In our days of darkness, when it seemed that our souls would give way, Jesus loved us—not by taking away the suffering or the loss or the darkness—but by giving us himself in ways that could not have been ours without this painful season.

To be loved is to be shown glory; the glory of God.” The world doesn’t understand what kind of love this is. So—what is love? It means to be satisfied with the glory of God.

As Sheep...come to Him as your Door, your Shepherd & your Life.

In the OT, the rivers of God's Spirit certainly blessed the people of Israel. But on Pentecost as described in Acts 2, it was like opening the flood gates of a large dam—enabling the church to take the gospel to every tongue, tribe & nation.

In John 9 Jesus sees a man who’d been blind from birth. His disciples ask about the cause of the blindness & Jesus turns the question around & says, in effect, human causes are not decisive in explaining. But … Divine Purposes Are!

John 8:51, v 51: “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”

We will never recognize the truth of Jesus until our will is to do God's will, namely, to love the glory of God above our own.

Col 1:16 says: “All things were created through him & for him.” Every honorable pleasure we have is designed by God to give us a taste of heaven & make us hunger for Jesus.

At the Pool of Bethesda, we see Jesus' knowledge & compassion & power!

John 4:42, “For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.” Strange things with people who only wanted miracles and an official who had a dying son.