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 …

22411.9 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.” * * * * …

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. …

22410.5 No Greater Love

Today’s Reading: John 19:12-16 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Now it was the day of the preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, ‘Behold your King!’ They cried out, ‘Away with him, away with him, crucify him!’ Pilate said to them, ‘Shall I crucify your King?’ The …

22410.6 Honor Your Parents

Today’s Reading: John 19:17-27 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold your son!’ Then he said …

22410.7 It Is Finished

Today’s Reading: John 19:28-30 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), ‘I thirst’…When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” * * * * * Jesus knew death was …