The Enemy Stops at the Door
“We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.” 1 John 5:18 (NIV) Maybe you have been sleeping with one…
Rodney Garcia
Obedience That Doesn’t Exhaust You
“In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome.” 1 John 5:3 (NIV) Obedience is supposed to feel light, but yours feels heavy. You keep pushing through commands like they are one…
Loving Him Means Loving Them
“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.” 1 John 5:1 (NIV) Loving God was supposed to be the easy part. Loving the people who…
The Spirit Is the Proof
“This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.” 1 John 4:13 (NIV) You do not have to feel certain to be certain. Feelings rise and fall with…
They’ve Seen You
“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” 1 John 4:12 (NIV) Someone watched you this week and drew conclusions about God. They were…
Love Was Never Your Idea
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:10 (NIV) You keep trying to love people better than you can. You wake…
Test the Voice Not Yourself
“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.” 1 John 4:1 (NIV) Not every spiritual voice you hear is from…
Your Heart Isn’t the Verdict
“This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.”…
Unseen by the World but Not by God
“The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” 1 John 3:1b (NIV) You assume no one notices when you leave a room. Most days it feels true, like your absence changes nothing at…
Christ Already Broke The Devil’s Power
“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” 1 John 3:8b (NIV) Some of you are still fighting a war Christ won. You brace yourself daily for a fight that has already ended. John’s church…