Today's Good News

Category - Devotionals

FEB. 19 – JOHN 4:4

2/19            JOHN 4:4

4 He had to go through Samaria on the way.

LOVE

Jews hated Samaritans.

Jesus loved them.

He went through Samaria looking for a woman.

He found her at the well.

He blessed her.

His apostles were stunned. 

Love one another as He has loved us. 

FEB. 18 – PSALM 139:14

2/18            PSALM 139:14

14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

COMPLETE

We were made with a God given purpose.

We have value because our Father made us.

We are complex and simple.

Jesus is our focus.Jesus is our life-He makes everything work. 

FEB. 17 – COL. 2:9-10

2/17            COLOSSIANS 2:9-10

9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[a] 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

SEEN

We see Jesus.

We have seen the Father.

We live with Jesus.

We stay focused on the narrow path.

We will end of with Jesus.

Jesus is God’s everything. 

FEB. 16 – 2 PETER 1:3

2/16            2 PETER 1:3

3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

JESUS

Jesus calls us.

Jesus saves us.

Jesus keeps us unto eternity.

FEB. 15 – 2 COR. 12:9

2/15            2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

WEAK

Yes, we are weak.

We don’t know what will happen in the next hour.

Life is short and as short as it is it happens super quick.

Turn to Jesus.

Let Him guide you. 

It’s important that we pray to Jesus.

But it is more important that we let Him speak to us in His Word. 

FEB. 14 – JOHN 11:25

2/14            JOHN 11:25

25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

TRUTH

Jesus gives us eternal life.

From the moment we are saved.

Life like the Father’s.

Ask Jesus to come into your heart.

He says when we ask, He will save us.

Believe in Him and you will have life and light for living. 

FEB. 13, HEB. 2:14-15

2/13            HEBREWS 2:14-15

14 Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had[a] the power of death. 15 Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

IDENTIFY

Jesus stepped off His throne in glory to come to Earth.

To identify with us.

He lived a life like we live yet without sin.

To identify with us.

He hurt, got tired, felt lonely, missed His Father.

To identify with us.

Jesus prayed until He had the answer.

To help us identify with Him.

He revealed the Father to us.

To help us identify with God.

He is the exact image of the Father.

To help us strive to be like Him. 

We identify with God when we act like His Son. 

FEB. 12 – JOHN 14:2-3

2/12            JOHN 14:2-3

There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.[a] If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

READY

Live with your eye on Jesus.

Be ready for daily changes.

Grow in Him by obedience.

Love others.

Forgive quick.

Jesus has a place for you in His home!

FEB. 11 – ISAIAH 65:24

2/11            ISAIAH 65:24

24 I will answer them before they even call to me.
    While they are still talking about their needs,
    I will go ahead and answer their prayers!

HERE

GOD is here with us. 

He knows everything we think, say and do.

He is seeking a relationship with us.

An exclusive relationship.

He sets out the rules for fellowship.

He will not change the rules. 

He calls us to follow Him and have real life. 

FEB. 10 – JOHN 5:14-15

2/10            JOHN 5:14-15

14 But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.” 15 Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had healed him.

CALL

Jesus calls us to follow Him.

Obey Him. 

Be healed.

Stop sinning.

Walk with Him.