In all things, pray. Pray for the miracle you need, for God to help you. But also pray to stay close to Him as you receive ...

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Then Jesus grabs him and sets him back in the boat. Note that Jesus doesn’t place Peter back on the water, but back in the boat. I imagine that Peter picked up his oar and started paddling again so ...

In that way, we’re like the Apostle Peter who had left his fishing boat to follow Jesus. But now, in the after-Easter story of John 21, life was spinning out of control. So Peter said to the ...

The only way Peter or you or I are going to attain the kingdom of God and perfect love is by following Jesus. “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth * and the life. No one comes to ...

The disciples. Nobody knows for sure just how long Jesus' ministry, teaching and travelling throughout the Holy Land, lasted. Some say three years, others as little as one. That Christianity grew ...

"What I hope for now is that we allow the Lord Jesus to step upon the shores of our hearts, that we entrust ourselves to him.

When Peter realizes it is Jesus who has called out to them, he hikes up his garments, jumps into the sea and runs to shore. His love for Jesus is so great, he simply cannot wait a minute longer to ...

And if you ever find yourself like me, like Peter, like so many others, beginning to sink — it’s not the end. Faith gives you a chance to cry out to Jesus before you drown.

And turning to Peter, “Jesus continues: ‘I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail’ (Lk. 22:32). The prayer of Jesus is a limit imposed on the power of evil. The prayers of ...