by athargrave | Apr 22, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
Then Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?” John 21:5 God created life to be circular. We have seasons and planets that move in a circular pattern. People give birth to people, who start in the womb, then come out, and grow up to produce more people, who...
by athargrave | Apr 21, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
After these things, Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. John 21:1 The disciples had encountered Jesus multiple times: Mary, the Emmaus two, the disciples in the upper room without Thomas, then again with Thomas, and now John records...
by athargrave | Apr 20, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing. John 20:27 I told them they were crazy. I got too emotional and just blurted out from my own anger and hurt, “I won’t believe...
by athargrave | Apr 19, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
And when He said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:22 Because the tomb is empty, you do not have to be! The Resurrected Christ gives us the Holy Spirit. The word “receive” implies action on our part. It denotes a yielding to or...
by athargrave | Apr 17, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
When the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst,and said to them, “Peace be with you.” John 20:19 Oftentimes, we believe that our fears are more powerful than love. Some train their children to...
by athargrave | Apr 16, 2016 | Devotional, Experiencing the Resurrected Christ
She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not ascended to my Father.” John 20:16-17 Imagine Mary’s excitement at seeing Jesus. This is John’s first record of anyone seeing the...
