DAILY DEVOTIONAL - THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER  9

John  9:25 - He then answered, "Whether He is a sinner I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind now I see."

TRUTH: 

This man had been healed by Jesus and was called to give an account of what happened. Witnessing is simply about sharing our experience with Jesus Christ. When God works in our lives, do we share what has happened with those we are around?

RESPONSE:

Lord, thank You for the witness of this man. Thank You for working in my life; I give You all praise!   

 CHAPTER  8

John  8:12 - Then Jesus again spoke to them saying "I am the Light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of Life."

TRUTH: 

Jesus is the light. Not just any light, the Light of Life. Do we feel like we are stumbling around in darkness throughout our day? Follow the Light in all that we do!

RESPONSE:

Lord, You bring Light to the path. Help me to follow You step by step along Your way.  

 CHAPTER  7
John  7:18__He who speaks for himself seeks his own glory, but he who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

TRUTH:
When we speak, our words reveal a lot about ourselves and our motives. If we are seeking God's will and His glory, then our words will be a direct reflection of those motives. If not, then our words will betray us. 

RESPONSE: 
Lord, I pray that You will help me surrender any motives that are not glorifying to You, then allow me to speak the words that praise and exalt You. 


CHAPTER  #  6
John  6:6__This He was saying to test him for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

TRUTH:
When we're confronted with crisis, God offers us the opportunity to trust Him and have faith. In this situation, and in all others, Jesus knew what He was going to do, but He gave the disciples an opportunity to trust in Him and grow in their relationship with Him.

RESPONSE:  
Lord, help me to trust You even though the hard times when I don't see an answer. I know You already know what You are intending to do. 

CHAPTER  #  5  
John  5:19__Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself unless it is something He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner."

TRUTH:
Jesus is God, yet He states that He can do nothing but what God the Father has for Him. If Jesus can do nothing without God, how much more does that apply to us! Do we allow Jesus to live through us so that everything we do is done by God?

RESPONSE:
Lord, take my life. Help me to decrease and for You to increase so that I, too, do nothing of myself.

CHAPTER  #  4
John  4:42__and they were saying to the woman, "it is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world."

CHAPTER  #  3
John  3:36__He who believes in the Son has eternal life, who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
TRUTH:
God's Son Jesus makes the way for us to receive the gift of eternal life. The Lord is very clear that this is the only way to receive this gift. If someone does not believe and obey, then they have God's wrath. Have we received this gift? Have we shared it with others?
RESPONSE:
Lord thank You for Your amazing gift! Help me to share this amazing gift with everyone I meet.


CHAPTER  #  2
John 2:5__His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it."
TRUTH:
In this circumstance, Mary knew that Jesus would have the answer, but it might not make sense to the servants. Jesus has the answer to every one of our circumstances, but answers don't always make sense to us at first. Do we trust Him enough to do whatever He says to do?
RESPONSE:
Lord, I don't need to have all the answers. Help me trust and do all that You have for me to do.



CHAPTER  #  1
#  1  > JOHN  1:17 - For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
TRUTH
Moses was given the Law to allow us to see God's standard of perfection. If we compare ourselves to the law, none of us measure up. Jesus Christ came in truth; the truth that allowed Him to fulfill God's standard of perfection. He also came in grace; the grace that offers to share that truth with those of us who would submit our lives to Him.
RESPONSE:
Lord Your grace is amazing and Your truth is perfection. Thank You for taking my imperfection and giving me Your grace!

THE LIFE OF ADAM { PART # 5 }

THE LIFE OF ADAM
#  1  > The Sunday of Septuagesima beginneth the story of the Bible, in which is read the legend and story of Adam which followeth__In the beginning God made and created heaven and earth. The earth was idle and void and covered with darkness. And the spirit of God said: Be made light, and anon light was made. And God saw that light was good, and divided the light from darkness, and called the light day and darkness night.

#  2  > And thus was made light with heaven and the earth first, and even and morning was made one day. The second day he made the firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament from that were above, and called the firmament heaven. The third day were made on the earth herbs and fruits in their kind. The fourth day God made the sun and moon and stars, etc. The fifth day he made the fishes in the water and birds in the air. The sixth day God made the beast on the earth, every one in his kind and gender. 

#  3  > And God saw that all these works were good and said: Make we man unto our similitude and image. Here spake the Father to the Son and Holy Ghost, or else as it were the common voice of three persons, when it was said make we, and to our, in plural number. Man was made to the image of God in his soul. Here it is to be noted that he made not only the soul with the body, but he made both body and soul. As to the body he made male and female. God gave to man the lordship and power upon living beast. Thus in six days was heaven and earth made and all the ornation of them. And then he made the seventh day on which he rested, not for that he was weary, but ceased his operation, and showed the seventh day which he blessed.

 #  4  > Thus he shortly showed works of the six days and the seventh day he sanctified and made holy. God had planted in the beginning Paradise a place to desire and delices. And man was made in the field of Damascus; he was made of the slime of the earth. Paradise was made the third day of creation, and was beset with herbs, plants and trees, and is a place of most mirth and joy. In the midst whereof be set two trees, that is the tree of life, and that other the tree of knowing good and eveil. And there is a well, which casteth out water for to water the trees and herbs of Paradise. This well is the mother of all waters, which well is divided into four parts. One part is called Phison. This goeth about Inde. The second is called Gijon, otherwise Nilus, and that reunneth about Ethiopia, the other two be called Tigris and Euphrates.Tigris runneth toward Assyria, and Euphrates is called fruitful, which runneth in Chaldea. These four flood come and spring out of the same well, and depart, and yet in some place some of them meet again.

#  5  > Then God took man from the place of his creation and brought him into Paradise, for to work there, not to labor needily, but in delighting and recreating him, and that he should keep Paradise. For like as Paradise should refresh him, so should he labor to serve God, and there God gave him a commandment. Every commandment standeth in tow things, in doing or forbidding, in doing he comanded him to eat of all the trees of Paradise, in forbidding he commanded that he should not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This commandment was given to the man, and by the man it went to the woman. For when the woman was made it was commanded to them both, and hereto he set a pain, saying: Whatsoever day thou eatest thereof thou shalt die by death. God said: It is not good a man to be alone, make we to him an helper like to himself for to bring forth children.