Daily Devotional from John 13--Verses 34-35A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.“Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”The words of a children’s song summarize the truth of God’s love for us, and the verse tell...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Proverb 9—Verses 7-8Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man and he will love you.Nowhere is this more obvious today than on social media. Scoffers are those who consider their opinion to be the right opinion, and they love putting others down. I saw a stick...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 12--Verse 24Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.The principles of the Kingdom are often counterintuitive—You want to live? Then you must die.You want to win? The you must lose.You want to receive? You must give.You want to rise? You must sink.You want to be great? Be small.You want to be first? Be l...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 11—Verse 33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.Like you and I, Jesus experienced grief. Even though He knew He could raise Lazarus from the dead, He still grieved with those around Him. He was deeply moved.I love Jesus’s opening to His prayer in verse 41, where He says, “Fathe...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 10--Verses 2-4But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.I love that we have God’s word written for us and kept through history. But it is...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 9--Verse 25[The man born blind] answered, “Whether or not [Jesus is] a sinner, I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!”Another way to express this man’s words is “I was one way, and now I’m different.” If you know Jesus, you understand this deeply. This man’s encounter with Jesus changed his life. For his entire life, he was told that either hi...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 8--Verse 58Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”Jesus claimed to be God. “I am” was the name God told Moses to use when referring to Him.The Jews knew what Jesus was claiming and tried to stone Him for blasphemy.Some people think of Jesus as a great moral teacher.C S Lewis said, “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Psalm 114—Verses 1-2When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.Psalm 114 is often recited in the church at Easter, because it talks about Israel's deliverance from slavery, which can be seen as a metaphor for our deliverance from sin.The Old Testament tells how God sent Moses to lead h...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 7--Verse 6My time has not yet come. I love the confidence. Here Jesus’s brothers were trying to egg him on. But Jesus stayed in the moment. He didn’t allow ambition to drive him forward or fear to hold him back. He trusted in the perfect timing of the Father. And the pathway into this same kind of confidence is Jesus. Oh, to abide in Jesus, the supremely confident One. W...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 6—Verse 26Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.”The people in the crowd were desperately chasing after Jesus, but it was because of what He did, and not who He is. All of His metaphors they took literally and thus turned away from Him quickly—after crossing the sea to ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 5—Verse 24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.There is this judgment that all of us deserve: it’s death. A criminal's death, since we are all sinners. But by simply believing God, in believing Jesus is the Son of God and that He is God, we no lon...  Read More

Daily Devotional from John 4--Verse 35b…Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, because they are ready for harvest.Jesus was preparing his disciples for what was coming. John the Baptist had been working to prepare the hearts of the people to recognize Jesus as the messiah. And Jesus just openly admitted his identity to the woman at the well and the people of Samaria...  Read More