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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.23
John 16:23 “In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to…
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250 Years Later: The Self-Evident Truth That Changes Everything (July Blog)
This month we celebrate our country’s 250th anniversary. Since my word of the year is truth, the basis for our declaration of independence caught my attention…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.22
John 16:22 “Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.” Let’s…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.21
John 16:21 “Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.19-20
John 16:19-20 “Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, ’Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, “A little while, and…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.17-18
John 16:17-18. “Some of His disciples then said to one another, ‘What is this thing He is telling us, “A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.16
John 16:16 "A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me." That’s exactly what happened. Again, Jesus told them…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.15
John 16:15 “All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.” The concept of the Holy Trinity is…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.14
John 16:14 “He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.” Even as Jesus glorified His father by revealing the Father, so the Holy…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.13
John 16:13 “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.12
John 16:12 "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” Jesus had given them much to bear or carry since they had eaten their last…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.11
John 16:11 “and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.” Let’s consider how the presence of the Holy Spirit in the lives of…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.10
John 16:10 “and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;” After Jesus’ resurrection, ascension, and sending of the Holy…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.9
John 16:9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; The apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, “Whatever is not of faith is sin.” Do you believe this? The…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.8
John 16:8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; The Holy Spirit’s presence in believers, as their…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.7
John 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.5-6
John 16:5-6 "But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?' But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.5
John 16:5 "But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?' Most of the time when we talk of Jesus’ return, we are…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.4
John 16:4 “But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.3
John 16:3 “These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.” Why can we expect to be rejected, cast out, and possibly killed by others…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.2
John 16:2 “They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.” What…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.1
John 16:1 "These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.” One of the ways we know what Jesus meant is by looking to see how the…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.27
John 15:27 “And you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.” God has provided two witnesses to the living, risen Jesus, the Son of…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.26
John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.25
John 15:25 “But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'They hated Me without a cause.’” I’m not sure where in the Law Jesus was…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.24
John 15:24 “If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.23
John 15:23 “He who hates Me hates My Father also.” Hate is a strong word, isn’t it? In Deut. 5:9, God speaks to us. “You shall not worship them or serve them…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15:22
God has spoken. Man has no excuse for sin. John 15:22 “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.21
John 15:21 “But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.” What are “these things” that Jesus…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.20
John 15:20 “Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.19b
John 15:19b “But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.” Jesus reminded them that they did…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.19a
John 15:19a “If you were of the world, the world would love its own;” The word Jesus used for “love” in this verse has the same root as the word for “friends”…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.18
John 15:18. "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” John 15:18-25 comprise Jesus’ commentary on the unbelieving world. The…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementWorship in Spirit and Truth (June 2026 Blog)
Worship in Spirit and Truth Welcome, new subscribers to my monthly Live to Love blog. I’m honored that you would join us here at The Spirit of Elijah…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.17
John 15:17 This I command you, that you love one another. This is now the third time Jesus commanded His disciples to love each other since they had finished…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.16
John 15:16 “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.15.2
Let’s live in John 15:15 for another day. Jesus said to His disciples, “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.15
John 15:15 “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have…
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Live to Love Blog October 2022
In this month's Live to Love blog, we look at God's Vineyard. You'll learn about the vinedresser (God), the vine (Jesus), the branches (people), the fruit…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.14
John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. Yesterday we considered Jesus’ incredible words recorded in John 15:13. “Greater love has no one…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.13
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. After commanding His disciples to love each other as He had loved…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.12
John 15:12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Today’s verse, confirms all that Jesus had said to His disciples. He…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.11
John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. Here the disciples receive the reason for all…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.10
John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. In this verse we learn…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.9
John 15:9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. Love has lost its meaning today. The love of which Jesus spoke may be…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.8
John 15:8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Here Jesus reveals His passion, the passion of the…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.7
John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. Let’s look at this verse from the perspective of a…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.6
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.5
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. Jesus is life…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.4
John 15:4. “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.”…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.3
John 15:3. “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.” In effect, Jesus told His disciples that they were ready to bear fruit for…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.2
John 15:2-3. “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.2-3
John 15:2 “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.” The…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 15.1
John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.” After telling His disciples the new commandment, to love as He loved them, Jesus explained…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 14.31
John 14:31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here. Consider the life and…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 14.30
John 14:30 I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; Jesus told them one more thing before it…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 14.29
John 14:29 Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. Jesus reminded His disciples of what He told them earlier, recorded…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 14.28
John 14:28 You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 14.27
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful…
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Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 14.25-26
John 14:25-26 "These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach…