by Susan Barnes | 10 Aug 2023 | Short Devotion
“You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” John 18:37 If anyone is genuinely interested in seeking and...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Aug 2023 | Short Devotion
“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.” John 17:6. Obedience often feels like an impossible goal in the Christian life but Jesus believes his disciples have obeyed his word....
by Susan Barnes | 5 Jun 2023 | Short Devotion
“Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” John 10:37-38 Jesus engages his audience by arousing their...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Apr 2023 | Short Devotion
“‘Unless you people see signs and wonders,’ Jesus told him, ‘you will never believe.’ The royal official said, ‘Sir, come down before my child dies.’” John 4:48-49 The official isn’t put off when Jesus complains about his people’s lack of faith. He doesn’t take...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Apr 2023 | Short Devotion
“‘Woman, why do you involve me?’ Jesus replied. ‘My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’” John 2:4-5 Mary was familiar with the Old Testament. It’s significant that her words to the servants, upon discovering there was...
by Susan Barnes | 31 Oct 2022 | Short Devotion
“We constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.” 2 Thessalonians 1:11 The New Living Translation puts...
by Susan Barnes | 22 May 2022 | Short Devotion
“You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?” Galatians 3:1 Living by faith in God’s grace is difficult. Our human nature likes to be religious and measure our ability to obey laws and keep religious observances. It loves to calculate how much of the Bible we read,...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Apr 2022 | Short Devotion
“I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.” 2 Corinthians 12:3-4 There’s much we don’t know about the heavenly realm,...
