Daily Bible Reading

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction Colossians 1:15-23: Today’s reading includes a description of the person and work of Christ and concludes with Paul’s exhortation to remain faithful. Scripture Reading The Person and Work of Christ 15 Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all created […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction Colossians 1:1-14: Today we begin reading the Letter to the Colossians which opens with the apostle Paul’s greeting and prayer of thanksgiving. Colossae was a small inland city in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), about 110 miles east of the major port city of Ephesus in the Lycus River valley. […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 17:1-26: Today’s reading is a prayer often referred to as Jesus’s “High Priestly Prayer,” and it appears only in John’s Gospel. After Jesus’s final discourse with his disciples, and prior to his betrayal and arrest, he addresses God in prayer. Jesus acknowledges that he has completed the work […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 16:25-33: Today’s reading concludes the “Farewell Discourse” which began with John 14 (see the reading from February 10). While Jesus tells the disciples that the world will make them suffer, he assures them that he has defeated the world and that God loves them. Scripture Reading Victory over […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 16:16-24: The disciples are unable to comprehend what Jesus tells them about his impending suffering and death. Jesus tells them that they will be sad for a while, but that their sadness will turn into gladness. Scripture Reading Sadness and Gladness 16“In a little while you will not […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 16:1-15: Jesus again tells the disciples about how they will suffer. He says that he is returning to God the Father but will send the Holy Spirit who will lead them and reveal the truth about God. Scripture Reading 1“I have told you this, so that you will […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 15:18-27: Jesus warns his disciples that they will be hated and suffer persecution because they have chosen to believe in and follow him. He promises to send the “Helper”—the Spirit who will come from God the Father and who will reveal the truth about God. Scripture Reading The […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 15:1-17: God’s people are sometimes described as a vineyard (see Isaiah 5:1-7; Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 19:10-14; Hosea 10:1). Jesus identifies himself as the real vine and his followers as branches connected to the vine. Jesus tells his followers to remain in him so that they bear fruit that […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 14:15-31: Today’s reading continues the “Farewell Discourse” or final words of Jesus to his disciples prior to his arrest, trial, and death. Jesus promises his followers that he will send the Holy Spirit to teach and guide them. The reading concludes with Jesus offering his followers his own […]

God’s Renewing Word of Love Introduction John 14:1-14: Today’s reading begins a section in John’s Gospel referred to as the “Farewell Discourse,” in which Jesus gives final instructions to his disciples before he is arrested, tried, and put to death. Jesus promises to prepare a place for all his followers and says that he is […]