Today’s passage: John 7:1–24 Focus verse: “Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory.” (John 7:18) This verse talks about receiving glory. Other translations use the word honor, and still others say praise. Glory, honor, and praise give us different angles to look at the same idea. Although a human trait, seeking […]
Today’s passage: John 6:1–71 Focus verse: Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35) Jesus offered the Samaritan woman living water to drink. Now he wants to feed the people life-giving bread. Just as we […]
Today’s passage: John 5:31–47 Focus verse: “There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.” (John 5:32) In the Old Testament of the Bible, Moses writes that one witness is insufficient. To prove a point requires two or, even better, three testimonies. The context is someone […]
Today’s passage: John 4:43 to 5:30 Focus verse: At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath. (John 5:9) In Genesis, after God finishes his amazing creation, he takes time on the seventh day to rest. Later, in the Old Testament, […]
Today’s passage: John 4:1–42 Focus verse: “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” (John 4:10) People need water to live. Though we can survive many days without food, we can only make […]
Today’s passage: John 3:22–36 Focus verse: “He must become greater; I must become less.” (John 3:30) We live in a world that wants more. We desire more money. We seek more possessions. The newest of this and the best of that. And regardless of where we fit into society, we want more power and wish […]
Today’s passage: John 3:1–21 Focus verse: “I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” (John 3:3) Nicodemus—who only shows up in the book of John, albeit three times—comes to Jesus. He arrives in secret, in stealth at night, under the shroud of darkness. He’s a member of […]
Today’s passage: John 2:13–24 Focus verse: “Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” (John 2:16) When you think of Jesus, what image comes to mind? Is it Jesus, meek and mild? The little children gather around him and he gazes at them, his eyes brimming with compassion. In another scene, Jesus stands on a […]
Today’s passage: John 2:1–12 Focus verse: He revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. (John 2:11) Consider the miracles Jesus performs. He heals people with broken bodies, casts out evil spirits, and even raises dead people to life. Whatever their situation, Jesus makes their life better—much better. Yet his first miracle, right after […]
Today’s passage: John 1:15–51 Focus verse: John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’” (John 1:23) We first meet John the Baptist in John 1:6. (Remember, John the Baptist is not the author of the book of […]