Rachel Dickinsen John 16:22 Tuesday, March 20 22 So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. – John 16:22 I will never forget being with my grandma as she died. I was 25 years old, newly married. Throughout my...
Paula Olander John 16:20-21 Monday, March 19 20 Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy. 21 When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer...
Dear Readers, As we continue in our reading this week (week 6) you'll find yourself deep in the middle of Jesus' final prayer. My prayer for you is that this reading will continue to help you grow to know the love of God in new ways. This week you'll be reading John chapters 16 and 17. In...
Heidi Larson John 15:12 Friday, March 16 "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." – John 15:12 On dark winter evenings, I light an oil lamp in the center of our kitchen table before our supper. To me, love is like that flame, burning warm and bright in a world that is...
Kristin Shardlow John 14:25-27 Thursday, March 15 25 "All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I...
Jill Peterson John 13:14-15 Wednesday, March 14 It was 1994, and I was spending three weeks in a mountainous jungle village, Charuru, Kenya. The villagers needed volunteers to help build their health clinic. John 13:14-15 tells about Jesus humbly washing the disciple's feet. In doing this...
Sara Spohr John 12:12-13 Tuesday, March 13 12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the Passover Festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, "Praise God! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord!...
Pam McCulloch John 12:1-8 Monday, March 12 Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of...
Dear Readers, We are into the heart of this gospel now. This is week 5, I hope you are still reading along. This week we turn toward the cross, we hear the story of the last days Jesus spends with his disciples. This will be a powerful week of reading. This week you'll be reading John chapters...
Cori Forcey John 10:11-14 Friday, March 9 11 "I am the good shepherd." The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away – and the wolf snatches them and...