John Devotionals
Here are all 14 Farm Sunday devotionals we have written from John, newest first. Each one is a short reading and a video to help you start your week close to God.
Abide in Me
Pick your friends carefully—you become like the people you spend time with. This week’s Farm Sunday devotional explores John 15:4 and what it means to abide in Christ.
Jesus, the Good Sheppard
At 15 years old I stood in a gym at cheerleading tryouts wanting to hear my name called so badly it physically hurt. I didn’t know it then, but I would spend the next twe…
What God Searches For
Ever had a time in your life when you didn’t feel like you mattered or belonged? Believed your past shamed and excluded you? Felt like your present situation condemned yo…
Just Do It
There is something quietly powerful about a mother’s persistence. In the opening of John 2, at a wedding in Cana, Mary notices a problem before anyone else says it out lo…
More and Better Than You Dreamed
John 10:10b — “I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.” If you’ve followed along with us, you’ve heard us talk abou…
Abiding in Christ
John 15:1-8 (The Message) "I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing…
How to Love Like Jesus
"Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when th…
Sowing Seeds of Service
On this #FarmSunday, let’s reflect on the profound wisdom found in the parable of the grain of wheat found in John 12:24-26. A single grain, when left unplanted, remains …
The Power of a Little
In John 6:1-15, we witness an extraordinary moment where Jesus stretches the faith of His followers. Thousands of people are following Him, unprepared and without suffici…
In Spirit and Truth
God is looking for people who will be themselves before Him. How cool is that? Just be yourself. No pretense, no masks, no pretending to be something you’re not.
The Daily Bread: Inspired by John 6:32-36 and the Art of Bread Making
In the warmth of the kitchen, as the scent of freshly baked bread wafts through the air, we are invited into a sacred moment. Here, in the simple act of baking, we are re…
Turn Toward the Light
What is we all turned toward the light of Christ like our zinnias reach, turn, stretch and bend toward the sun?
The Symbolism of Grapes in the Bible: Abundance to Redemption
SweetBombDiggity Farms! 🍇 As the golden sun of August shines down, our harvest of grapes is ripe and ready! In fact, Lane picked an entire wheel barrel full of them this…
Drink Living Water
Just as my farmer fella diligently offers the gift of refilling our animal troughs with clean fresh water, I reflect on the fact that Jesus offers us an even greater gift…
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