God spoke to me about Thomas is an interesting character.  In v. 16 he is ready to go and “die with him”.  I presume he is referring to Lazarus.  Christ was called to him though he is dead already.  What a contrast between the Thomas of John 11 and that of after the crucifixion in

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God spoke to me about Jesus speaks much to/about the crowd, Pharisees, disciples which is understandable as they are the immediate audience.  However here (vs. 16) Jesus speaks about “other sheep”.  As his prayer in John 17 speaks of those who will believe as a result of the testimony of the disciples, Jesus is including

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God spoke to me about The story of the blind man receiving sight is the main theme here.  It never ceases to amaze me how a religious system … in the name of God … will try to criticise anything that does not fit within their understanding of God.  Of course you can take that

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God spoke to me about Starting from v. 31, Jesus confronts the religious Jews.  As Jesus tries to speak truth to them, their religion amounts to nothing more than a stumbling block.  What was supposed to be a stepping stone to relationship (the Law) has become the barrier. Change I must guard my own thoughts

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God spoke to me about Twice in this chapter Jesus refers to the time not being right (vs. 6 and 30). Change I have preached for any number of years regarding timing, God’s timing v. my own timing.  However still within my being I battle over the timing of things.  Without going into too many

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God spoke to me about John 6 contains probably my favourite story in the gospels, that of Jesus walking on the water.  However, God just showed me in v. 17 a mention of it being dark when the disciples set off in the boat to go towards Capernaum.  It makes specific mention of Jesus not

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God spoke to me about … I like John … the baptiser.  What an example.  John 5:35 states “John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light”.  There is no pretence about John.  He just allowed the light to shine.  He had a following but

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God spoke to me about … Jesus’ time speaking with the Samaritan woman is becoming one of my favourite bits in John.  It shows the Master being interested in everyone regardless of their past.  But God spoke to me more about when the Samaritan women was confronted with her past and the challenge of who

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For those who may not know what this is all about, in our Year of the Apprentice we are focusing in March “Learning as Jesus Learned”. We had a challenge yesterday to read through AND journal through the gospel of John. The challenge consists of 4 bits. Pray and ask God to teach us something

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