Jean Ann Williams | Author

“‘Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who […]

“‘If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you’” (John 15:18, 19 English Standard Version).  Lord, please […]

“‘You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another’” (John 15:16, 17 English Standard […]

“‘You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you’” (John 15:14, 15 English Standard Version).  Thank You, […]

“‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends’” (John 15:12, 13 ESV). Lord, can we say we would lay down our lives for a friend? Please give us that courage, Lord. In Jesus’ holy name, we […]

“‘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. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full’” (John 15:10, 11 ESV).  Dear Father, thank You for caring so very much […]

“‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love’” (John 15:9 ESV).  Yes, Lord, we long to abide in Your Son’s love each day. In Jesus’ name. AmenBlessed day to you~

“‘If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples’” (John 15:7, 8 English Standard Version).  We understand, Father, that ‘whatever you wish’ is of a spiritual request. […]

“‘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 15:5 ESV). And Lord, we long to stay put within Your Son’s vine. In Jesus’ holy name, we are glad. AmenBlessed weekend to you~ 

“‘Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me’” (John 15:4 English Standard Version).  Help us, oh Lord, to stay close to You. In Jesus’ name we ask. AmenBlessed day to you~