Thought Quotient

Check out these words from 1 John chapter 5…

1 John 5:14-21

Confidence and Compassion in Prayer

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Note the things that ‘we know’ that are listed there.

We know that He hears us
We know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him
We know that whoever is born of God does not sin
We know that we are of God
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding

All of these precede the final one listed - and that is ‘that we may know Him who is true’

Q: Why do we know? Why are we sure?
A: Because we know Him - Jesus! (vs 20)
We have a relationship with the true God.

The first collaborative release from Studio 25 Recordings/Jordan Entertainment Group/Koch Records by Tony Terry titled Changed! debuted this week at #24 on the Billboard Gospel Chart and #75 on the Billboard R&B Album Chart! This exciting news also is in addition to the debut of Tony’s single “Praise Him” which entered the Billboard Hot Gospel Tracks Chart at #34 with a bullet.

For the 38th time in his career, Tony Terry makes a Billboard music chart. His album Changed! released on April 18th and continues to strike the right chord with radio, press and retail. The single also appeared as one of R&R’s most added Gospel singles last week and on May 14th, the video began airing on BET’s popular Sunday morning program, Video Gospel.