The Awesome Word

A free daily devotional to help you delve deeper into God’s Word

  • ‘You have the words of eternal life.’ – John 6:60-71

    Sometimes, when the crowd following Jesus grew too large, He would give them a hard teaching that would cause some to fall away. He did that here in Capernaum. He talked about how He is the bread of life. He told them that unless they eat His flesh and drink His blood, they would not…

  • The Bread of Life – John 6:1-59

    Jesus had fed the crowd of thousands when they came to hear Him preach, but then He disappeared and left them on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. They sought Him out again, but Jesus knew they were only hoping for another free meal. He told them not to look for temporary food…

  • The glory that comes from the only God – John 5:24-47

    Jesus told the Jewish leaders that they had no excuse because there were four witnesses to Jesus besides what He told them about Himself. John the Baptist, His miracles, the Father, and the Scripture all testified to Him. He made it clear that God had sent Him to provide eternal life, and that He would…

  • Equal with God – John 5:1-23

    Jesus healed a man who had been sick 38 years. Rather than celebrate and praise God for this astounding miracle, the Pharisees were outraged that Jesus had told the man to pick up his mat on the Sabbath. When they confronted Jesus, He gave them something else to be concerned about. He told them more…

  • Taking Jesus at His Word – John 4:43-54

    Word of Jesus’ miracles and healing had spread, and an official with a sick son came to Jesus to plead with Him to heal the boy. Jesus told him: “Go. Your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said and left. He did not continue to insist that Jesus come with him. He believed…

  • ‘Many more believed because of what He said’ – John 4:1-42

    Jesus stopped at a well and spoke to a Samaritan woman. It is interesting to note that Jesus was “worn out from his journey.” Jesus got tired, just like we do, but He was still focused on doing the Father’s work. He speaks to this woman and quickly turns the discussion from physical water to…

  • ‘The one who comes from above is above all’John 3:22-36

    John the Baptist’s followers were concerned that the ministry of Jesus might be competition for theirs. They came to John complaining that many people were following Jesus. John the Baptist knew this was a good thing. He was hoping for exactly what his followers were afraid of: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” John…

  • ‘For God loved the world in this way …’ – John 3:1-21

    Nicodemus was a Jewish leader and teacher who recognized that Jesus was sent by God. But Nicodemus still couldn’t surrender what he thought he knew to accept what Jesus was teaching him. He wouldn’t understand what it meant to be born again. “How can these things be?” he asked. The root of Nicodemus’ problem was…

  • ‘Zeal for your house will consume me’ – John 2:13-25

    When Jesus cleansed the temple, it wasn’t like chasing everyone out of a church basement. This part of the temple, the Court of the Gentiles, was as large as several football fields, and usually had thousands of people in it doing business before the Passover. There is no way that one man could go into…

  • The First Sign – ‘He displayed His glory’ – John 2:1-12

    The conversation between Mary and Jesus is hard to understand because the original language is hard to translate. Scholars have debated what Jesus meant when he spoke to Mary. The words, originally written in Greek, literally mean “what to me and to you.” What is clear is that Jesus referred to His time, and that…

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