Daily Bible Reading

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 10:22–42: Jesus continues to describe his relationship with his followers. Some of the people ask if he is the Messiah, and Jesus responds by declaring that the deeds he does by his Father’s authority speak on his behalf. Some of the people attempt to stone him, whereas many others […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 10:1–21: Jesus uses the images of shepherd, gate, and sheep to describe the relationship between himself and his followers. The sheep know the shepherd’s voice and follow him. Unlike a thief who comes only to steal or destroy, and unlike a hired worker who fails to protect the sheep, […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 9:13–41: Today’s reading begins by introducing a controversy over violation of the Sabbath law. The Pharisees and the Jewish authorities question both the healed man and his parents, and they expel the healed man from the synagogue. According to verse 22, the Jewish authorities threatened to expel anyone who […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 9:1–12: Today’s reading begins with a conversation between Jesus and his disciples, prompted by their seeing a man who had been born physically blind. At the time of Jesus, some believed that a person who was blind was being punished by God for sinning, or for the sin of […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 8:31–59: Jesus’s opponents claim Abraham as their father (verse 39), and today’s reading focuses on the debate over their claim as children of Abraham and Jesus’s claim that God is his Father. In this confrontation, Jesus declares his opponents to be children of the devil, and the religious leaders […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 8:12–30: In the debate between Jesus and his opponents, Jesus is questioned about who his father is, and he draws upon the Divine Name, “I Am Who I Am” to define his connection to God, his Father. John’s Gospel includes seven of Jesus’s “I Am” sayings (6:35, 48; 8:12; […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 8:1–11: The religious leaders bring to Jesus a woman caught in adultery and seek to test him by asking for his judgment in the matter. Jesus once again confounds them with his response. Scripture Reading 8 Then everyone went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early the next […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 7:25–53: Jesus continues to speak openly in the Temple, and some of the religious leaders seek to have Jesus arrested. Division arises among the people listening to Jesus. Scripture Reading 25 Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the man the authorities are trying to kill? 26 Look! He is […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction John 7:1–24: Jesus returns to Galilee and meets with his brothers, who urge him to go to Judea to attend the Festival of Shelters (also known as the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles). This autumn agricultural celebration commemorated God’s providing for the people during their journey in the desert following […]

God’s Guiding Word: Love Introduction Psalm 108: In today’s reading, the writer prays for help while he expresses confidence in God. Verses 7–9 refer to the land of Israel and its neighbors. Shechem was in the territory of Manasseh west of the Jordan River. Sukkoth and Gilead were in the territory of Manasseh east of […]