I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD

 

SCRIPTURE John 10:9-11,14-15,27-30 I AM the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. . . . I AM the good shepherd; and I know My sheep and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. . . . My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”

John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I AM the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

OBSERVATION Jesus-I AM the Door to salvation . . . I AM the Door to abundant life . . . I AM the Good Shepherd Who gives His life for the sheep, Who gives them eternal life . . . I AM the Resurrection and the Life.

APPLICATION Salvation is mine . . . abundant life is mine . . . eternal life is mine all because of Jesus, my Good Shepherd.

PRAYER Thank You Jesus for opening the door to salvation, abundant and eternal life.

I AM THE LIGHT

  SCRIPTURE John 8:12 Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.”

John 8:31-32 36 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”

OBSERVATION Jesus declares Himself as I AM, ONE and the same as the I AM Who spoke to Moses in Exodus 3. I AM Who spoke light into being. I AM Whose word is Truth. I AM Who has, can, and will set people free.

APPLICATION Jesus, the Great I AM, is my Lord, my Light, my Savior, the only True God.

PRAYER Thank You, Jesus, for coming to this Earth for me. The Great I AM, my Lord, my Savior, my Light, my freedom

Peace through the Cross

Each Friday between now and Easter I will remember the cross and Jesus' sacrifice. . . . Jesus, today I remember and give thanks that I have peace with the Father through the blood of Your Cross.-Colossians 1:20

THE BREAD OF LIFE

 SCRIPTURE John 6:33-35, 47-48 I AM The BREAD of LIFE-For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. . . . Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life.

OBSERVATION Jesus, the bread of God, the Bread of Life came from heaven to be broken, to give His life for me that I could have everlasting life.

APPLICATION I would share this bread, this everlasting life-giving bread.

PRAYER Thank You, Jesus for coming to give Your life for me that I may have the gift of everlasting life.

GOOD NAME

 

Men talk too much of gold and fame, and not enough about a name; and yet a good name’s better far than all earth’s glistening jewels are.-

Edgar Albert Guest

- A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.-Proverbs 22:1

Both my parents are covered by this scripture-love and miss them both.

LOOKING TO JESUS

 

Scripture Hebrews 12:1-4 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,  looking unto Jesus, the  author and  finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Observation This life of faith is one of endurance and focus.

Application Keep my eyes, my  focus, on Jesus and that victory which is guaranteed because He endured the cross and defeated death and reigns forever at the right hand of God.

Prayer Thank You Jesus for enduring the cross and defeating death for me. I would run this race with endurance, laying aside that which would weigh me down, and keep my eyes, my focus on You.