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Welcome to Day 2160 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom The Gospel of John \u2013 28 \u2013 Tranquil Words for Troubled Hearts\xa0\u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 08/14/2022 The Gospel of John \u2013 Part 4 Confirmation Of The Word \u2013 Tranquil Words For Troubled Hearts \xa0 Today we continue our series, the Good News according to John the Apostle. Last week as the Passover meal concluded, Christ reminded the remaining 11 disciples that he would soon be leaving them. With this in mind, He issued them a new command. 34\xa0\u201cA new command\xa0I give you: Love one another.\xa0As I have loved you, so you must love one another.\xa035\xa0By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\u201d The truth was finally setting in with the disciples, who were anxious about their futures. After all, they invested the past three and a half years with Jesus, and now he tells them he is leaving, and they can\u2019t come with him. Their minds with blown, and their hearts were crushed. Our scripture for today is John 14:1-24, starting on page 1675 in the pew Bible. Jesus provides Tranquil Words for Troubled Hearts. Follow along as I read. 1\u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled.\xa0You believe\xa0in God[a];\xa0believe also in me.\xa02\xa0My Father\u2019s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there\xa0to prepare a place for you?\xa03\xa0And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back\xa0and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.\xa04\xa0You know the way to the place where I am going.\u201d 5\xa0Thomas\xa0said to him, \u201cLord, we don\u2019t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?\u201d 6\xa0Jesus answered,\xa0\u201cI am\xa0the way\xa0and the truth\xa0and the life.\xa0No one comes to the Father except through me.\xa07\xa0If you really know me, you will know[b]\xa0my Father as well.\xa0From now on, you do know him and have seen him.\u201d 8\xa0Philip\xa0said, \u201cLord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.\u201d 9\xa0Jesus answered:\xa0\u201cDon\u2019t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.\xa0How can you say, \u2018Show us the Father\u2019?\xa010\xa0Don\u2019t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?\xa0The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.\xa0Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.\xa011\xa0Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.\xa012\xa0Very truly I tell you, whoever believes\xa0in me will do the works I have been doing,\xa0and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.