I AM the one with guarantees from God
“Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.” 2 John 1:3 NIV Remember New Coke? What about Harley Davidson Perfume? How about Google Glass? All of these products made bold claims to...
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I AM the one who gets purpose from my pain
"While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:5 NIV All of us have pain. Not all of us find purpose in it. But according to Viktor Frankl, that's the one thing that can bring hope. Frankl was imprisoned at Auschwitz from 1942-1945. He was...
I AM the one who receives grace and truth
"'…neither do I condemn you,' Jesus declared. 'Go now and leave your life of sin.'" John 8:11 NIV 2020 was the year of the pandemic. And I'm not talking about the Coronavirus. 2020 was also the year of the pandemic of truth-telling. We all became obsessed...
I AM the one who can be included
"Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.'" John 4:13-14 NIV It is...
I AM the one he’s been looking for
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 We all played the game hide and seek as a kid. But there was that one uncomfortable moment when you realized you hid too...
I AM the one who can trust others without getting burned
“But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.” John 2:24 Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Isn’t this how we are taught to live? If that’s the case, most of us stopped trusting others at a very young age. Maybe it was...