God’s love Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each...

Real love This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.   1 John...

False teachers Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have...

Serving We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and...

God’s children See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!   1 John 3:1   My wife and I...

Holy Spirit I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray. But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he...

Priorities Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in...

Live in the light If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness....

Sin If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to God, he is...

Sharing our witness We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our...

Historical figure We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes...

Gift “To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will...

Called by name When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a...

Jesus in our lives As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road…When Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered...

Death on the cross Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus said, “Listen, we’re going up to Jerusalem, where all the predictions of the...

Childlike   Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom...

Fruit of the Spirit “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things,...

The Prodigal Son “While he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son,...

Joy Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the entire house and search carefully until...

Seeking the lost If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the...