John 4:23-24 (What Is Truth?)

The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24) Read: Joshua 10:1 – 12:6 Relate: Jesus said that the Father is looking for those who will worship Him in Spirit and in truth. I want to…

John 4:23 (It’s Coming… It’s Here)

But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23) Read: Joshua 7:1 – 9:27, 1 Chronicles 2:7  Relate: I love a paradox. Maybe it is just me, but I love trying to wrap my mind around two different concepts that, somehow, both must be true.…

John 4:21 (No Place)

Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. (John 4:21) Read: Deuteronomy 33:1 – 34:12, Joshua 1:1 – 2:24 Relate: This week I had the privilege of going to an ARC conference (ARC = Association of Related Churches) down…

John 4:15 (Longing)

“Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.” (John 4:15) Read: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:1 Relate: A while back I was browsing around the internet mostly just wasting time when I “stumbled upon” A website that gave twenty-three reasons to become…

John 3:32-33 (His Testimony)

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!  Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true. (John 3:32-33) Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 27:1 – 29:40 Relate:  A slightly doctored transcription of this testimony to change it a bit from Jack Nicholson’s in A Few…

John 3:20-21 (Into The Light)

All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants. (John 3:20-21) Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 6:1-27, Numbers 10:1-36 Read: I’m reading an historical fiction…

Three One [Seven]

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16-17) Daily Bible Reading: Judges 17:1-18:31, John 3:1-21, Psalm 104:1-23, Proverbs 14:20-21 Relate: It is a common sight at sporting events. It is written in black under Tebow’s…

John 3:9-12 (Keep It Simple)

“How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked. Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can…

John 1:50-51 (Ascend)

Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man.” (John…

I Did Not Recognize Him (John 1:30-31)

He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’ I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” (John 1:30-31)…