Life’s Real Journey Blog

"If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin." John 15:22 What is Jesus talking about? Scripture clearly states that all men have sinned (Romans 3:23) and there is none that do good (Psalm 14:3). All have...

"But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me." John 15:21 John 15. Such a wonderful chapter of Scripture. Filled with pictures of Christ as the vine, God as the caretaker, believers as the branches that bear...

"Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also." John 15:20 Persecution is something that has been around ever since...

“If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” John 15:19 I would like to begin by asking God to instruct us in His way. Father, I ask for each one...

"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you"   John 15:18   Verse 18 begins a new section in John 15 concerning the HATE that the world has for God, and in turn, will have towards us (vs. 18 - 25). "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated...

"These things I command you, that ye love one another."   John 15:17   There is so much contained in this short verse! I’m excited to meditate on it alongside each of you and share what the Lord has shown me. First off, let’s make sure that we’re on the same...

"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."   John 15:16   What wonderful promises are in God's...

"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." John 15:15 To be honest, I have never given much thought to this verse....

“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:14 This is an incredible verse. Yet, it is so easy to just pass over in the reading of John 15… it just kind of gets lost in the flow, but it is so rich if you take the time to ponder it. I love how it...

“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:12-13 We see this in the next verse: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for...