After the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus turns to a more private setting with his disciples and prepares them for what is ahead. God’s plan was not what might have been in their minds. Jesus talks to them about betrayal…
Category: Devotions
My Peace I Give To You
Jesus is preparing his disciples for the transition ahead. He will no longer be with them on the earth, but by the Holy Spirit, he will continue to be with them. He says this in John 14:15 “If you love…
His Commandment is Eternal Life
Many miracles have been recorded and many that have testified of the power of God to transform their lives through Jesus Christ, yet some still refuse to believe as it says in John 12:38 “Lord, who has believed our message?”.…
One Man Should Die for the People
Jesus has a close relationship with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and has had a strong impact on their lives. But when Lazarus gets sick, and Jesus delays coming, his sisters mourn his death as they lay him in the tomb.…
I Am the Good Shepherd
As Jesus faces the crowds, there are those that believe and those that refuse his words. Jesus uses an example they would all be familiar with and talks about the response of sheep to their shepherd. He says in John…
That the Works of God Could be Revealed
What do you believe? Is God far off and we are just here to survive as best we can? That isn’t what Jesus taught. In John 8:31–32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you continue…
This Man is the Christ!
Jesus is demonstrating the power of God through the miracles he is doing and many recognize him and believe in John 7:31 But from the crowd many believed in him and were saying, “Whenever the Christ comes, he will not…
This is the Work of God That You Believe
Jesus is performing miracles of healing and the people are following him. After he feeds the five thousand, he leaves the area but the crowds seek, and find him. In John 6:26 Jesus replied to them and said, “Truly, truly…
Come To Me So That You May Have Life
Jesus is going around and doing good. He heals the man at the pool of Bethesda and the religious people of the day respond in John 5:10 “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick…
If You Had Known The Gift of God
We all have developed ideas about who God is and how we are to please him, but many of these ideas are based on historic social experience as Jesus said in Mark 7:7 “And they worship me in vain, teaching…
All Are Coming to Him!
Most have heard that Jesus came to bring the message that God loves us, and he does. Jesus also came to bring righteousness and justice as he demonstrated when he drove the money changers out of the temple in Mark…
You Are the King of Israel
The gospel of John opens in John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” and in John 1:3 “All things came into being through him”. It is God acting…
The One Who Does Good is of God
Our relationship with God begins the moment we accept that Jesus Christ came in the flesh and gave his life for our sin. From that moment, we begin walking on the earth as the sons and daughters of God. Sadly,…
By this You Know the Spirit of God
Every person is born into the world in a state of innocence. We then become aware of the natural world and learn to recognize sin. But God has not left us, in Ephesians 2:12 “not having hope, and without God…