6. Journey to The Cross 🙏 Jesus Prayed for You, Future Believer

Apr8

“O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 17:25-26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.25-26.NASB1995

Jesus prayed to the Father for His disciples to be filled with the love of the Father; for Himself to be in them. Then Jesus prayed for all who will believe the gospel that has been passed down for generations.

“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
John 17:20-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.20-21.NASB1995

🌹I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
John 17:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.11.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

5. Journey to The Cross – Jesus Lovingly Lays Down His Life

Apr7

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.13.NASB1995

For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Romans 5:7-11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.5.7-11.NASB1995

🌹“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
John 10:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.10.11.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

4. Journey to The Cross – Jesus, Our Refuge

Apr4

Worship the Lord with reverence And rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
Psalms 2:11-12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.2.10-12.NASB1995

And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.
John 5:37-38 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.5.37-38.NASB1995

🌹Do you believe in Jesus, whom God the Father testifies of?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

3. Journey to The Cross – Jesus Sanctifies

Apr3

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
John 17:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.19.NASB1995

Sanctified by Jesus’ great love . . .

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.13.NASB1995

Made clean by the Word . . .

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
John 15:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.3.NASB1995

which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;
Colossians 1:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.1.6.NASB1995

🌹We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.3.16.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

2. Journey to The Cross – Jesus Came Down From Heaven

Apr2

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 6:38 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.6.38.NASB1995

Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
John 4:34 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.4.34.NASB1995

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 5:30 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.5.30.NASB1995

🌹Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
John 6:29 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.6.29.NASB1995

Do you believe? Why or why not?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

1. Journey to The Cross

Apr1

The Lord’s Supper with His Disciples

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end (to the uttermost or eternally) .
John 13:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.13.1.NASB1995

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, *got up from supper, and *laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.
John 13:3-4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.13.3-4.NASB1995

Jesus graciously picks up a towel and washes His disciples feet. What a demonstration of love, compassion and a wonderful act of service. He knows what He is about to face yet takes time to draw the disciples to unify together for each others good. Wash each others feet. (John 13:14) Look out for one another. Be humble before one another. They were going to need one another because…

🌹And Jesus *answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
John 12:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.12.23.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Grateful for God’s Grace

Mar31

The majority of devotions I’ve written this month, I have written about, “Loving Your Neighbor”, a challenge for anyone.
God has taught me a lot through these “neighbor” verses, making me aware of just how hard hearted I can be sometimes because my neighbors don’t meet my criteria. I am reminded that God loved me so much He sent Jesus to die for me, you, and the world.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16.NASB1995

I am to love my neighbor as Christ loved me. These are the ones I now pray for and I will practice loving my neighbor.

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
James 2:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.8.NASB1995

🌹A good man will obtain favor from the Lord, But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
Proverbs 12:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.12.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Living to Praise

Mar28

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah! Yah)
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Psalms 146:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.146.1-2.NASB1995

So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
Psalms 63:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.63.4.NASB1995

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Psalms 104:33 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.33.NASB1995

🌹It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
Isaiah 38:19a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.38.19.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Accepted

Mar27

Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
Romans 15:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.2.NASB1995

This is a humble endeavor.
All people are created by God. Christ died for all people. Acceptance for the glory of God!

🌹Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.
Romans 15:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Law Abiding Love

Mar26

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 13:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.13.9.NASB1995

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 13:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.13.10.NASB1995

🌹Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.13.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org