Shayne on December 28th, 2009

1 John 5:1-5 (NLT): “ Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments.
Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. For every [...]

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Shayne on December 27th, 2009

1 John 4:19-21 (NLT): “We love each other because he loved us first. If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: [...]

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Shayne on December 26th, 2009

1 John 4:17-18 (NLT): “And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we [...]

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Shayne on December 25th, 2009

1 John 4:13-16 (NLT): “And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
All who confess that Jesus is the Son of [...]

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Shayne on December 24th, 2009

1 John 4:7-12 (NLT): “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only [...]

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Shayne on December 23rd, 2009

1 John 4:1-6 (NIV): “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is [...]

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Shayne on December 22nd, 2009

1 John 3:21-24 (NLT): “Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and [...]

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