Daily DEVOTIONAL

John 16:1-11: To Your Advantage

December 7, 2025

John 16:1-11, Revelation 4, Job 30, Joel 2-3 John 16:1-11: The somber words that Jesus has been leaving his disciples with in this, his farewell discourse, are surprising in their intensity. Why does Jesus not put a more positive spin on everything? Because if he tells them the real deal of what may well actually happen to some…

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John 12:20-36: A Grain of Wheat

Daniel 1-2, Job 18, John 12:20-36, 1 John 5:13-21 John 12:20-36: Now at this great feast where Jesus was, there is a group of Greeks (John 12:20)—devout men and women who have come ...
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John 12:12-19: Hosanna!

Ezekiel 48, Job 17,  John 12:12-19, 1 John 5:6-12 John 12:12-19: Jesus is now greeted not just with pleasure, but with adulation, praise, and indeed worship. The extent of this fulfillment of ...
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John 12:1-11: The Poor You Will Always Have with You

Ezekiel 45-47, Job 16, John 12:1-11, 1 John 5:1-5 John 12:1-11: What a sweet and beautiful reunion meal this must have been. Jesus is with his friends, Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. And there ...
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John 11:45-57: One Man Should Die

Ezekiel 42-44, Job 15:17-35, John 11:45-57, 1 John 4:7-21 John 11:45-57: To dispel again any misunderstanding that John is somehow anti-Semitic (a strange idea given that John himself was a Jew), note that ...
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John 11:38-44: Lazarus, Come Out!

Ezekiel 40-41, Job 15:1-16, John 11:38-44, 1 John 4:1-6 John 11:38-44: The emotion that Jesus feels at death is not yet ended. He is “deeply moved” again. Mourning comes in waves—sometimes wave after ...
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John 11:17-37: I Am the Resurrection and the Life

Ezekiel 38-39, Job 14, John 11:17-37, 1 John 3:19-24 John 11:17-37: No doubt, one of the hardest things to believe and accept is that we rise again from the dead. After all, who ...
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