Closer Day By Day

Bible Passage:  John 19 What do you say to a very sick boy who does not have much more time? These thoughts came to me last night as I was in a taxi on the way to the hospital.  As I was waiting, I read through today’s passage and these words caught my eye from [...]

In today’s chapter, I see 5 very distinct characters that I think most of us can relate to. Who are they, and what can we reflect upon when we look at these characters? Bible Passage: John 18 These 5 characters are: Jesus, Peter, the priests and Pharisees, Pilate, and Barabbas. But I would like to [...]

Bible Passage:  John 17 The world of Jesus and His followers will always be different from that of the world of Satan and those deceived. Jesus knew that there would always be this conflict.  And in today’s chapter, is it quite clear that He has called us to be a group out of this world [...]

Bible Passage:  John 14 I always love the start of today’s chapter.  Here is where Jesus says, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare [...]

Bible Passage:  John 13 It’s inevitable that when we read John 13, we think about the Footwashing Sacrament and what it means to have a part in Jesus.  Also, there are many valuable lessons on humility and service to one another. However, I would like to look at another aspect today as we read today’s [...]

I have been very busy over the past week till now… and being far away from home and church, my work has taken its toil and it does not give me enough time and opportunity to spend more time with God.  So I was quite ashamed when I read today’s passage…. Bible Passage:  John 12 [...]

Bible Passage:  John 10 Just a short sharing today.  Yesterday we read about how Jesus healed a blind man from birth in order that “the works of God should be revealed” (John 9:3).  However the Jewish leaders simply could not accept this and refused to accept also that Jesus was from God.  So while the [...]

Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” Our Lord Jesus is the great “I AM”, the self-existing One, the Almighty God. When Moses was still in Midian, God spoke to Moses from a burning bush, and He commanded Moses to lead His people out of the land [...]

Bible Passage:  John 5 J     udgement is not for us to decide but it is under God’s jurisdiction, yet there are many people in the world who choose not to believe in Jesus and continue to live life as they see fit.   U    nder thecircumstances, even we cannot change a person’s decision. Jesus comforts [...]

  Bible Passage:  John 5 “I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? Do not think that [...]