Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

0
But He Was
December 30th, 2025
15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16 but Peter stood outside at...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
For The People
December 29th, 2025
12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. 13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest th...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
Come and See
December 28th, 2025
4 Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him,...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
The Hour
December 27th, 2025
18 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
Loved Before the World Began
December 26th, 2025
24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Fa...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
One in the Crucified Christ
December 25th, 2025
20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, s...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Sanctified for the World
December 24th, 2025
15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Kept by the Name, Marked by the Cross
December 23rd, 2025
12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Kept in the Name
December 22nd, 2025
9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Given, Kept, and Sent
December 21st, 2025
6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have gi...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Glory Revealed in the Hour
December 20th, 2025
17 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over al...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
He Has Overcome the World
December 19th, 2025
29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! 30 Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that yo...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
The Father Loves You
December 18th, 2025
25 “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
For Joy
December 17th, 2025
19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and yo...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
A Little While
December 16th, 2025
16 “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, a...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
Declared To You
December 15th, 2025
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whate...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
The Ruler of this World
December 14th, 2025
8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Fath...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
To Your Advantage
December 13th, 2025
“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these ...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
Standing Firm When the World Falters
December 12th, 2025
16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Witness in the Face of Hostility
December 11th, 2025
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them th...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Hated with Him, Kept in Him
December 10th, 2025
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out o...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Chosen in the Friend Who Saves
December 9th, 2025
14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have hear...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Abide in the Love That Holds You
December 8th, 2025
9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 T...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Abiding in the Vine
December 7th, 2025
5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
The Crucified Vine
December 6th, 2025
15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 A...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
He Claimed You
December 5th, 2025
28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have t...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
Do Not Be Afraid
December 4th, 2025
25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance al...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
The Father's Word
December 3rd, 2025
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
A Little While
December 2nd, 2025
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know ...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
Another Helper
December 1st, 2025
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
Ask
November 30th, 2025
12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
The Father
November 29th, 2025
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Fa...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
0
The Way That Leads Through the Cross
November 28th, 2025
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
A Place Prepared by the Lord
November 27th, 2025
14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Christ Holds Us Even in Our Denials
November 26th, 2025
36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.” 37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not foll...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
The Glory of the Cross
November 25th, 2025
31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 Lit...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Night Fell Quickly
November 24th, 2025
25 So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Troubled in Spirit, Yet Faithful in Love
November 23rd, 2025
21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spo...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
He Knows the Heart
November 22nd, 2025
18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ 19 I am telling you this now, before it takes ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
0
Like Jesus
November 21st, 2025
12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, f...  Read More
by Steven Cholak