May these red-letter treasures serve as a reminder to you today that you are not alone or ill equipped for the challenges in your life. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” ( John 16:33) “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. This is my command: Love each other.” ( John 15:12-17) You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit-fruit that will last-and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. You are my friends if you do what I command. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” ( John 15:5, 7-8)
If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit apart from me you can do nothing… If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” ( John 14:26-27) Peace I leave with you my peace I give you. “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” ( John 14:15-17) The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” ( John 14:12-14) And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. You trust in God trust also in me.” ( John 14:1) Then Jesus had a moving conversation in an upper room and in a vineyard where strength and love flowed heart-to-heart as beautiful words of life were spoken to his cherished friends. Yet, beyond the burden of his own pain, Jesus humbled himself to serve those he loved by washing filthy, calloused feet. He knew that within hours, one would betray him, another would disown him, and all would make haste to separate themselves from him in his most excruciating earthly moments. I imagine the minutes were a blur that evening as Jesus sifted through the emotions of all that was to come. Though we can’t watch it on a movie, you and I, through the audio recordings of the divinely breathed Word, are able to eves drop on the intimate dialog that was recorded in the New Testament book of John, chapters 13-17. On the night before his death, Jesus had a long conversation with his closest friends, his disciples. But the most important thing is even if we're apart I'll always be with you. or, uh, was that a moose?"Ĭhristopher Robin: "No, silly, old bear! You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. We're braver than a bee, and, uh, longer than a tree, and taller than a goose. Pooh: "And what might that be, Christopher Robin?"Ĭhristopher Robin: "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." If ever there's a tomorrow when we're not together, there's something you must remember."
In the film, “Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin,” Pooh and Christopher Robin, who are the closest of friends, have a moving conversation high in a tree where strength and love flow heart-to-heart as a beautiful words are spoken.Ĭhristopher Robin: "Oh, Pooh. He simply oozes adorableness and positivity. One of the most lovable and charming characters in the history of cartoon animation has to be Winnie the Pooh. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. You Are Braver, Smarter and Stronger Than You Think