One of the Hardest ‘Miracles’
29 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Disciple, What’s the hardest miracle to perform? I know many of you would love to see some great miracle of your selection to help you believe. Yet all around you every…
A Matter of Obedient Trust
28 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Friend, I talked to you yesterday about managing your assets with spiritual wisdom — about investing your assets in the places where you saw Me invest My life and in the…
Managing Your Assets with Spiritual Wisdom
27 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Disciple, Over the ages, people have freely talked with each other about almost everything, except how they spend their money. Once the talk about managing earthly, monetary, physical blessings starts, people…
A Father with Two Lost Sons
26 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Friend, Today, we focus on the final story in Luke’s collection of three of My parables about finding lost things and lost sons. In today’s story in the verses below, you…
The Lost Coin
25 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Child of God, How precious is a child? What is the value of a human life? What is one person worth? If you want to know the true answer to those…
Joy at Finding What Is Lost
24 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Friend, In the verses today and the next two days, you will find three of My stories — often called parables — about lost things and lost people. Luke collects them…
The Great Invitation
23 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Seeker, Yesterday, I warned about one false way to approach My invitation to the table of grace — you should not come with a haughty and self-important attitude. You need to…
Who Sits at Your Table of Grace?
22 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Friend, You have been blessed with great honor to be included at My table of grace! When you come and remember Me at what you call “the Lord‘s Table” and share…
Hard to Truly Follow
21 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Follower, Follower… what an interesting term to use with you. To truly follow Me means becoming My disciple. A disciple is a person who spends her or his lifetime learning to…
People Count Most!
20 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Disciple, I want you to see My example and hear My words in the verses below. They coalesce into one, simple, clear message: People count most! You find Me at a…
Cry for Jerusalem
19 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Friend, What will you do when you see death closing in on you? Will you fight it? Will you resent it? Will you fear it? Will you resign yourself to its…
Don’t Miss My Invitation
18 January 2025
Note from Jesus My Dear Disciple, Listen to My words for you today. They come out of the crucible of My conflict with the religious leaders and their humiliation with trying to embarrass Me. My…
Look Closely at the Evidence!
17 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Seeker, My words have always provoked strong reactions! I do not leave people any middle ground for their decision about Me. There is no “safe” place they can put Me in…
The Good Shepherd
16 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Precious One, Few passages of Scripture were more beloved in My time on earth than the twenty-third Psalm. Like in your day, many found great comfort knowing that the Great Shepherd…
Opening Blind Eyes #3
15 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Disciple, On two previous days, I have had you look at John’s account of the man who was born blind and whom I healed. We’ve seen how people can willfully be…
Opening Blind Eyes #2
14 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Friend, I want you to notice the different ways people in this story viewed the “man born blind” that you find in your Bibles (John 9:1-41): My disciples looked at him…
Truth Brings Celebration and Hostility
13 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Beloved, We — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — instituted the Sabbath to be a blessing to Our people and those who lived among them. The Sabbath gave My people a…
Opening Blind Eyes
12 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Seeker of Truth, I was frustrated with the religious leaders who added their own regulations to the commandments of the law and made those regulations more important than caring for a…
One Last Season for Fruit?
11 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Believer, In your day, people have really toned down some of My message in order to be more politically correct. Remember, however, that the religious leaders of My day killed Me…
**Can’t You See the Urgency?
10 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Friend, You need to treat the issues of the kingdom with a sense of urgency. There is never a time to be complacent. As you read the verses below, you will…
A Different Kind of Savings Plan
9 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Disciple, As I will say in the verses below, what I am talking to you about today is a matter of urgency: I’m not just talking theory. There is urgency in…
Getting Past Your Worries
8 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Precious One, Yesterday, I spoke to you about fear. Today I want to talk to you about worry and sins that lie behind so many of your worries: greed and insufficient…
Don’t Let Fear Intimidate You!
7 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Faithful Follower, People are afraid of many different kinds of things. That’s why one of the most frequent commands in the Scriptures is not to be afraid. It is also a…
Truth with a Bit of Shock
6 January 2025
Note from Jesus Dear Beloved, There are so many good things I could share with you about the verses below from Luke’s gospel. Here are just a few things that I hope you will spend…