Today's Good News

Category - Devotionals

DEC. 19 – JESUS

12/19          Acts 3:6

6 But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”

POWER

Jesus Christ has all power and authority.

He is the risen Christ,

Raised from the dead.

He paid the price for our sin.

He seeks to glorify the Father and does so through Peter.

This is a breaking into our world by the Kingdom of God.

Jesus really is in control.

This healing of the blind man includes spiritual restoration. 

Jesus changes everything. 

DEC. 18 – JESUS

12/18          John 1:1

In the beginning the Word already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.

KING

Jesus is King of the Universe.

Given that title by the Father.

He always was with God.

He always is God.

Jesus loves you. 

DEC. 17 – JESUS

12/17          1 Corinthians 6:11

11 Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

ONCE

Once we were lost.

Now we are saved. 

Jesus saved us.

He is the only way to the Father. 

DEC. 16 – JESUS

12/16          Romans 10:13

13 For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

YOU

Do you feel like a failure?

You’ve tried to follow God and yet continue to be defeated.

Heartache swells up around you and you can’t move ahead.

The world is so dark.

Yet, our victory is in Jesus, not us.

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. 

Believe in Jesus, not the darkness of the world. 

DEC. 15 – MESSIAH

12/15          Isaiah 9:6

6 For a child is born to us,
    a son is given to us.
The government will rest on his shoulders.
    And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor,[a] Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

PROPHECY

This is a prophetic message of hope during a dark time.

This tells us someone is coming, and he is human and divine.

He will give us divine insight, guidance and understanding. 

This affirms the deity and power of Jesus. 

He will be the source of true and lasting peace. 

DEC. 14 – JESUS

12/14          John 14:13

13 You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.

ASK

We are to pray and ask in Jesus name. 

Jesus is God and He came to earth to seek and save the lost. 

Lostness is the tragic human condition.

All people are dead in their trespasses and sin,

Until they come to Jesus and receive the free gift of life. 

Anything tells us that Jesus is powerful and extremely generous. 

Praise the Lord. 

DEC. 13 – JESUS

12/13          John 14:6

6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

SIX

This is number six of the “I AM” statements of Jesus.

Jesus is the exclusive way to reconciliation with the Father. 

He embodies divine truth.

He reveals the Father to humanity.

Jesus is on a mission to save us from our sin. 

DEC. 12 – JESUS

12/12          Philippians 2:9-11

9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
    and gave him the name above all other names,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

JESUS

Jesus is the highest authority, the highest power above all others. 

All creation will recognize His Lordship-every tongue will confess.

The exaltation of Jesus brings glory to God the Father. 

Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise. 

DEC. 11 – JESUS

12/11          Acts 4:12

12 There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

EXCLUSIVITY

There is salvation only in Jesus Christ.

No one else can come to the Father except Jesus. 

His name represents His power, sacrifice and divine authority to save.

Jesus is Lord. 

DEC. 10 – JESUS

12/10          2 Corinthians 9:15

15 Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!

GIFT

GOD’S gift which we cannot explain.

Too wonderful for words.

It is the blessing of the very essence of God.

He is gifting us His character in Jesus Christ.

Jesus is God’s everything.