Today’s Reading: John 7:40-52 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, ‘Why did you not bring him?’ The officers answered, ‘No one ever spoke like this man.’” * * * * * The Temple police had been deployed by the chief priests and …
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Today’s Reading: John 6:35-40 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.’” * * * * * Every faithful Jew would know the significance of Jesus’ “I am” statements. When Moses was called …
Today’s Reading: John 6:25-34 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus answered him, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.’” * * * * * Jesus had just told his listeners that they should not labor for food that doesn’t last. Their life’s focus should not be on …
Today’s Reading: John 5:25-36 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.” * * * * * Reflect on this truth today: Jesus can do nothing …
Today’s Reading: John 5:37-47 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me.” * * * * * The Jews of Jesus’ day believed that Moses wrote the Law. From Genesis to Deuteronomy, they trusted that Moses faithfully wrote the words of God. One would assume …
Today’s Reading: John 6:1-13 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?’ He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.” * * * * * Jesus went away with his followers for some time alone. We …
Today’s Reading: John 6:14-15 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, ‘This is indeed the Prophet who is come into the world.’ Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by …
Today’s Reading: John 6:16-21 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. But he said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’” * * * * * The disciples were crossing …
Today’s Reading: John 6:22-24 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.” * * * * * After Jesus had fed the 10,000-plus people, word about the miracle spread quickly. Throngs tried to …
Today’s Reading: John 5:10-14 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Now that day was the Sabbath…Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, ‘See you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.’” * * * * * Jesus healed the man who had been lame for 38 years. …