by Susan Barnes | 13 Jul 2023 | Short Devotion
“Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me” … Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, ‘But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?’” John 14:19, 22 Jesus knows the cross is approaching and he will no longer be...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Jun 2023 | Short Devotion
“When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.” John 11:17 NLT Jesus receives the news of Lazarus’ death and stays where he is for two days (v.6). He then takes a day to travel to Bethany. Even if Jesus had left...
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 | 29 May 2023 | Short Devotion
“To this they replied, ‘You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!’ And they threw him out.” John 9:34 After Jesus heals a man blind from birth on the Sabbath, the Jewish authorities investigate but they won’t accept the plain evidence in front of...
by Susan Barnes | 22 May 2023 | Short Devotion
“‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing...
by Susan Barnes | 15 May 2023 | Short Devotion
“Jesus’ brothers said to him, ‘Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.’ … even his own brothers did not believe in him.” John 7:3-5 We often underestimate the...
by Susan Barnes | 8 May 2023 | Short Devotion
“‘The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life’ … From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.” John 6:63, 66 Jesus’ teaching is too much for many, then and...
by Susan Barnes | 1 May 2023 | Short Devotion
Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured … they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?” The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away … Later Jesus found him at the...
