PrayerBits for Sunday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Sunday

Scripture lesson: John 10:22-30 Are you the Messiah?

Time to Reflect: If someone really doesn't want to believe in Jesus they can avoid doing so no matter what. No miracle is so obvious, no teaching so clear, no testimony so convincing that someone will be forced to believe. It ultimately comes down to a decision not based on reason or argumentation: Do I choose to believe?

Moving through the day: Pray the prayer that Martin Luther used: “Lord, I believe, help me with my unbelief.”

 Scripture:

 22Then came the Feast of Dedication[a] at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade. 24The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ,[b] tell us plainly."

 25Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, 26but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all[c]; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one."