"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him." – Luke 15:20 Sometimes resurrection doesn’t look like a miracle from heaven. Sometimes it looks like a quiet decision to turn around. In the story of the prodigal son, we often focus on the father running to meet him, but something else happened first. The son “arose.” He got u...  Read More

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." – John 10:27 It’s hard to hear someone’s voice in a crowded room. Especially when music is playing, people are talking, and distractions are everywhere. But the voice of someone you love cuts through the noise when you’ve learned to recognize it. That’s how it works with Jesus. The more time you spend with Him, the easier it becomes to...  Read More

"I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." - John 10:10 Some people treat faith like a security system. They want Jesus to keep them safe, protect them from harm, and help them avoid pain. And yes, He’s a shelter and a refuge. But He’s not just a door that keeps trouble out. He’s a door that invites you into something greater. A life that is full, not just protected. Jesus didn’t com...  Read More

"Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.'" - John 14:9 We all have moments when we ask God to make Himself clearer, to give us a sign, to show up in a way that removes every doubt. Philip was no different. After years of walking with Jesus, watching Him heal the sick and raise the dead, Philip still said, “Sho...  Read More

"Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb... He cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out.’" – John 11:38, 43 Some people will look at your story and assume it’s over. They see where you’ve been buried. The shame, the failure, the pain, and call it your ending. They roll the stone in front of your purpose and call it final. But they don’t get the last word. Not when Jesus is involved...  Read More

"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked" – Ephesians 2:1-2 Just because someone is breathing doesn’t mean they’re alive. You can go to work, scroll your phone, make plans, and even show up at church, yet still be dead where it matters most. That’s what the Bible means when it talks about being spiritually dead. Not lifeless in body but empty in soul. Walking around, ...  Read More

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?" – Luke 15:4 It is easy to believe that if you have wandered, messed up, or drifted away from God, He has moved on without you. Maybe you have convinced yourself that your failure has made you forgettable. But Jesus tells a ...  Read More

"I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture." – John 10:9 There is a restlessness that lives in all of us. You have probably felt it in those quiet moments when the noise dies down, but something still feels missing. It is that sense that life is supposed to be fuller than this. Even in success or comfort, there can be a lingering ache underneat...  Read More

"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me." – John 14:1 When life feels uncertain, the first thing we usually reach for is control. We want explanations. We want clarity. We want to know how things will turn out, what the next step should be, and why God hasn’t acted yet. The disciples were no different. In John 14, Jesus had just told them He was going away, and their h...  Read More

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?'" – John 11:25–26 Resurrection isn’t just something that happens after your heart stops beating. Jesus wasn’t only pointing to a future moment in a cemetery. He was talking about right now. There’s a resur...  Read More

"And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice." – John 10:16 Jesus didn’t come for a select few. He didn’t die for the most polished or religious. From the very beginning, His mission has been bigger than any one group. Bigger than cultural norms. Bigger than comfort zones. When He said He had “other sheep not of this fold,” He was maki...  Read More

"To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out." – John 10:3 It’s one thing to know about God. It’s another thing to be known by Him. That’s what Jesus is getting at when He calls Himself the Good Shepherd. This isn’t a distant, formal relationship. He knows His sheep. Not as a group. Not as a general category. He knows them personally...  Read More