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” John 14:21 (NIV) Our Lord again reminds us that the manifestation of our love for Him will be [...]
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SHARING BREAD 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. John 14:19-20 (NIV) The unbelieving, harsh and malignant world which [...]
August_10
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SHARING BREAD 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. John 14:18 (NIV) Certainly nothing seems to conjure up the feeling of helplessness in our minds like the word “orphan”. Left bereft, longing for unconditional familial love and hugs of both affirmation and acceptance – often all presented to one at [...]
