The 260 Journey

Day 75Today’s Reading: John 7Not many young people would know the radio show or his iconic voice, but some years ago, 21 million Americans would tune in on their radios to hear from the most listened-to voice in America. They would hold their breath in suspense as the storyteller recounted a true story with a surprise ending. It was called The Rest of the Story, a real-life mystery Paul Harvey...

Day 74Today’s Reading: John 6The Christian life is a journey, not an arrival. As part of that journey, we all have to do hard but noble stuff at some point:• tell someone about Jesus• say no to something we used to say yes to• end a toxic relationship• decide to titheAs Oswald Chambers said, “If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult....

Day 73Today’s Reading: John 5Today we land on John 5, an up-close view to a phenomenon of miracle healing waters called the waters of Bethesda. When the waters moved, the first in the pool got healed. Here’s the first part of the story:After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew...

Day 72Today's Reading: John 4The average American is exposed to between four thousand and ten thousand commercial messages every day. But it’s truth that is a rarity. We have opinions but not truth.One of my friends put it this way: “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not everyone is entitled to their own truth.”Truth is universal. It isn’t limited to individuals, geography, or...

Day 71Today’s Reading: John 3There are a few chapters in our 260 Journey where you just pause, exhale, and know you are seeing beauty and majesty. John 3 is one of those chapters.Plato said, “Whoever tells the stories shapes society.” Do we have a story to tell or what? We have the story—the gospel story. God’s story.John 3:16 is God’s story stuffed into one verse. And Jesus tells it in...

Day 70Today’s Reading: John 2Today our 260 Journey takes us to John 2. If we are not paying attention, we may feel as if we are at the end of the Gospel of John and not at the beginning. Let me explain why this can be confusing by reading something Jesus did in this chapter:The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen...

Day 69Today’s Reading: John 1I am excited that today on our 260 Journey we begin a journey through the Gospel of John. This is the most unique gospel because it doesn’t start out like the other three gospels. It takes us to the beginning . . . the real beginning. Listen to its opening verse: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).That sounds...

Day 68Today’s Reading: Luke 24It’s resurrection morning for Jesus. All of the Gospels highlight Jesus’ post-resurrection conversations with His disciples and followers, but only Luke highlights a conversation that happened seven miles outside of Jerusalem. To put it another way, a fire started seven miles outside of Jerusalem.No building burst into flames.No property was damaged.No one was...

Day 67Today’s Reading: Luke 23Today we come to the last solemn minutes of Jesus’ life on the cross. It is His final comment from the cross that catches my attention. It is a prayer but goes further than up. That prayer goes wide.Let’s read Jesus’ final words before He breathed His last breath:Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this,...

Day 66Today’s Reading: Luke 22In today’s reading we are entering into Luke’s telling of the Passion Week. While Jesus is with His disciples in the garden of Gethsemane, He speaks some remarkable words to Peter, which will be important to all of us, because it is what Jesus does right now for every one of His children.At the Last Supper, right after Jesus says that one of the Twelve will betray...