Becoming a Disciple
Read: John 17:6-8 They have believed that you sent me. (v. 8) How do we actually experience salvation? John 3:16 says that everyone who believes in Jesus will “have eternal life.” But what happens before that moment of belief? In today’s portion of Jesus’ prayer, we capture a glimpse. His prayer begins by requesting God’s glory […]
What Jesus Prayed
Read: John 17:1-5 Glorify your Son. (v. 1) I learn best how to pray by hearing mature believers pray. Imagine what the disciples learned from hearing Jesus! They were privileged to hear Jesus’ final prayer before the cross. There is so much to see, but observe three things in today’s verses. First, Jesus begins with “Father.” […]
Be Mine
Read: John 3:16-21 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (v. 17) About one billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year worldwide. That’s a lot of cards expressing love and devotion! God sent the ultimate Valentine’s Day […]
Junior High Viewers Community in Indonesia
Words of Hope’s partners in Indonesia work to establish listener and viewer communities in villages around the country. These communities gather to discuss the gospel programming they have heard and seen. Teresia is a member of the Bopkri Junior High community. “I am very grateful to God that I am a member of the community,” […]
Follow the Red-Letter Road
Read: John 14:1-11 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (v. 6) Every Thanksgiving my family would watch The Wizard of Oz on TV. I loved the movie, especially the scene with the Munchkins singing to Dorothy, “Follow the yellow […]
Merciful Do-Over
Read: Jonah 3:6-4:2 I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. (v. 2) I am always relieved when I am allowed a do-over; especially by my loved ones when I say or doing something that disappoints them. Jonah was given a do-over […]
Delightful
Read: Jeremiah 9:12-24 I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD. (v. 24) When I think of the word ‘delightful’, I think of eating chocolate ice cream in a waffle-cone, splashing around in a pool on a hot day, or rustling […]
Follow the Leader
Read: John 13:31-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. (v. 34) Did you ever play the game Follow the Leader when you were a kid? To play, a leader is chosen who might make funny faces, dance […]
Trustworthy
Read: Psalm 13 But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. (v. 5) Do you ever feel that your sorrows have overtaken you, that all the forces on this earth are against you, and maybe God doesn’t hear your cries or has forgotten you? At these times in my […]