Devotions from John

Passage Read: John 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:23-24 Jesus did miracles and many people believed in His name, but Jesus didn't entrust Himself to them. He knew what was in man. He knew that men were capable of amassing a mob and coming by force to…

Passage Read: John 3-4 Meditation Verse: 3:21 There is an implication here that those who come to Jesus are those who desire to do right, those who desire righteousness. They are willing to come to the Light, to Jesus, that their deeds, their actions and…

Passage Read: John 5-6 Meditation Verses: 6:60-61 Jesus said some hard things, not just to those who refused to believe in Him, but also to those who followed Him. He wasn't afraid to offend with the truth. He was in fact more concerned about speaking…

Passage Read: John 7-8 Meditation Verses: 8:42-44 Jesus pulls no punches here. He makes it clear that these Jews who argue with Him are not from God, but the devil. When Jesus says they cannot hear what He is saying, He doesn't mean they are…

Passage Read: John 9-10 Meditation Verse: 9:22 How hard it is to take a chance on God, who is not right beside us at all times. Word of Jesus' words and deeds had spread far and wide. His parents knew about Jesus and could see…

Passage Read: John 11-12 Meditation Verses: 12:27-28 Jesus understood what was coming, and it caused Him stress. He knew He had a choice, that He could flee. But He also knew that He had come into the world for this very hour. From the beginning…

Passage Read: John 13-14 Meditation Verses: 13:3-4 The key to true humility is knowing what has been done for me, who I belong to and where I am going. Jesus knew that He was promised everything for His obedience to the Father. He knew that…

Passage Read: John 15-16 Meditation Verse: 16:19 We usually ask one another when we do not understand the things God says. That is only helpful to the degree that there are some among us who have walked with God longer and more closely than us.

Passage Read: John 17-18 Meditation Verses: 18:22-23 There are many things that people declare to be wrong, that people will accuse me of doing wrong, but not all things they call wrong are indeed wrong. Some do not really understand right from wrong. Some are…

Passage Read: John 19-20 Meditation Verse: 20:27 Jesus had mercy on Thomas, though he doubted Jesus' resurrection. He wasn't insulted or angered that Thomas doubted, but offered up His hands and side for Thomas to touch. It doesn't appear that Thomas touched the wounds, but…

Passage Read: John 21 - Acts 1 Meditation Verse: John 21:16 Jesus asks Simon Peter three times if he loved Him, and three times commissioned him to feed His sheep. Once for every time Peter denied Him. It is interesting that Jesus made feeding His…

Passage Read: John 1-2 Meditation Verse: 1:23 I'll need to try this when I can go back out and visit people in the community. Let them know that Jesus is returning and we need to be ready by learning to walk in God's ways.

Passage Read: John 3-4 Meditation Verse: 4:50 God help me! I want to be a true fool in the eyes of this world, but I fear what it will cost. I still think so highly of this life and all its treasures. Oh Lord, help…

Passage Read: John 5-6 Meditation Verse: 5:3 I don't want to love my own pride more than I love Jesus. I need to be humble when called out and repent when it's true. I don't want to be offended by Jesus and reject Him, even…

Passage Read: John 7-8 Meditation Verse: 7:4 It is a trap to have people gather around you and say all kinds of wonderful things about you. It is so easy to fall into that trap, believing what people say of you and becoming addicted to…

Passage Read: John 9-10 Meditation Verses: 10:25-26 Those who hear of Jesus' power and glory while on this earth and refuse to believe are not chosen. They still need a testimony and a plea to believe. Those who claim to believe but don't listen to…

Passage Read: John 11-12 Meditation Verses: 12:49-50 I need to be very careful with the words of God, because they are life to those who hear and believe them, unless I distort and change them. If I change God's meaning, I block people from entering…

Passage Read: John 13-14 Meditation Verse: 14:31 Sadly, the are many lessons the world, and even many believers, won't understand until Jesus returns. But by then it will be too late. There will be no room for repentance. Salvation is by faith and without faith…

Passage Read: John 15-16 Meditation Verse: 15:6 Jesus taught His disciples many things, and the Spirit continued teaching them and reminding them of Jesus' teachings. They in turn taught those who believed through them all that Jesus taught them, and their teachings have been collected…

Passage Read: John 19-20 Meditation Verses: 20:28-29 The only right response to my Lord and my God is compete submission, surrender and obedience. He is Lord, I am His servant, and if I want to remain in His household, His kingdom, I need to be…

Passage Read: John 17-18 Meditation Verses: 17:22-23 My goal should not be to stand shoulder to shoulder with everyone who claims faith in Christ, but to stand shoulder to shoulder with Christ and all those standing with Him. My desire should be to help all…

Passage Read: John 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:23-25 A proverb says, "Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man, who can find?" Jesus knows what's in the hearts of men. They believe in Him because of the signs and miracles, but who…

Passage Read: John 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:35-38 As the disciples once said, "Lord, increase our faith!" Jesus says that the fields are white unto harvest, but I can't see it. Open my eyes, Lord, let me see it. It seems the harvest is long past…

Passage Read: John 5-6 Meditation Verses: 6:63-65 The Spirit gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The Spirit alone calls and transforms men, so true salvation is indeed a miracle of God. There are many who admire Jesus or admire His teachings, and they are drawn…

Passage Read: John 7-8 Meditation Verse: 7:7 The world doesn't hate those who fit in with them, who follow in its ways. It hates those who call out its sins. The world didn't hate Jesus's brothers because they didn't point out the sins of those…

Passage Read: John 9-10 Meditation Verse: 10:10 The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus came to bring life to His sheep. Yet not all will believe Him and receive life. Not all are His sheep. Earlier He said He came into…

Passage Read: John 11-12 Meditation Verses: 12:49-50 Jesus doesn't come up with His own thoughts and wisdom, but He only says what His Father has commanded Him to say. The Father's command is eternal life, so He is careful to speak just as the Father…

Passage Read: John 13-14 Meditation Verses: 14:12-14 This seems like such a great promise, such a huge promise. The works that Jesus did, those who believe in Him will do greater things. He has done some pretty spectacular miracles! But He promises that those who…

Passage Read: John 15-16 Meditation Verses: 15:26-27 The disciples would not be alone in their testifying about Jesus. The Holy Spirit would also be testifying to the whole world. The Spirit's testimony is what makes our testimony powerful and effective. It's also what makes our…

Passage Read: John 17-18 Meditation Verses: 17:14-18 Jesus sends His disciples into the world, even though the world hates them. He sends us into the world just as the Father sent Him into the world, to testify of its deeds, that they are evil, and…

Passage Read: John 19-20 Meditation Verse: 19:11 Jesus here is saying what Paul later explains, that all authority on earth is appointed by God. God established authorities, not just those that acknowledge Him, but even those that have no idea He exists. God is a…

Passage Read: John 21 - Acts 1 Meditation Verses: John 21:17-18 Jesus adjusts His question to meet Peter where he is. Jesus first asks if Peter loves Him with a sacrificial love, but after denying Jesus three times, Peter no longer dares claim such a…