18
May

From Sorrow to Joy

John 16:12-22 Jesus talks about the connection of the joy of childbirth to the joy of His return.  As a woman goes through the sorrow (pain) of childbirth, when she meets her baby face to face, the feeling turns to joy.  For the disciples, as Jesus was taken from the earth, died on the cross, […]

11
May

The Good Shepherd’s Voice

John 10:22-33 Babies can hear the voice of their mother early on while they are still in the womb.  The first of many voices, but mom’s will always be the one they hear the most.  Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”  As the Good Shepherd, Jesus […]

04
May

Peter, A Fisher of Fish?

John 21:1-19 Jesus appears to His disciples for a third time after the resurrection, and this time they are fishing on the Sea of Galilee.  Jesus first called disciples (Peter, Andrew, James, John) to leave their life of fishing and to come and follow Him and be fishers of men.  They left everything to follow […]

27
Apr

Doubting Thomas Believes It When He Sees It

John 20:19-31 On Easter Sunday, Jesus appears to the disciples, but Thomas missed that first appearance.  His response to the disciples seeing the resurrected Christ was basically saying, “I won’t believe it until I see it.”  More specifically, he wanted to touch Jesus’ hands where the nails were and His side where the spear pierced […]

20
Apr

Jesus is Risen?

John 20:1-10; Luke 24:1-12 On Easter Sunday, the women go to the tomb to prepare Jesus’ body.  He isn’t there.  The angels tell them.  But still, they are looking for His body, they’re perplexed.  The disciples hear from the women.  They go to the tomb, it’s empty.  They’re confused, they don’t understand, they go back […]

18
Apr

The Feelings of Good Friday

John 19:1-42; Matthew 27:39-47; Luke 23:32-47, 55-56 As we gather on Good Friday, we see Jesus’ beaten, bruised, bloody body on the cross.  His body that is nailed for us.  His blood that is shed for us.  His death that is died to give us life.  Seeing what Jesus went through can create many feelings […]