April 19 through 25, 2010

Monday, John 20:19; If you’ve prayed about what you were contemplating (or doing) and it is right, good and beneficial, then be aware that the presence of the spirit of Jesus offers you the same confidence building assurance offered to the disciples. It is up to each of us to choose to trust Him. The doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

Tuesday, John 20:31; Several years ago I met a remarkably successful man who said he found the missing link to happiness in his childhood faith! By applying the power of belief that he had used so successfully in his secular pursuits to his spiritual life and he said his life was transformed, “John 20:31 found me and I found real life, exciting and new when I began to really believe in Jesus and he came alive in me!” That through believing you may have life in his name.

Wednesday, John 21:2; In our scripture passage today we find three Disciples mentioned, Peter, Nathanael and Thomas. This is Nathaniel’s first appearance since the first chapter. He is an example of someone who was continually faithful, working behind the scenes doing what he could…but making a contribution, albeit not a flashy one. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas…Nathanael…and two other disciples

Thursday, John 21:12; Have you ever had an overwhelming feeling to telephone someone or to drop by to check on them and when you followed through on it you discovered that they were in need of encouragement or help in working through a problem? The disciples in today’s passage knew that the voice from the shore was speaking to them, about them, and their holy hunch was that it was the Lord’s voice. Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord

Friday, John 21:15; Something I discovered over forty years ago is that anytime I asked the Good Lord a question like Peters, his response has always been “What business is that of yours? Follow me and do what you’ve been called to do.” When Peter saw him (John), he said…”Lord, what about him?” Jesus said…”What is that to you? (You) Follow me.”

Saturday, John 24:21; John says he is simply testifying to what he knows firsthand. How has Jesus changed your life? How has your religious faith given you strength, courage and comfort? Why not simply try telling your story to a struggling individual this week? This is the disciple who is testifying to these things...

Sunday, John 21:25; John cautions against limiting the life and deeds of Jesus to just the things that he (or others) had written down. In other words, we shouldn’t put Jesus in a box and say “that’s all there is and there’s no more.” The same holds true in our prayer life and spiritual life because God often has ways of answering prayers and guiding our steps that are outside the box of our understanding. But there are also many other things that Jesus did (that aren’t written down)