Lisa G Akins
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Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 20:29 NLT
Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”
Nov 13
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 20:23 NLT
If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Nov 13
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 20:22 NLT
Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Nov 13
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 20:21 NLT
Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”
Nov 13
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 20:16 NLT
“Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).
Nov 13
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 17:15-17 NLT
I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do. Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
Nov 12
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 16:33 NLT
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
Nov 12
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 16:13-14 NLT
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me.
Nov 12
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 16:7-8 NLT
But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
Nov 12
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 15:7 NLT
But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 15:5 NLT
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 14:27 NLT
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 14:26 NLT
But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 14:16-18 NLT
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 14:12-14 NLT
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 14:6 NLT
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 14:1-3 NLT
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 13:34-35 NLT
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
Nov 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted John 12:24 NLT
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.
Nov 8