a bunch of stuff

Here's some stuff that came up off the page today...


Psalm 5:4b You cannot tolerate the slightest sin.

Psalm 5:8 Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me.

     Tell me clearly what to do, & show me which way to turn.


(we only know John 3 for verse 16. We seldom read the rest of the chapter - here's some stuff that stood out to me this morning)
John 3
6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’

8 The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.


16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son,

     so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.


18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him.

But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.

19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

21 But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.


27 (spoken by John the Baptist) God in heaven appoints each person's work.


30 (spoken by John the Baptist) He (Jesus) must become greater & greater, & I must become less & less.


(spoken by John the Baptist) 31 “He has come from above and is greater than anyone else.

We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things,

     but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.

32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!

33 Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true.

34 For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.

35 The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.

36 And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life.

     Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.