“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now abide in my love.” John 15:9 So Jesus commands us to abide in His love. And as I reflect on that concept of abiding in His love, I wonder how one can abide in love. As we’ve learned before, abiding means three things: “1. to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me. 2.to have one’s abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village. 3.to continue in a particular condition, attitude,… Read more »
Ruth’s husband was dead. Not only that, but her brother-in-law had also recently died. Her father in law died before she could meet him, ten years prior to her husband’s death. Full of grief, her new family was now a heartbroken family. The three widows clung to each other, tears streaming down their faces. When she had married her husband, Ruth had left her family. It would be easy for her to return to them now that he was dead,… Read more »
“Greater love has no one than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.” -John 15:13 Thursday evening came, and the disciples and Jesus gathered in the upper room of a small house in Jerusalem so they could observe the Passover. Jesus “knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father-“ in other words, Jesus knew he was about to die (John 13:1). He probably looked around His group of disciples, his… Read more »
“Wove, twoo wove!” One of my favorite scenes of The Princess Bride is when Princess Buttercup and Humperdinck have their very-rushed wedding. The Princess Bride doesn’t relate to what we’re talking about today, but I couldn’t begin a post about love without referencing this quote ;) Anywho…. This month in our Abide study we’re going to be focusing on how we can abide in Jesus’s love and how we can love others as well. I thought it would be fitting to talk about love… Read more »
The following is a guest post by Michaela At the beginning of the year, Kara explained the meaning of “abiding” and what it mean to abide in Christ. I’ll be honest and admit that when she asked me to write a guest blog on the subject of abiding, I was kind of clueless on what that word really meant. I had a general idea, but I really didn’t know the full extent of the definition. So I googled it (because… Read more »
This month we’ve studied what it means to abide, why we need to abide in Jesus (who is our true vine), and we’ve looked at Mary and how she abided. Today, we’re going to look at some practical ways we can learn to abide in Jesus. 5 Ways We Can Abide in Jesus: 1. Spend time with Him. Like Mary, we need to seek to spend time with Jesus. In order to abide in Him, He must come first in… Read more »
It’s the tale of two sisters. I’m sure you’ve heard it before. One got caught up in chores. One got caught up in her Lord. *Enter Mary and Martha, stage left* I want to invite you to turn to Luke 10:38-42 with me, in your personal Bible so you can note what stands out to you in this passage as we study it. In case you’re on the go, I’m going to share these verses down below. But I highly… Read more »
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser… I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” -John 15:1,5 To recap: Jesus= the true vine God= the vinedresser People= branches Fruit. It’s delicious, isn’t it? When I studied abroad in Costa Rica, I had the opportunity to try many different fruits that I had never… Read more »
As I shared the other day, I chose the word “ABIDE” to be my focus for 2016. In addition, it’s also going to be the direction CWK flows in this year. I hope you’ll join me in learning what it means to abide in Christ. In John 15:4, Jesus told His followers to “Abide in me, and I in you. As a fruit cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide… Read more »
Vision. ^^That’s what I’ve been praying for. Vision and purpose to know where to take Coffee With Kara in the future. In November, my Sunday School teacher pulled from John 15 to support his lesson. He referenced the “Christ is the vine, we are the branches” passage. And as my teacher was reading this passage, a word stood out to me. Abide. I couldn’t get that word out of my head. What does “abide” even mean? It’s a really fancy… Read more »
