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 …
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22402.6 Who Is Jesus?
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 …
22402.7 Don’t Be Afraid
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 …
22402.8 Seek Jesus
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 …
22402.0 The Proof of Faith
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. …
22402.1 Audacious Claims
Today’s Reading: John 5:15-18 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “‘My Father is working until now, and I am working’…This is why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him…he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.” * * * * * The religious leaders were terribly upset with …
22402.2 Honor Jesus
Today’s Reading: John 5:19-24 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him…whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” * * * * * God the …
22401.2 The Importance of Humility
Today’s Reading: John 3:22-36 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” * * * * * This verse shows Jesus’ special and personal relationship with John the Baptist. It expresses why they were very close. It shows why Jesus loved him. It’s what Jesus wants all relationships with him to …
22401.3 Eternal Water
Today’s Reading: John 4:1-15 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water I will give him will become to him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” * …
22401.4 True Worshipers
Today’s Reading: John 4:16-26 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth.” * …