by David Keesling | Dec 31, 2025 | Daily Devotional
Revelation 2:7 “To him who overcomes …” Observation: Christ’s revelation to John contains messages to seven types of churches and to believers within. These were specific first-century places, but they were also representative of churches that always exist: Ephesus,...
by David Keesling | Dec 30, 2025 | Daily Devotional
John 19:2–3 “The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to Him again and again, saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they struck Him in the face” (NIV). Observation: Pilate, the Roman...
by David Keesling | Dec 29, 2025 | Daily Devotional
John 19:4 “Pilate came out again and said to them, ‘Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know I find no guilt in Him.’” Observation: For forty verses Pilate was on stage as an integral player in John’s narrative leading to Christ’s crucifixion. These...
by David Keesling | Dec 28, 2025 | Daily Devotional
John 17:1 “Lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You.’” Observation: Jesus had just completed His “Last Will and Testament” to believers, magnificently summing His life’s work on earth. But in...
by David Keesling | Dec 27, 2025 | Daily Devotional
John 12:1 “Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.” Observation: John 11 leaves us watching all Israel preparing for Passover. Chapter 12 begins with a description of events in Bethany...
by David Keesling | Dec 26, 2025 | Daily Devotional
John 4:39 “Many of the Samaritans … believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony” (NIV). Observation: This passage follows the lengthy description of Christ’s meeting the Samaritan woman at the well. In the end she became a trumpet of good news, encouraging others...
