Devo John 6:35-52

35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never
go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But as I told you,
you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37All that the Father gives me
will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have
come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent
me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that
he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that
everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and
I will raise him up at the last day.” 41At this the Jews began to grumble about
him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They
said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?
How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” 43”Stop grumbling among
yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44”No one can come to me unless the Father who
sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the
Prophets: ‘ They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and
learns from him comes to me. 46No one has seen the Father except the one who
is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47I tell you the truth, he who believes
has everlasting life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your forefathers ate the manna in
the desert, yet they died. 50But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,
which a man may eat and not die. 51I am the living bread that came down from
heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the world.” 52Then the Jews began to argue sharply
among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Meditation
1. Some folks “hope” they have eternal life. Others “trust they will have”
eternal life. And other folks insist “How can you know until you’re dead?”
Others will say, “What makes you think you’re so much better than me?”
Pause for a moment and ask myself: what is my understanding or belief
about eternal life?
2. Jesus wants us to know that we have eternal life (v37). After we responded
to God, He will keep us safe, forever. Again, in vv 39-40, it’s not “will have”
eternal life, not “may have”, and not “maybe has”. It’s “he who believes has
everlasting life.”(v47)
3. Since Jesus says I have eternal life and I can take His word for it. Take the time
to thank God for His salvation and eternal life for me.

Personal Note:
I have received the gift of eternal life.  Out of gratitude, I am willing to labour for sharing the good news of Christ to people around me.

Devo John 5:1-9

1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2Now there
is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda
and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of
disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5One who was
there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there
and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him,
“Do you want to get well?” 7”Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me
into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else
goes down ahead of me.” 8Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and
walk.” 9At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on
which this took place was a Sabbath,

Meditation
1. What stands out and draws my attention in this passage? Do I deeply
desire to experience wholeness of mind or spirit because of my woundedness
lately? Or do I find myself questioning whether Jesus really can heal a
physical sickness – either my own or someone else’s?
2. Ask Jesus what he has specifically for me that calls for healing. Talk to God
about what I hear. (Allowing Jesus to bring healing might require letting go
of something that may hurt a lot to release, and may not think I’m ready for
it right now. Or I desire freedom and wholeness, but feel stuck, imprisoned,
fragmented. Or in this moment I find myself ready for my healing.)
3. If the time with Jesus and God’s message today moved me the tiniest bit
closer to wholeness, rejoice. If not, simply let things be. Continue talking to
Jesus about my situation, being alert to what he has for me.

Personal Note:
Physically I am asking God for healing.  Emotionally I have experienced God's healing.  Spiritually I have been cleansed through the blood of Christ and healed from the wounds of sin.