Another John Weekly Message

Don't spend your life working and working for more and more just for the sake of it. It's a lost cause.

Think of what Jesus said about seed planted on rocky ground (Matthew 13:20).

"Getting old is not for the faint of heart," is what people have told me also.

I have found acknowledging the sometimes-cruel reality of life leads to deeper healing.

Many of us wait for things to not work out the way we had hoped before we begin to ask God, What do I do?

G.K. Chesterton famously wrote, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."

Scaring people to faith isn't a holy thing to do. But that verse always slows me down!

Part of our salvation is being freed from the cycles of animosity and hatred.

We see God's true love in what the Lord did for us.

As difficult as it can be for us to show mercy, how many of us would be able to follow through with a calling like Hosea's?

It's possible to skip that great Sunday nap and be a rest with God.

I want to know what it's like to sit close to Jesus while he's praying.

We also keep deepening our Christian reflex. And that might be the better part of faith.

What does it mean to hear from God?

We need a patient and fervent approach to ministry.

What are we going to do with this strength God has given us?

Why would the disciples need power from on high?

There are 5,446,646 people named John in the U.S. I'm just Another John.

What does it mean to hear from God?

Whatever heaven is, I'm convinced it's the most loving place because that is God.