
A reflection on prayer and John 15:5
©️2023 by Gloria M. Chang
Heart to Heart
In prayer, we have a direct beeline to God. May we abide in his love, bearing fruit.
“I am the vine, you are the branches.
Journey to Wholeness
In prayer, we have a direct beeline to God. May we abide in his love, bearing fruit.
“I am the vine, you are the branches.
… Read the restJesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea.
The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:8b
Born anew in Christ and enlivened by the Holy Spirit, children of God walk in the light.… Read the rest
God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5
God’s very being is light; departure from him is darkness.… Read the rest
The baby shall play by the viper’s den,
Isaiah 11:8
and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.
In the New Jerusalem, fear will have no corner to lurk where there is no night and no darkness (Revelation 21:25).… Read the rest
… Read the restHe passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few people be saved?”
… Read the restHe was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.
… Read the restYou were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient. All
… Read the restI tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more.
… Read the rest“Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God.