Today’s Reading: John 20:16-23 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you…As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you’… And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive …
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22411.5 Walk by Faith and Not by Sight
Today’s Reading: John 20:24-31 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “He said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here, and see my hands, and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.’ Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have …
22411.6 God Oversees Your Nothings
Today’s Reading: John 21:1-3 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go with you.’ They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.” * * * * * John wrote about Jesus’ third resurrection appearance in his …
22411.7 Don’t Give Up
Today’s Reading: John 21:4-6 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus said to them, ‘Children, do you have any fish?’ They answered him, ‘No.’ He said to them, ‘Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.’ So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it …
22411.9 God’s Purpose in Your Pain
Today’s Reading: John 21:15-19 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Peter was grieved because he said to him a third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and he said to him, ‘Lord you know everything; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.’” * * * * * Jesus was doing spiritual …
22411.8 The Two Faces of Grace
Today’s Reading: John 21:7-14 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.’ So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.” * * * * …
22411.0 Who Moved the Stone?
Today’s Reading: John 20:1-5 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.” * * * * * Mary Magdalene went to Jesus’ tomb early on Sunday …
22410.2 God’s Plans Are Perfect
Today’s Reading: John 18:19-24 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ‘Is that how you answer the high priest?’ Jesus answered him, ‘If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is …
22410.3 You Can Always Begin Again
Today’s Reading: John 18:25-27 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Peter again denied it, and at once the rooster crowed.” * * * * * Back when Jesus had washed Peter’s feet, he predicted that Peter would deny him three times before the rooster finished crowing. It would be a moment of intense shame for Peter. …
22410.4 All Authority Comes from Jesus
Today’s Reading: John 19:1-11 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “So Pilate said to him, ‘You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?’ Jesus answered him, ‘You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from …