John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 23, 2026 Go Your Way; Your Son Lives Today’s Reading: John 4:50–51 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your son lives.’ So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.” (John 4:50, NKJV)
Faith 📖 My Firm Persuasion Concerning God’s Will to Bless and Provide Let’s strengthen your pistis — your firm persuasion — with the Word of God (NKJV). Faith is not vague optimism. Faith is settled conviction. Faith is being firmly persuaded about what God has said. 1️⃣ I Am Firmly Persuaded That It Is the Father’s Nature to Bless “Then God blessed
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 20, 2026 Come Down Before My Child Dies Today’s Reading: John 4:46–49 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.” (John 4:46,
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 19, 2026 A Prophet Has No Honor Today’s Reading: John 4:43–45 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “Then after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.” (John 4:43–44,
John The Gifts of the Spirit in the Life of Jesus Primary Reading: John 4:1–42 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) When we read the account of Jesus and the woman at the well, we are not only witnessing compassion and evangelism—we are watching the gifts of the Spirit in operation. Paul later writes, “But the manifestation
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 18, 2026 From Testimony to Faith Today’s Reading: John 4:39–42 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified…” (John 4:39, NKJV) What began as a private conversation at a
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 17, 2026 One Sows and Another Reaps Today’s Reading: John 4:31–42 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered
Sunday Morning Notes RESTORED — MESSAGE 1 LOVED FIRST The Healing of the Emotional Soul OPENING Today we begin a journey. Not a behavioral journey. Not a self-improvement journey. But a restoration journey. The restoration of the soul. Scripture tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:23: “May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless…” We
Sunday Morning Notes GOD UNDERSTANDS US - 2 Our High Priest. Our Heavenly Father. FOUNDATIONAL TEXT Let us begin with the Word of God. Hebrews 4:15–16 (NKJV) “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore
Sunday Morning Notes GOD UNDERSTANDS US The Holy Emotions of a Covenant God FOUNDATIONAL TEXT Let us begin with the Word of God. Hebrews 4:15–16 (NKJV) “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 16, 2026 Lift Up Your Eyes Today’s Reading: John 4:35–36 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already
John I Have Food to Eat Part Two Today’s Reading: John 4:31–34 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, ‘Rabbi, eat.’ But He said to them, ‘I have food to eat of which you do not know.’” (John 4:31–32, NKJV) The disciples return from town
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 13, 2026 I Have Food to Eat Part One Today’s Reading: John 4:31–34 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, ‘Rabbi, eat.’ But He said to them, ‘I have food to eat of which you do not know.’” (John 4:31–
John Seeking Jesus first Feb. 12, 2025 Come, See a Man Today’s Reading: John 4:27–30 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” (John 4:29, NKJV) The conversation at the well has reached its turning point.
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 11, 2026 I Who Speak to You Am He Today’s Reading: John 4:19–26 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “Jesus said to her, ‘I who speak to you am He.’” (John 4:26, NKJV) After Jesus gently exposes the truth about her life, the Samaritan woman shifts the
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 10, 2026 Go, Call Your Husband Today’s Reading: John 4:15–18 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come here.’” (John 4:16, NKJV) The conversation has been gentle so far. Jesus has spoken of living water—of a gift that
Speaking to Americans EVEN HEAVEN HAS AN IMMIGRATION POLICY The Kingdom of God: Open Invitation, Defined Entrance, Transformed Citizenship Scripture reveals something profoundly important: the most inclusive kingdom in existence still has a defined entrance. Heaven is not borderless chaos. It is an ordered kingdom ruled by a King. “For through Him we both have access by one Spirit
Speaking to Americans ACCEPTING LEGAL IMMIGRANTS A Biblical Model of Borders, Belonging, and Mutual Honor I. GOD ESTABLISHES NATIONS, BORDERS, AND LAWS Scripture is unambiguous: God establishes nations and assigns their boundaries. “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their
Speaking to Americans HONORING THE BORDERS OF NATIONS A Biblical Theology of Boundaries, Inheritance, and Peace I. GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES The Bible does not treat borders as arbitrary political lines. Scripture presents boundaries as established by God Himself. “You have established all the boundaries of the earth.” (Psalm 74:17, NKJV) “When the
Speaking to Americans Obeying the Laws of the Nation Without Dishonoring God A New Covenant Perspective I. GOD IS THE SOURCE OF ALL AUTHORITY — BUT HE DELEGATES IT The Bible is clear: authority itself originates with God, but God delegates authority to men to steward order, justice, and peace in the earth. “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 9, 2026 Living Water Today’s Reading: John 4:10–14 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” (John 4:
Purity Under the Flow A vessel once held many things- yesterday’s contents, old residue, the stains of what lingered too long. Scooping water in and pouring it out changed very little. A quick rinse left the marks untouched. The container still remembered what once lived inside. But when it was placed under pure,
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 6, 2026 Give Me a Drink Today’s Reading: John 4:7–9 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, ‘Give Me a drink.’” (John 4:7, NKJV) The conversation at the well begins with a request—simple, human, and
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 5, 2026 (Bonus Devotion) Sent to the Lost Sheep Supplemental Reading: Matthew 15:24; Luke 15:1–7 (Read alongside John 4:1–6.) “But He answered and said, ‘I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’” (Matthew 15:24, NKJV) When Jesus “needed” to go through Samaria,
John Seeking Jesus First Feb. 5, 2026 Jesus Had to Pass Through Samaria Today’s Reading: John 4:1–6 (Read the full passage before reflecting below.) “But He needed to go through Samaria.” (John 4:4, NKJV) At first glance, this sentence sounds like geography. In truth, it is theology. Jesus did not have to go
