Devotional

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, […]

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32 At times we feel oppressed by some mental block. Maybe the Devil has lied to you, Did you see how that person at church looked at you? He doesn’t like you. You shouldn’t go back there. Then the truth comes […]

“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And … He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the […]

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.” John 7:37 Because the leadership in Judea was plotting to kill Him, Jesus had steered clear of Jerusalem for about six months and ministered in Galilee. The Feast of Tabernacles, however, was about to take place, and Jesus’ brothers, who still didn’t believe in Him, […]

From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that […]

And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” John 6:35 In His teaching, Jesus sometimes used startling terminology. With His difficult statements, He blew apart people’s preconceived notions and conveyed spiritual realities. Let’s be glad […]

“Jesus answered them and said, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, […]

“You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” John 5:39-40 It’s possible for us to think that we know God when we really don’t. Many of the Jewish […]

“Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk.’ And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.” John 5:8-9 Many of us were taught right from wrong at an early age. And we generally believed what we heard. But sometimes we look at the world and think, That […]

“So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, ‘Your son lives.’ And he himself believed, and his whole household.” John 4:53 Sometimes we receive a promise from God—something He has impressed on our hearts that He will do for us and in us and through us. […]