The Reason I was Born | Week 1

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How to Study

Daily Rhythm Questions

  1. Express Gratitude – What am I thankful for?
  2. Take Time to Pray – for challenges in my life, family, community, and world.
  3. Be Accountable – How did I obey? Who did I share it with?

Read and Reflect on Today’s Scripture

  1. God – What do I learn about God?
  2. People – What do I learn about people?
  3. Obey – What has the Holy Spirit revealed to me, and how will I obey it today?
  4. Share – Who can I share this with today?

Everyone Shares Briefly

  1. Express Gratitude – What am I thankful for?
  2. Take Time to Pray – for challenges in my life, family, community, and world.
  3. Be Accountable – How did I obey? Who did I share it with?

Read and Reflect on Today’s Scripture

One person reads the passage. One person re-tells the passage in their own words.

Everyone Shares Briefly:

  1. God – What do I learn about God?
  2. People – What do I learn about people?
  3. Obey – What has the Holy Spirit revealed to me, and how will I obey it this week?
  4. Share – Who can I share this with this week?

Five Daily Devotions

John 18:28-40

 

28Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”
30“If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”
31Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.
33Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34 “Is that your own idea,”Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”
35“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
36Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
37“You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
38“What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him. 39But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”
40They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.