As I wrote yesterday's devotion, it really challenged me to prayerfully think and bring these things before the Lord. I do not want any area of my life to be self-forwarding, but to be Christ-forwardi...  Read More

"He must increase, but I must decrease."-John 3:30As I ponder this lesson, I think of three different categories of life I want to approach this from. I have found at many times, in many ways, that on...  Read More

Other than the already forementioned lesson that Jesus is better is the lesson surrounding the promotion of Jesus over the promotion of self. If we look at history, specifically Israel history, we wil...  Read More

All throughout this section, there are competing themes that highlight how Jesus is better. Beginning the section off, there is a dispute between John's disciples and the Jews about ritual purificatio...  Read More

The section that we are going through this week engages with several very important biblical themes that point to who Jesus is, who John is, and how we as believers should hold such hearts of humility...  Read More

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much wate...  Read More

There are many things that we can pray for within John 3 but I have one subject that I really want us to focus on. Take 15 minutes (set a timer) and pray for the unsaved that you know. Pray for their ...  Read More

 Have you ever thought on how to make something that is insecure become secure? If I take a rope, it by itself is insecure. I can tie it around my waist and jump off a cliff but it will not catch me. ...  Read More

A lot of believers who have now received the Lord and are born again move on beyond this passage and simply have thanksgiving in their hearts for being saved. I do not believe that we ever graduate fr...  Read More

Fortunately for us, Jesus does an incredible job at explaining the exact lesson that He intends to be taken from this. Mankind needs to be born again and they are born again by putting faith in Jesus....  Read More

Jesus is making a very important connection in this passage that explains it very well. Unfortunately, in most of the teachings I have heard on John 3, it is rarely addressed that Jesus is talking abo...  Read More

We have a very famous passage found in the midst of this one. The narrative unfolds with a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, coming by night to speak with Jesus. The exact reasons why he would com...  Read More

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these ...  Read More

As scary as it may be, I encourage you to pray the same prayer that I offered in my devotion yesterday. "Lord, if there is anything in my life that is not honoring or glorifying to you, show me."Give ...  Read More

One of the foremost applications I can implement today is to turn inward. In prayer, I am asking the Lord to highlight in my own life anything that has entered in that needs to be removed. This can be...  Read More

I am often captivated by Jesus' zealousness. There is a boldness in Jesus' righteous anger that I admire deeply. He was not afraid to call out sin. For those who should have known better, He was stern...  Read More

One of the major lessons given for the original audience relates to the reality that what Jesus does here is what He does in all of us. This is a physical, symbolic action that Jesus is taking to demo...  Read More

Coming right out of the passage where Jesus uses the waterpots for Jewish purification for turning water into wine, it is fairly significant that this is where we receive John's account of the cleansi...  Read More

In this section, we get an incredible display of Jesus' character and zealousness for the Lord in comparison to that of the religious elite of that time. During the time leading up to the Passover, Je...  Read More

13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 When He ha...  Read More

Let us pray over those lessons that we addressed over this last week. As we humble ourselves before the Lord, let us join in praying for one another.Pray for your church leaders (pastors, elders, volu...  Read More

I am a firm believer that what you do or do not believe about the Lord will show up in your life. Belief changes things. Due to our belief around fire being hot, we conduct ourselves differently aroun...  Read More

Looking at the examples that are provided for me in this text, I do question in myself if I entrust myself to Him in the way that I see Mary or the servants entrusting themselves. Do I walk in faith t...  Read More

I may have gotten ahead of myself on the last devotion with what the lesson is for the original audience. Simply put, it is that Jesus is better. But there are so many lessons to grab from this partic...  Read More