Today’s Reading: John 11:45-53 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, ‘You know nothing at all. Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.’…He prophesied that Jesus would die for …
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22406.7 Seek Jesus First
Today’s Reading: John 11:54-57 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves. They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, ‘What do you think? That he …
22406.8 Serve the Poor
Today’s Reading: John 12:1-8 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.’” * * * * * Mary had just expressed complete devotion to Jesus by …
22406.0 You Will Never Die
Today’s Reading: John 11:11-15 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus told them plainly, ‘Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.’” * * * * * Earlier, Jesus said that Lazarus had fallen asleep. The disciples took …
22406.1 Tell Jesus Your Feelings
Today’s Reading: John 11:16-21 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’” * * * * * When Jesus finally arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. In observance of Jewish tradition, mourners had come to the …
22406.2 Your Eternal Destiny Is Secure
Today’s Reading: John 11:22-27 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’” * * * * * Martha had just told …
22406.3 Go to Jesus with All Your Hurts
Today’s Reading: John 11:28-31 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ‘The Teacher is here and is calling for you.’ And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.” * * * * * Jesus had just told Martha …
22405.1 Let Jesus Find You
Today’s Reading: John 9:35-41 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ He answered, ‘And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?’ Jesus said to him, ‘You have seen him, and it is …
22405.2 Jesus Is Your Shepherd
Today’s Reading: John 10:1-7 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “He who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his …
22405.3 Jesus Died for You
Today’s Reading: John 10:8-15 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.” * * * * * The thief is God’s eternal …