Today's Good News

Category - Devotionals

JULY 19 – ONLY

7/19 John 14:4-6
And you know where I am going and how to get there.” 5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We haven’t any idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
ONLY
Jesus is the only way to the Father. There is no other way. Christ says it and I believe it. Do not be lulled into a false religion by the belief of the unbeliever. This is not a limitation instead it is wisdom from God. We do not have to be misled. Fuzzy thinking won’t provide a relationship with God. Jesus says that He is the only way to the Father.

JULY 18 – PROMISE

7/18 John 14:2-3
There are many rooms in my Father’s home, and I am going to prepare a place for you. If this were not so, I would tell you plainly. 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
PROMISE
Jesus promises us that we will not be left behind. He will at the right time come and get us. Chaos today-peace forever Jesus reminds us. This life is just the beginning of eternity. Trust the Lord and His promises to you. He is trustworthy.

JULY 17 – TRUST

7/17 John 14:1
1 “Don’t be troubled. You trust God, now trust in me.
TRUST
Trust Jesus with your life. He will give you new life and that life eternal. Spend time with Him. Worship Him. Know Him. Your life will radically change as Jesus changes you.

JULY 16 – SMART

7/16 John 15:24-27
If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be counted guilty. But as it is, they saw all that I did and yet hated both of us — me and my Father. 25 This has fulfilled what the Scriptures said: ‘They hated me without cause.’ 26 “But I will send you the Counselor — the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will tell you all about me. 27 And you must also tell others about me because you have been with me from the beginning.
SMART
Some people are too smart for their own good. When confronted with the claims of Christ they deny, resist and refuse consideration of His claims-there is not other way to the Father except thru Jesus! You however have accepted Him as Lord and Savior. He is the victor and you belong to Him and will experience His victory.

JULY 15 – STAND

7/15 John 15:20-23
Do you remember what I told you? ‘A servant is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you! 21 The people of the world will hate you because you belong to me, for they don’t know God who sent me. 22 They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Anyone who hates me hates my Father, too.
STAND
We seek to know the Lord. We will not know Him through the testimony of the world. Seek His face and His presence and learn about Him. As you get to know Jesus you will grow in your ability to stand in the face of persecution. Jesus will guide you and will empower you to grow. Jesus loves you.

JULY 14 – WORLD

7/14 John 15:18-19
“When the world hates you, remember it hated me before it hated you. 19 The world would love you if you belonged to it, but you don’t. I chose you to come out of the world, and so it hates you.
WORLD
The world will never see the Lord’s way. We will always stand apart from the world, we do not belong to the world for the world is passing away and this place, the world, is not our home. Do not fear for the Lord Jesus is with you and the world persecuted and crucified Him. He is Lord. Trust Jesus and stand in Him.

JULY 13 – CHOSEN

7/13 John 15:16-17
You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 I command you to love each other.
CHOSEN
Being chosen is a paradox that we struggle with. Jesus is looking for us. He would that no one die and go out into eternity separated from the Father. But we also have freewill and we must choose Him. Amazingly when we choose Him we are chosen as a child of God. I do not understand this nor can I adequately explain it but I know that Jesus loves me and He is seeking you.

JULY 12 – FRIEND

7/12 John 15:14-15
You are my friends if you obey me. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a master doesn’t confide in his servants. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
FRIEND
I asked Jesus into my heart and He gave me new life. Praise the Lord for this new life-I AM A FRIEND OF GOD-now Lord day by day enable me to obey you. I love the Lord and my obedience bears testimony to my love.

JULY 11 – LOVE

7/11 John 15:11-13
I have told you this so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you. 13 And here is how to measure it — the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends.
LOVE
God loves you. He died for your sin while you were still in your sin, dead in your trespasses. His love was first. His love was the solution to the separation you felt in life. He died for you. Praise the Lord He has provided the solution to this wretched life I lived-salvation in Jesus Christ.

JULY 10 – KNOW

7/10 John 15:5-10
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you stay joined to me and my words remain in you, you may ask any request you like, and it will be granted! 8 My true disciples produce much fruit. This brings great glory to my Father. 9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey me, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father and remain in his love.
KNOW
We can know the Lord. We ask Him to forgive our sin and give us new life and He will. We seek to know Him better by spending time with Him. If we will spend time with Him Jesus will teach us. When He teaches us we know Him better. The better we know Him the better we function as a child of God. Like changes and we become able to deal with those challenges that we face. We can know the Lord. That is our choice.