Magnify the Lord

[igp-embed url=”https://instagram.com/p/9GQLI-rEL2/embed/” width=”600″ height=”700″] Jesus gave the best demonstration of love possible. And John’s account is structured specifically to highlight the outworking of Jesus’s love. He loved the disciples (even the one who would immediately betray him, v. 2-3), so He immediately demonstrated it by serving. We belie ourselves if we claim love for God…

[igp-embed url=”https://instagram.com/p/9A7yTZLEOy/embed/” width=”600″ height=”700″] These are such sad verses. I can’t be sure, but it seems that these verses are referring to believers (like Joseph of Arimathea, cf. 19:38). These would be people who knew and understood the truth, yet didn’t value eternity enough to prefer God’s praise/future blessing over man’s. They were living useless…

[igp-embed url=”https://instagram.com/p/8-3wPdrENq/embed/” width=”600″ height=”700″] I’m positive that we often miss out on many of the miracles God would like to do in our lives, simply because we aren’t willing to trust Him enough to let Him work. We get nervous and try to solve things ourselves without stopping to make sure we’re putting God’s plan…