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John 16:1 "These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.” One of the ways we know what Jesus meant is by looking to see how the disciples took what He said. We are able to do that in this case because the author of John commented on it in his first epistle. In 1John 2:10 he wrote, “The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.” To what is Jesus referring when He said, “these things”? John narrowed it down to the new commandment. The one who loves his brother, (shall I be so bold as to say it in these words?) who lives to love with Jesus, is walking in the light. That light keeps him from stumbling just as walking in the bright daylight keeps you from stumbling over something. You don't usually stumble over things in the daylight, do you? Why? Because you can see where you are going. You can see what's in your path. So it is when you live to love with Jesus. You know where you are going. You're on your way to love the next person God puts in your path. And when they appear, you won't stumble over them because you are there to love them, rather than be loved by them. When we live for ourselves, there is great cause for stumbling. We live in a fallen world, and everyone who shows up in our path is fallen. More than likely they are not going to think about our highest good no matter what the cost. So what happens to the person who isn't living to love with Jesus, to the one who is living to get his or her agenda done or to be happy and comfortable, or to gain significance in this world? They will not walk in love, but will stumble and react, usually in hurtful, unloving ways. Knowing they were to love one another through the life of the indwelling Christ, would keep them from stumbling. Whenever you stumble in a relationship, you can be assured, you have forgotten that your purpose in life is to walk in Jesus' light and live to love with Him. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:27 “And you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.” God has provided two witnesses to the living, risen Jesus, the Son of God. The Holy Spirit bears witness by producing the life of Jesus in His disciples. Jesus' first disciples, provide a second witness to the life of Christ as they testify that the Holy Spirit is the same spirit as was present in Jesus when they walked with Him in the flesh. The writer of Hebrews declared this phenomenon when he wrote, “How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will” (Heb. 2:3-4). Remember, Jesus said He was telling them of things that were to happen before they occurred, so they would know that He was God in the flesh. We are so blessed. Here we have Jesus declaring they would be witnesses with the Holy Spirit, and then we have the fulfillment of it described in Hebrews. This gives us a hope both sure and steadfast. It gives us confidence that indeed, this gospel of salvation is the great salvation proclaimed throughout all of history from the promise to Adam and Eve through all the gospel promises in the Scriptures. As we live to love with Jesus, the love of Jesus through us is the testimony of the Holy Spirit. Then we also testify about Him as we present the gospel recorded in the word of God. Amazing! In this way, the kingdom of God is advanced in this world. God has granted authority to these two witnesses in the world: His Spirit and His people. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,” This verse helps us discern the spirit of truth from the spirit of error. It helped John. He wrote in 1 John 4:2, “By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.” The Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth, testifying that Jesus is God in the flesh. In Jesus' words recorded in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me.” These words were surely spoken so that there would be no confusion between the Holy Spirit and the spirit of the antichrist. The Holy Spirit, sent by the Son, proceeds from the Father for the purpose of testifying, witnessing to, and glorifying the Son of God. The spirit of antichrist, sent by the devil, testifies to and glorifies man without Jesus. It is the spirit of the world contrasted with the Spirit of God. Let's not miss this incredible reality. The Holy Spirit could not be sent if Jesus were not alive, having conquered death by the resurrection. The presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, testifies to the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, to His union with the Father, and to our union with Him. Only minutes before this, Jesus had said, “In that day [the day the Holy Spirit is sent to you] you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you” (John 14:20). His presence in our lives, loving through us, is the testimony to the world that Jesus lives and we are His. Hallelujah! Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:25 “But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'” I'm not sure where in the Law Jesus was referring, but in Psalms 69:4 we find these words. “Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies.” To say that they “hated without a cause” is to say that the hatred was within them. There wasn't something that Jesus did that caused them to hate Him. He healed people, which they could't do, and they hated Him. He spoke with God's authority. It brought out hatred in them. He spoke the truth, but they hated the truth and therefore hated Him. God doesn't cause people to hate Him. They hate Him because they have sin within them. Hatred for God is the fruit of sin whereas in contrast, love for God is the fruit of righteousness. That's why living to love with Jesus gives us confidence in the judgment as John wrote in 1 John 4:17. We know love for God and others isn't natural. Rather it's a supernatural work of grace in the heart of a person, which shows that God has loved them with an everlasting, redemptive love. It reveals that the righteousness of God has been given to them and His righteousness flows through the vine into the branches and bears much fruit—the fruit of God's love. Hatred for God has been replaced with hatred for sin and love for God. If this describes you, then rejoice in the Lord! Give Him praise and thanksgiving for the privilege of living to love with Him. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:24 “If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.” It's miraculous and supernatural for anyone to live to love with Jesus. It takes a work of grace and glory to transform a hater of God into a lover of God. Look what sin has done to mankind. We live to hate God. We don't know we hate God until He shows up and does what only He can do. He does the works of God—works that no one else has ever done or can do. We all died when Adam sinned. Death is all we know, and we think it is life because our hearts are beating and we are breathing. So it was with that generation at the time of Jesus' coming. They didn't know they were dead in their sin until Jesus came and revealed the life of God. They saw His works, heard His words, and hated Him because He did things they could not do. He exposed them. John described the coming of Jesus this way in John 3:19-20. “This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.” The same will be true of all those who are His and who walk in the Light of Christ. God is light and the light is love. As they love with Jesus, it will expose those who walk in darkness. Their love is a supernatural love just as the works of Jesus were supernatural. Like Jesus, they will be hated because in everyone who has sin ruling their lives, the love and works of Jesus bring out hatred for Jesus and His Father. Father, give us courage and the love we need to walk in Your light today. Accomplish your work for the glory of your name. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:23 “He who hates Me hates My Father also.” Hate is a strong word, isn't it? In Deut. 5:9, God speaks to us. “You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me.” Hatred for God is judged and revealed when we put anyone or anything in His place. He alone is worthy of our worship and service. This foundational understanding of hatred for God expressed through idolatry seems to relate to these words of Jesus. Another way of stating this truth is this: He who is most delighted and satisfied in Jesus above all else loves Him and loves God, the Father, also. Whoever hates Jesus and His words, also hates God. What great truth underlies this statement? Jesus and God, the Father, are one. Let's follow the line. Jesus and the Father are one. If you hate one, you hate the other. Believers in Jesus and Jesus are one. If you hate one, you hate the other. The converse is also true. If you love the Son, you love the Father. If you love those who are His, you love Jesus. What a privilege it is to love with Jesus each day. We are expressing our love for Jesus and the Father, for His glory. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

God has spoken. Man has no excuse for sin. John 15:22 “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.” Notice the importance of Jesus' words. They judge sinners. Jesus said this earlier in the day that He said these words recorded in John 15:22. John 12:48 “He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.” The same reasoning applies in both instances. Jesus spoke. The only reason one would reject His word is that they have sin in them. His word became the occasion for the revelation of their sin. There is no excuse for the creature who rejects the word of his creator. This reminds us of Romans 1:20. “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.” The apostle Paul explained how God's wrath is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. It is revealed in the fact that God has revealed Himself, and they suppress the truth that God has spoken or revealed Himself. God came and spoke to Adam and Eve. In speaking to them, He spoke to all of mankind, to them, and to us. “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die” (Genesis 2:17). Had He not spoken to us, we would not have sin. But that word judged all mankind, even us, for God's Word also says, “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law” (Rom. 5:12-13). And so we are without excuse for our sin. For Paul also wrote, “Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin” (Rom. 3:19-20). Jesus' words are the words of God. They are like the law to us. They are spiritual. They show where the Spirit of God is working and where He is not working. God has spoken to us in His Son. Are we listening to Him? Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

How Hidden Emotions Become Disease. The body has been keeping records. Every emotion buried, every loss never grieved, every fear that never resolved — stored somewhere, in something. In this show, Dr. David Kolbaba opens the file. HealthQuest Special: "Adrenal Stress Index Test." Call our HealthQuest Radio Hotline at 800-794-1855 to schedule.

26 years ago, before the election of George W. Bush in 2000, I wrote, produced and starred in a show about the history of the campaign song, called "Muckrakers," with the fabulous Linda Kerns.  Given that this bicentennial election season is heating up, I thought it'd be fun to revisit some songs from elections past…Let's look at one from 1856...Some background: in 1854 was “Bleeding Kansas” - a bitter dispute between pro and anti-slavery forces over that territory, which led to the break up of the two major parties and the formation of a new one — THE REPUBLICANS — who vowed to oppose any further extension of slavery. But, THE DEMOCRATIC WINNER OF THE 1856 ELECTION WAS….?Many people consider him the WORST president we've ever had (until now) - because he might have prevented the Civil War, and he blew it. I'll give you a hint: he was a bachelor - girl he was engaged to as a youth committed suicide. One eye was nearsighted, the other far - so he held his head a a funny angle….Got it? He was the quote: “most available, and most unobjectionable JAMES BUCHANAN, former Secretary of State to Polk, who once called him “an able man,” but added that, “he sometimes acts like an old maid.”Nevertheless, Bucky won big! Carried every Southern state, except Maryland and six free states - proving that the majority still put the preservation of the Union above all else. And, that is exactly what Stephen Foster's WHITE HOUSE CHAIR urged the voters to do.

John 15:21 “But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.” What are “these things” that Jesus referred to? Persecution and rejection of what you say. The reason we will be rejected, ignored, and dishonored will be for Jesus' name sake. If we live by and keep His words, then we identify with Jesus, His name. Those who know God, know that Jesus was sent by the Father and that His words were His Father's words. Jesus commanded His followers to love one another because God is love, and He came to live to love with His Father. So those who know God will love. John expounded on this in his first epistle. “We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him” (1 Jo. 4:6-9). Today, we live because Jesus lives. We have His life in us, which is the manifestation of God's love for us. To God be the glory. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Isaiah 53:3-6,” He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”Escapism is the tendency to seek distraction or relief from unpleasant realities, stress, responsibilities, or emotional discomfort. We ask, ' How may I work to get some real easy living?” "Man was made for truth, but truth is costly and mysterious. Therefore, many choose pleasure—not because it satisfies, but because it distracts."Isaiah 53:4,"Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows"JOHN 6:53-58,”53 So Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. 54 The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. 56 The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread will live forever.”Charles Spurgeon, "Christ did not come merely that we might be better men, but that He might make us new men altogether."An invitation has been pronounced to enter into something new, different, better, the first and final plan.Faith in HIS suffering & gift.Hebrews 2:14-18,” 14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. 16 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. 17 Therefore, he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”“Our bodies will break, and our blood will be spilled, but in Christ we have one who spilled the perfect blood and broke the perfect body that though we may suffer here on earth, it pales in comparison to what we have now received through one man's ultimate suffering.”ISAIAH 53 He carried our griefs He carried our sorrows He was wounded for us He was crushed for us He became all of our suffering, not for us to run & escape, but rather to stand with Him in freedom.1 PETER 3:18,”18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,”In suffering, we bring His work—not our escapePsalm 62:8 - “Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.”In suffering, we look to Christ—not inward for answersHebrews 12:2 - “Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith…”John Piper - “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.”In suffering, we remain with Jesus—not away from HimJohn 15:4 - “Abide in Me, and I in you.”Acts 16:25 - “Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God in prison.”In suffering, we trust Jesus—not the outcomePhilippians 1:21 - “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”Romans 8:38–39 - “Nothing… will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.”

John 15:20 “Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.” Earlier in the evening, after Jesus washed His disciples' feet, He had said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.” It was said in the context of Jesus' telling them to serve each other as He had served them by washing their feet. In that case, the message was do as I do. In this case, the idea is the similar. It's you'll receive the same from others that I receive. Those who persecute Me will do the same to you, and those who honor Me by keeping My word will do the same with you and your words. As we live to love with Jesus, those who reject God's word will also reject our words. Love won't make a difference in how they treat us or what they think about us. However, we should not shrink back from speaking God's word in love. As we do, we can know that those who love God's word will receive our words as we are faithful to say what He says. They will receive and honor our words because we are repeating Jesus' words. That's a vital aspect of living to love with Jesus. Because we love Him, we keep His words and share them with others in His name. As Jesus said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.” (John 14:24). Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:19b “But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.” Jesus reminded them that they did not choose Him but He chose them out of the world. He chose them because their source isn't the world, rather they are “of” God. The world hates those who go “out from them” to Jesus. It exposes them for who and whose they are. But let's pause and consider. Those Jesus chose out of the world looked exactly like those of the world. He didn't choose us, who are His friends, for any other reason than we have a different source. So how do we know who are His friends. Like He said in John 15:14 “You are My friends if you do what I command you.” We were “of God” and not “of the world”. However, we didn't know we were of God until He chose us and revealed His love in us. For this reason, the world hates us. As you live to love with Jesus, humbly consider that you are blessed if the world hates you and speaks all manner of evil against you for His name sake. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

May 28, 2026

John 15:19a “If you were of the world, the world would love its own;” The word Jesus used for “love” in this verse has the same root as the word for “friends”. Philos, friends. Phileo, love. So we can understand that Jesus was saying that if the disciples were of the world, the world would be friendly toward them. Friendship with the world reveals that the world is your source. Friendship with Jesus reveals that God is your source. It is clear that John understood this principle because of what he wrote in his first epistle. “Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us” (1 John 2:18-19). Then in 1 John 4:5-6, speaking of the same group who are antichrists and unfriended them, he wrote, “They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” Those who are of the world only befriend those who think like them. They have the same lusts of the flesh, lusts of the eyes, and boastful pride of life in this world. They love their lives in this world and so are friends with others who loves their lives in this world. This should speak to our hearts as it did the disciples' hearts. We should not try to reach the world by being friends with them—showing them that we desire the same things in this world and boast of the same things as they do. If we live to love with Jesus, we can expect no one in the world, who is of the world, will consider us their friends. They won't listen to the apostles' writing or teaching, so they won't listen to us either. Don't let that discourage you. All who are His friends, will listen and will not reject your witness or love. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

“and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.'” (Deuteronomy‬ ‭1‬:‭31‬)

John 15:18. "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” John 15:18-25 comprise Jesus' commentary on the unbelieving world. The previous verse revealed the most identifiable characteristic among the believing community—love. They love one another because they love Jesus and He lives in them. In contrast, verse 18, reveals the most identifiable characteristic of the unbelieving world—hatred for Jesus expressed in hatred toward His followers. Jesus said, "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” Hatred for Jesus precedes hatred for those who are His. Let's keep in mind that Jesus told them of these things before they happened, so they would know that He is the Son of God. Up to this point, Jesus had been the target of the unbelieving ones, such as the Pharisees and Scribes. But within days, their bitterness became focused on Jesus' followers. Nothing has changed since the moment these words passed through Jesus' lips. The world still hates the vine and therefore hates the branches of the vine. The branches of the vine that do not bear fruit for the glory of God are the world of which Jesus spoke. If branches suck up the blessings of life from the vine, yet fail to produce fruit, their love for their existence in this world is destructive and counter to the purpose of the vine and the branches. Hatred flows through the branches and produces hatred for Jesus and His followers. Why tell this to His disciples? So they would know when it happened to them that Jesus is the Son of God and that they belong to Him. As we live to love with Jesus, we may expect to be hated by those who hate Him. The point is: don't think that you did something wrong when others hate you. You may or may not have done something to offend them, but they hate you because they hate Jesus. If they loved Jesus, they would gladly forgive your offense(s) because they too have been forgiven of their sins and have believed Jesus' commandment to love as they have been loved by Him. So do not be discouraged to live to love with Jesus. Even more so, love as you've been commanded. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Jesus sees the burdens you carry, and is willing to carry them for you. Stop pretending you can handle everything on your own. Bring your struggles honestly to Christ, and allow others to help carry those burdens as well.

John 15:17 This I command you, that you love one another. This is now the third time Jesus commanded His disciples to love each other since they had finished the evening meal. The Father really wanted His disciples to get the point of their existence and relationship with His Son. I don't want us to miss the point. We were saved to live for one purpose: to glorify the Father through loving others with His Son. This verse also makes it very clear what fruit Jesus had in mind when He said in the previous verse, “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain.” The fruit of love is the fruit of the vine, the life of Jesus. Again Jesus underscored that it is His command. We've learned that it is love that makes such a command. God loved His Son and commanded Him to lay down His life, and the Son has loved us in the same way by commanding us to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters in Christ. What a privilege, honor, and adventure with Jesus! On this side of the cross, we know what it means to love. On their side of the cross, God's love was in the process of being defined and revealed. How can this Scripture encourage us today? What comes to mind are the words of the writer of Hebrews in Hebrews 10:24-26. “And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” In a sense, we are now assembled, as we listen to this podcast together to be stimulated and encouraged to love. The day is drawing near that Jesus will return. What will matter is if we lived to love with Him. I hope this scripture will encourage and stimulate you to love with Him today. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:16 “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.” These words were shared for the purpose of giving His disciples confidence and honor. They were His friends because He wanted to befriend them. Let us remember, Jesus' enemies intended to shame Him by calling Him a “friend of sinners.” The transforming power of His love was bestowed by grace. He did not call them friends because they initiated the relationship. Rather, they found favor with Him because of God's grace and an eternal purpose determined by His Father. The apostle Paul commented on this great gospel truth of God's election when he wrote, “God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity” (2 Tim. 1:9). What is the purpose for which we were chosen by God in Christ Jesus? To love with Him. To go through life with Him, laying down our lives, suffering for the sake of the gospel, displaying the fruit He produces in answer to prayer inspired and encouraged by the knowledge of God's will for them to be fruitful branches. Do we live with that awareness of His purpose, promise, and honor? He has honored us by choosing, appointing, and empowering us to live to love with Him for the glory of the Father. Be encouraged today in the eternal purpose of God revealed in you as you live to love with Jesus. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Let's live in John 15:15 for another day. Jesus said to His disciples, “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” The transformation from slave to friend occurred as He loved them as the Father had loved Him. The Father had given His Son the word that contained the power to set them apart from everyone else in the world. What were those words? To love. “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you” (John 13:34; 15:12). Those were the words that pruned them. They removed the worldly, fruitless purposes that had governed their lives to this point. Without this new commandment, the defilement of worldly pursuits would clog up the life-carrying arteries of the branch. In giving them the command the Father gave Him to give to them, they were set apart to a new purpose or vision for their lives, namely, to live with Jesus to love everyone He loved for the glory of the Father. Through them, the Vine would love His own to the very end of time. As His love sap flowed through them, His friends would show the world that He lives. In the previous two verses, Jesus had told His disciples that the greatest expression of love is laying one's life down for his friends and that His friends were those who obeyed His command to love as He has loved them. In giving them the word of the Father, to love with Jesus, they had been transformed from slaves to friends for whom He was laying down His life. The word of the Father has been preserved and delivered now to us in this generation, making us His friends if we believe in Him, receive them, and obey. Receive the pruning of the Father. Let all who hear these words, repent of living for selfish, worldly purposes. May we glory in His friendship and live to love with Him for the rest of our lives. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:15 “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” Earlier in the evening before their last meal together, Jesus had called His disciples slaves. ““If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them” (John 13:14-17). He called them slaves earlier to set the stage for them to receive His new command to live to love with Him. At this point in the evening, He wanted them to know what was about to happen and that He was relating to them, not as slaves, but as His dearly beloved friends. As He spoke and they walked toward the arranged rendezvous with the devil, He was laying down His life for His friends. He wanted them to know what He was doing—sanctifying them, His friends, to Himself—calling them into the place He was going to prepare for them. How do His friends get into this place of union with Jesus? They believe Jesus is God in the flesh, who died to remove all of the sins of His friends, who conquered death for them, has risen to ever live to intercede for them, and to give them His life. All done perfectly, according to the will of His Father, so He can continue loving all His friends through them for His glory. Do you realize what Jesus did for you? Do you believe in Jesus? If so, then you know what He was doing. He was preparing to live to love through us today who are His friends. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

Stacey and J Sbu asked KwaZulu-Natal parents about the classic lines passed down through generations. From "Do you want something to cry about?" to the legendary "I wish you knew your school work like you that know song". Listeners shared the phrases they grew up dreading and some they've already caught themselves using. Missed it? The podcast is available on ecr.co.za, just click on Stacey and J Sbu.

AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports on tensions rising between Iran and the U.S.

U.S. Central Command says the U.S. military carried out ‘self-defense strikes' in southern Iran on Monday. They say the strikes targeted Iranian missile launch sites and were intended to protect U.S. troops from threats posed by Iranian forces. President Trump also saying that negotiations with Iran are progressing, and he's now looking to turn a potential deal into a broader Middle East peace push, urging them to join the Abraham Accords, and calling on countries including Saudi Arabia and Qatar to normalize ties with Israel.Texas will be holding several run-off elections on Tuesday, where voters will finalize their chosen nominees for key congressional races. The most watched race will be the Republican primary for U.S. Senate between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Senator John Cornyn. There will also be a Democrat primary in the 18th district between Congressman Al Green and Representative Christian Menefee. Texas will also be choosing a new attorney general this cycle, with a runoff on the Republican side between Congressman Chip Roy and State Senator Mayes Middleton.The New York Knicks are in the NBA finals, after beating out the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93, in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. This is the first time the Knicks have advanced to the Championships since 1999. The Knicks' Jalen Brunson was named series MVP for averaging 25.5 points and nearly eight assists. The Knicks have outscored their opponents by 262 points during their winning streak, the most dominant span in league history, playoffs or regular season.

“Carried by Community” is a message about the danger of isolation and God's design for healing through honest, Christ-centered community. In a culture that celebrates self-sufficiency, many people quietly carry shame, addiction, grief, fear, and emotional exhaustion alone while pretending they are okay. Using Galatians 6:1-3, this message confronts the lie that needing help is weakness and reveals that spiritual maturity is not hiding struggles but helping carry burdens. The gospel shows us that Jesus carried our greatest burden at the cross, which means we no longer have to live behind masks or fake strength. This message challenges people to step out of hiding, ask for help, and become the kind of community that gently helps restore others. Healing grows where honesty lives, and freedom begins when we stop carrying everything alone.

John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. Yesterday we considered Jesus' incredible words recorded in John 15:13. “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” Verse 14 reveals who it is that Jesus lays down His life for. He does not lay down His life for everyone. He lays down His life for His friends. And who are His friends? His friends are obvious. They are those who do what He commands them to do. And there would have been no question in the disciples' minds as to what He had commanded them to do. He had repeated it twice to them in John 13:34 and 15:12. "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.” In my paraphrase, “My friends are those who live their lives for one purpose: to love with Me those the Father has given Me and therefore bear fruit for the glory and joy of My Father.” To do that, we must lay down living for ourselves, adopt Jesus' purpose as our own, and live through Him.” Are you a friend of Jesus for whom He laid down His life? I sure hope so! Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

The crew heads to Portland for the latest Vault Tour and somehow survives a weekend filled with sealed chaos, Vault Tour decks, Moor Wolves sightings, Quick Forge madness, and way too many side events.Team AC (Drazkor) breaks down the event, the meta, the power level of the decks, and whether Alliance was actually a format or just a social experiment.We talk:• 43-player turnout• Archon and Alliance results• VM26 and playmat sales• Treasure Accolades• Draft pods and adaptive sealed• Portland food rankings• Why Rum Club had the best drink of the weekend• Uber vs trains: the eternal struggleAlso:MammonDG top 4'd BOTH sealed and archon because apparently balance is dead.Xray snagged 2nd in Archon and top 8 in sealed.Drazkor mostly contributed emotional support.Decks discussed:https://decksofkeyforge.com/decks?tags=25718833#KeyForge #VaultTour #Portland #GhostGalaxy #Archon #TabletopGaming #TCGHelp support the showsArchons Corner (Keyforge)►AC Merchandise►Patreon►Twitter/X►Facebook►BlueSky►Instagram►TikTok►Join Our DiscordAltered Corner (Altered)

On this special Memorial Day episode, Tudor Dixon sits down with Mark Stephens, a 21-year Army Special Forces veteran and Chairman of the Board for Task Force Dagger, to discuss the true meaning of honoring America’s fallen heroes. Mark shares firsthand experiences from years of combat deployments, the unseen burdens carried by service members and their families, and the emotional realities of survivor’s guilt and sacrifice. The conversation also explores America’s role on the world stage, the importance of Special Operations forces, geopolitical challenges involving Iran and Cuba, and why understanding history matters when evaluating today’s global conflicts. Plus, Mark explains how organizations like Task Force Dagger support wounded warriors and Gold Star families long after the battlefield. A powerful Memorial Day conversation about duty, freedom, and remembering those who gave everything for the country we love.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. After commanding His disciples to love each other as He had loved them, He explained how He had loved them. His entire life from His first breath in this world, was to surrender His life, to lay down His life, to love those His Father commanded Him to love. What did He lay down? He laid down His life with the comforts of heaven and earth. He surrendered His reputation, honor, rights, everything this world had to offer Him. He did not defend, promote, protect, or assert Himself. Everything was laid down that He had a right to hold onto for the sake of one thing: to express the love of the Father for His glory for those the Father wanted Him to love. As He had only minutes before said, “So that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me.” What had the Father commanded Him? For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father” (Jo. 10:17-18). The Father loves His Son so commanded Him to lay down His life of His own initiative. If He laid down His life for us out of obedience to His Father, shall we not also be loved by our Father and commanded to lay down our lives for those He loves? This is the great love that lives inside of us—the supernatural, self-sacrificial, love of God for His friends. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

The unfinished sentence you carried all day means noticing the thought you never got to complete because life interrupted. This guide explores what happens to the thoughts we cannot finish, and how they quietly shape our emotional landscape even when we are not paying attention.

Have you ever asked God for a sign?Pastor Andrew shared an incredible testimony of how God orchestrated an impossible series of events—including a divine prompting to call someone he barely knew at 8:00 pm on a Saturday night—to confirm His will. What seemed like a closed door became a powerful testimony of the Holy Spirit's direct intervention.This Pentecost, lay aside the junk of the world that fills your life. Make room for God to fill you with His Spirit. Trust that He will show you the path He has for you—and watch Him move in ways you never imagined possible.

John 15:12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Today's verse, confirms all that Jesus had said to His disciples. He loved them like the Father has loved Him. To insure that they and all disciples yet to be born may understand that they have been called to a new purpose by the love of God, Jesus repeated the new commandment. It is our highest good to know that this is the love of God, namely, to be commanded to love with Him and then empowered to bear fruit by His life in them. This command, repeated, received, and obeyed is the life, light, and purpose for which church was brought forth out of the Son of Man and given to Him as His bride—to love Jesus by loving each other through the power of intimate union with His life. We will see all of this expressed in Jesus' prayer in John 17. The love of Jesus is the fruit of the vine which comes from the life of Jesus, and this love is the light of the world for the glory and joy of not only the Father and the Son, but also all who are His. So today, I love you with the love of Jesus, and in His name, command you to live for this one, all-encompassing, life-transforming, joy-producing purpose—to love today with Jesus. We love because He first loved us and commanded us to love like He has loved us. Tomorrow we learn more about how He has loved us and what loving others looks like. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

You finally made it home. Carried back by your brothers-in-arms, wounded, exhausted, and trying far too hard to pretend you're fine, you return to the one person who has been waiting for you every night by the fire. Your wife sees through the stubborn silence immediately. Tonight, there are no battles left to fight. No strength to prove. No worth to earn through pain, muscle, or steel. Just warmth. Care. A blanket over your shoulders. Her hands tending to you gently. And the reminder that you are not loved for what your body can endure. You are loved because you are you. So let yourself rest, my love. You're home. There is Artwork for this audio that can be viewed either in the vault or on Youtube once the preview has been released on 5/23/20206. https://youtu.be/rc6IUMq6V7I #F4MASMR #F4MRoleplay #FemaleForMaleASMR #WifeComfortsYou #InjuredWarriorComfort #WoundedKnightASMR #FantasyASMRRoleplay #WarriorComesHome #HurtComfortASMR #EmotionalComfort #SoftSpokenASMR #CaringWifeRoleplay #InjuredListener #BattleWoundedListener #MedievalFantasyASMR #KnightListener #FantasyComfort #FireplaceAmbience #AfterBattleComfort #WifeTakesCareOfYou #YouAreSafe #YouAreLoved #ComfortForMen #MaleListenerASMR #RomanticComfortASMR #WholesomeRomance #EmotionalReassurance #PostBattleRecovery #SoftWifeASMR #LovingWifeASMR #WoundedHusbandComfort #FantasyWifeRoleplay #SleepAidASMR #CaretakingASMR #GentleComfort #TraumaComfortRoleplay #VulnerableListener #HurtWarrior #BattleWornComfort #KnightComesHome

John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. Here the disciples receive the reason for all that Jesus had said and done that evening, recorded in John 13:4 to now. The glory of God is His love revealed in His Son. And how is that love most glorified and revealed? That the love the Father has for His Son and the Son has for the Father is given so freely and so generously to their offspring that they experience the same fullness of joy that the Godhead enjoys together. What word best describes such revealed love and purpose? The word “Glory” comes to mind. Do we realize the glorious, generous, life-changing, joy-producing love of God revealed in the new commandment given to Jesus by the Father and then lovingly given to the disciples and thus to us, “Love one another as I have loved you.”? Jesus said He gave us the commandment so we might experience His joy. When we see His joy in our obedience, our joy will become full. That is the fruit the vine exists for and the fruit for which the Father planted the vineyard. We exist for the joy of the vinedresser and that joy will explode when the fruit is harvested. What amazing grace, that God has purposed that the branches enter into the joy of the vinedresser and the vine. And all we did was obey the command to live to love with Jesus, ask Him for the life giving power to love, and He did it! He did loved His own for us, so that His joy would be in us and our joy made full. How do you respond to these words? Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. In this verse we learn an astounding lesson about the love of the Father for His Son and the Son's love for us. Love, the sustained direction of the will toward the highest good of another, no matter what the cost, expressed that love by giving a command to love. How did the Father love Jesus and what did Jesus do to love His disciples that the Father did to love Him? The Father loved His Son by commanding Him to come to earth and love those given to Him with Him, the Father. In just the same love, Jesus commanded His disciples to love those given to Him with Him, the Son. Let this sink in! Meditate on this glorious truth until your soul is filled with wonder and awe and your life takes on His purpose for life: to make disciples who live to love with Jesus. To love them by teaching them Jesus' command, namely, to love those who are His with Him. Or to put it in the terms of Jesus' analogy, to bear fruit for the glory and joy of the vinedresser, His Father. It is in the Sons' highest good to please His Father by obeying His command to love in His name. It is in the disciples' and our highest good to obey Jesus' command to love in His name. We'll see why this is in our highest good tomorrow. Today, the Son has loved us by commanding us to live to love with Him. Can you imagine a branch not obeying? It's the very nature of the branch to do so. It's why it was made. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. Love has lost its meaning today. The love of which Jesus spoke may be defined as the sustained direction of the will toward the highest good of another, no matter what the cost. Jesus told His disciples that He has loved them just as the Father had loved Him. What did He mean “just as” the Father loved Him. How did the Father love Him? What did Jesus do to love them that the Father did to love Him? The answer is in the next verse. For today, let's be encouraged by Jesus' encouragement to abide in His love. I think the best way to understand the word abide is to picture the branches receiving the life from the vine. This isn't a passive reception of the life of Christ, it is active. Sometimes there are branches that are called “suckers”, usually referring to branches that suck the sap from the vine but produce no fruit. These must be removed. However, a branch that does bear fruit also sucks its life from the vine for the very purpose of bearing fruit. All of the life-giving energy is sucked/received from the vine and then channeled to the fruit by the branch. Can you see yourself like that branch today? You're not passive, you are abiding, sucking, receiving your life today from Jesus who dwells in you. He promises to love through you. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Here Jesus reveals His passion, the passion of the vine—namely, the glory of His Father. How vital it is for His disciples to understand that their lives have one holy purpose, that is to bring glory to the vinedresser by bearing much fruit. The fruit, of course, is His love. We must be careful not to be misguided and think that the fruit is decisions for Christ, or changed lives in those whom we love in His name. The fruit is clearly fruit that issues forth from the lives of the disciples. It is the fruit of which the apostle Paul wrote when He described the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy peace, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control in Gal. 5:22-23. We are not fruitful if we see those things in other people. Our fruitfulness looks like the fruit of the life of the vine. It is love. Love is the proof that we are Jesus' disciples, true branches connected to the vine. This is a repeat of John 13:35. “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” May the Spirit of Christ encourage us today, to bear fruit for the glory of the Father, by asking Jesus to love through us and for us. He promises to do it for us. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

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Hugh Douglas and Joe Giglio analyze the Phillies' recent success and the impact of Don Mattingly's leadership on the clubhouse. They debate Nick Castellanos' philosophy regarding managers who "carried the stick" and discuss Alec Bohm's impressive season turnaround. 01:00 - Phillies Five-Game Streak 03:43 - Mattingly's Detailed Leadership 08:55 - Carried the Stick Debate 16:10 - Coaching vs. Connecting 21:37 - Caller Jeff on Mattingly

John 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. Let's look at this verse from the perspective of a branch united to the vine. What would the branch ask of the vine? Wouldn't a branch that has the life of the vine running through its veins wish only one thing? To bear fruit? It draws upon the resources of the vine so that more fruit can be produced for the glory of the vine. Jesus told His disciples that His life and His words were the life-giving, fruit-bearing sap of their lives. To Jesus' point, if Jesus and His word had a home in them, had unhindered access to them, then whatever was needed to love as He loves would be done for them. Don't miss what He said. He didn't say they would get what they asked for so they could then do it for Jesus. They would ask for what His word commanded, namely to love as He loves, because that's their greatest wish as branches, and Jesus would do it for them. It's Jesus living for them, not them living for Jesus! Thank You, Jesus for living in us and giving us Your word that the purpose and privilege of our lives is to love with You. That's exactly what we wish for today. Give us the fruit of Your life today, for the glory of Your Father. Amen Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

PJ talks to Damien Sreenan who joined the crowds cheering them and hears from Daniel O'Donnell who missed their Donegal visit and came to Cork to see them Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. What would you think about a vinedresser that left dead branches on the vine or when removed left an unsightly pile of dried up branches in his vineyard? Would you consider him lazy or sloppy? You certainly wouldn't think well of him. Would you not consider it to his credit and praise that he remove them and take them to a burn pile? What else does he do with dead, dried up branches? Why did Jesus think it was important to give this information to His disciples? It's because the Father gave it to Him to give to them because that information is for their highest good. It also is what a responsible vinedresser does, and certainly they knew it. It is highly possible, knowing Jesus, that such a burn pile was in sight. According to Jonathan Edwards, God glorifies Himself even in the destruction of the wicked who do not bear fruit. It is reasonable and it is the branch's purpose to bear fruit, the fruit of His love. In fruit-bearing both the Father and the Son are glorified. However, a dead, dried up branch brings no glory to the Son, the vine. So there is only one reasonable and expected way that remains for the Father, the vinedresser, to receive glory as far as they are concerned, and that is in the destruction of those who fall short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). The destruction of the wicked in hell is neither unjust nor unloving. Contrary to popular opinion, it is what love for the Vine and the vineyard looks like. For God, The Vinedresser, to not have a burn pile would be to fall short of the glory of God. Let us bear fruit today by living to love with Jesus. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. Jesus is life. Everything that isn't flowing out of Him is dead. He is the vine. we are nothing more than branches. We don't do the fruit-bearing, the loving, Jesus does the fruit-bearing and the loving. The branch doesn't bear much fruit of itself. It's impossible. God provides the increase, the fruit-bearing through His Son, the vine, in the branches so that all the glory goes to the Father and the Son. The reality of this illustration is amazing. All of mankind exists for God and exists through Jesus Christ. No one who has been made wasn't made through Him as John wrote in 1:3. “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.” Of all of mankind, God has chosen to bear fruit for His glory through some of the branches that issued forth from the vine, His Son. It is obvious which branches have been pruned to bear fruit by the vinedresser. These branches experience a flow of fruit-yielding life as the union between Jesus and them is intentionally chosen by the branches. They live to love with Him. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com

He was carried by angels. Imagine arriving in Heaven wrapped in the arms of an angel. Join us this Wednesday for a powerful time of worship, fellowship, and the Word! Special guest, Phillip Hatfield shares his supernatural encounter in his message, "Carried By Angels" and the power of one drop of Jesus' blood. This is part of the series, "Don't Miss Life." To learn more about NB CHurch, visit us at www.newbeginnings.org.

What happens when the person you've loved since childhood is suddenly gone — and you're left at 29 with three small children and no idea how to be an adult without them?Courtney Pray Duke doesn't answer that question with easy comfort. She answers it with her life. Widowed after her husband Andrew was killed in a cycling accident, Courtney walked through the kind of loss that rewrites everything — and came out the other side not unscathed, but transformed.In this episode, Courtney and Brian explore what grief and faith after losing a spouse actually looks like — not the sanitized version, but the raw, fog-filled, one-step-at-a-time reality. They find real common ground across their different frameworks (Courtney's deep Christian faith and Brian's evidence-based consciousness research) because at the end of the day, they're both after the same thing: hope that holds up.In this episode we cover:Who Andrew was — the childhood friend who became her soulmate and the father of her childrenThe moment the world went black and white — and the long fog that followedHow faith shifted from head knowledge to a true lifeline in the darkest seasonThe jagged, non-linear nature of grief and why there's no "right" timelineSigns and synchronicities that made her feel less alone in the wildernessWhether it's possible — and okay — to love again after losing a spouseRaising children who remember their father and keeping his memory aliveHow her pain became the foundation for her purpose and her new bookAbout Courtney Pray DukeCourtney Pray Duke is an author, speaker, and widow who was widowed at 29 after her husband Andrew was killed in a cycling accident, leaving her with three young children. In the years since, she has built a life and a ministry centered on helping others find hope after devastating loss. Her newly released book, And She Got Up: Shattered by Loss, Restored by Jesus, tells her story with the kind of honesty that only comes from someone who has actually been through the fire.

  8. Roosevelt achieved a historic landslide, winning 46 states and defying the Literary Digest poll. This victory signaled a major political realignment, as FDR carried 104 of 106 major cities. Pietrusza emphasizes that the support of urban immigrant populations solidified the modern Democratic coalition for decades. 81936 LEND YOUR BINOCULARS TO THE NAVY