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#SV – Knowing – Loving

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Gospel – John 17:20-26 Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:“Holy Father, I pray not only for them,but also for those who will believe in me through their word,so that they may all be one,as you, Father, are in me and I in you,that they also may be in us,that the world may believe that you sent me.And I have given them the glory you gave me,so that they may be one, as we are one,I in them and you in me,that they may be brought to perfection as one,that the world may know that you sent me,and … Continue reading #SV – Knowing – Loving

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#SV – The Disciple-Identity

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

To be a loving person is to constantly misunderstood, maligned and ridiculed. Yet that’s what Christ wants from us. Being a loving person is not a one-time affair. It’s a habit of life. It is not a selective attitude, that chooses who to love and who not to. God is love, and so we are called to love. Not in the abstract sense, but in the manner of the example given by Christ. Continue reading #SV – The Disciple-Identity

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#SV – Joyful Persecutees

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 I, John, had a vision of a great multitude,which no one could count,from every nation, race, people, and tongue.They stood before the throne and before the Lamb,wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. Then one of the elders said to me,“These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress;they have washed their robesand made them white in the blood of the Lamb. “For this reason they stand before God’s throneand worship him day and night in his temple.The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.They will not hunger or … Continue reading #SV – Joyful Persecutees

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#SV – “Follow me!”

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Gospel  John 21:1-19  At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.He revealed himself in this way.Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples.Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”They said to him, “We also will come with you.”So they went out and got into the boat,but that night they caught nothing.When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.Jesus said to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?”They answered … Continue reading #SV – “Follow me!”

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#SV – Peace Be With You!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week,when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,for fear of the Jews,Jesus came and stood in their midstand said to them, “Peace be with you.”When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,“Receive the Holy Spirit.Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,and whose sins you retain are … Continue reading #SV – Peace Be With You!