07/16 John 3:9-12
“What do you mean?” Nicodemus asked. 10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I assure you, I am telling you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe us. 12 But if you don’t even believe me when I tell you about things that happen here on earth, how can you possibly believe if I tell you what is going on in heaven?
NOW
Now is the time to believe in Jesus. He died for us and we are called to accept Him. Logic won’t make it happen. Miracles won’t help us to believe. Jesus is Lord and His shed blood paid the price for our sin. Believe and be baptized and know the Lord.
Category - Devotionals
07/15 John 3:8
Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
BIRTH
New birth is an act of God. You can’t do it. The Lord gives us a new heart, a new spirit and the Holy Spirit connects us in the Father’s family. We are His and He is ours. Jesus is Lord.
07/14 John 3:4-7
“What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” 5 Jesus replied, “The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven. 7 So don’t be surprised at my statement that you must be born again.
REBIRTH
You are born anew by the Spirit of God when you surrender your heart to Jesus. He gives you a new heart. He replaces your strength with His strength. We are no longer in bondage to sin for Jesus breaks these bonds that enslave us.
07/13 John 3:1-4
After dark one evening, a Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus, a Pharisee, 2 came to speak with Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are proof enough that God is with you.” 3 Jesus replied, “I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God.”
PRIDE
We struggle with our ego, pride is a great obstacle and it is hard for us to surrender our heart to God. Even when we surrender our life to the Lord it is difficult for us to do His will day by day. Jesus is Lord and we need to learn that He will go with us moment by moment each day. Let go of your ego and pride, bend the knee to Jesus and He will guide you in the way you should go. God is good all the time.
07/12 John 2:23-25
Because of the miraculous signs he did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people were convinced that he was indeed the Messiah. 24 But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew what people were really like. 25 No one needed to tell him about human nature.
MISSION
Jesus was on mission in this world to save mankind. He came to show us in God in the flesh. God is love. He loves you. Surrender your heart to Jesus and He will bring you into the family of God. Jesus is Lord and He loves you.
07/11 John 2:22
After he was raised from the dead, the disciples remembered that he had said this. And they believed both Jesus and the Scriptures.
LORD
Jesus is Lord. He knows all about you. Jesus knows what you are facing and He will walk every step with you. He will not leave you. He will not let you despair. Jesus is Lord and He wants to be Lord of your life.
07/10 John 2:18-21
“What right do you have to do these things?” the Jewish leaders demanded. “If you have this authority from God, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.” 19 “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 “What!” they exclaimed. “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can do it in three days?” 21 But by “this temple,” Jesus meant his body.
JESUS
Jesus knew whom He was dealing with and He knew that they wouldn’t believe anything he said or did. He was sharing prophecy from the Bible and none of the scholars knew what He was talking about. Jesus is Lord. He will be Lord of your life. He knows what you need and He will come to you and change your life.
07/09 John 2:17
Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house burns within me.”
PERFECT
Everything that Jesus did was perfect. There was no sin in Him and He was always doing the Father’s will. Jesus is looking for you. Have you surrendered your life to Him? Please if you have not do it now. Simply ask Jesus to come into you heart and forgive you of your sin. He is faithful and righteous and will forgive us if we ask Him. Jesus loves you.
07/08 John 2:14-16
In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; and he saw moneychangers behind their counters. 15 Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and oxen, scattered the moneychangers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. 16 Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Don’t turn my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
FATHER
The Lord God is our Father. He seeks a relationship with us. He will do what has to be done to communicate with us. Jesus came in the flesh living a perfect life, dying an ignominious death and being raised from the dead by the power of God so that we can have life. This life is a life given by God to those that seek Him. The religious always have to be careful that they do not begin to think they are God because they are not. Jesus is Lord. Serve Him.
07/07 John 2:12-13
After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples. 13 It was time for the annual Passover celebration, and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
YOU
Jesus was concerned about you. His life was totally dedicated to providing a relationship for you with the Father. Jesus led a perfect life. He was fully man and fully God and He walked straight to the Cross so that you and me could be forgiven of our sin. Jesus paid the price. We reap the absolution. Jesus is our salvation.