Quality time = time well spent

As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them. Luke 24:15 There are many different ways to spend quality time with someone. Here Jesus joined guys as they walked. In other cases, you see h
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To serve or to be served?

4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. John 13:4-5.
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I am God's Son

…what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, “I am God’s Son”? John 10:36 Here Jesus uses the phrase, “I am God’s Son” as part of a

I am from above

But he continued, ‘You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. John 8:23 Jesus lived on the earth as a man until he was 33. He always knew he was just passing through so didn’t allow this world determin
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I am the Vine

5 ‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up,
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I am the way, the truth and the life

Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 You would have heard it said that there are many ways to get to God. This is said by those who chose to ignore Jesus and to ignore the
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I am the resurrection and the life

25 Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ John 11:25-26 If you thought the I AM sayings of

I am the Good Shepherd

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. John 10:11 The I am sayings of Jesus set him apart in some way. Most of them describe him as God. In his claim to be the Good Shepherd, he sets himself apart from others who
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I am the gate

I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. John 10:9 Both verse 7 and verse 9 state Jesus as saying that he is the gate for the sheep. Sandwiched between these two verses is one where he te
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I am the light of the world

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’ John 8:12 Jesus makes another great claim in calling himself the light of the world. By
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