Sunrise Devotions

Following up on our reading of John 17, we will focus on John 17:18, as Christ was sent into the world, so are we! All music for episodes is from Epidemic Sound

Following up on the John 17 we are doing a devotional on the Glory of Christ, taken from John Owen's Glory of Christ

This morning we read John 17:1-26, Jesus' prayer for himself, for his disciples, and for you and me. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the Servant‑King, the Son of God, and the Savior for all people Biblography The Hol...

Today we read John 16:16-33, Jesus tells His disciples that their coming sorrow will not have the last word, for His departure and return will turn their grief into lasting joy, strengthen their prayers, and ground their peace in His victory over the world. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by ...

Today, we read John 16:1-15, Jesus prepares His disciples for coming persecution, tells them that His departure is for their good, and promises the Holy Spirit, who will convict the world, guide His people into the truth, and glorify Christ. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces...

This morning we read John 15:18-27, Jesus warns His disciples that the world will hate them because it first hated Him, yet He also promises the help of the Spirit and calls them to bear faithful witness to Him. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises ar...

Today we read John 15:1-17. Jesus declares Himself to be the true vine, teaches that His disciples bear fruit only by abiding in Him, and commands them to love one another as those He has chosen and called His friends. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant prom...

Today we read John 14:15-32, Jesus prepares His disciples for His departure by promising another Helper, assuring them of His own continuing presence, and giving them His peace in a troubled world. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in...

Today we read John 14:1-14, the beginning of the farewell discourse, where Jesus comforts His troubled disciples by directing them to the Father’s house, declaring Himself to be the only way to the Father, and assuring them that to know Him is to know the Father. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. We...

Today we read John 13:21-38, On the night before His death, Jesus stoops to wash His disciples’ feet, revealing the full extent of His love, exposing their pride, and setting before them the pattern of humble service that flows from His cleansing grace. Biblography The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commenta...

Today we read John 13:1-20, the night before His death, and Jesus stoops to wash His disciples’ feet, revealing the full extent of His love, exposing their pride, and setting before them the pattern of humble service that flows from His cleansing grace. Biblography The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commenta...

Today we read John 12:20-50, Jesus is honored in Bethany by costly love, then enters Jerusalem as the promised King, while the crowds praise Him and the rulers harden themselves against Him. Biblography The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Te...

Today we read John 12:1-19, Jesus is honored in Bethany by costly love, then enters Jerusalem as the promised King, while the crowds praise Him and the rulers harden themselves against Him. Biblography The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Tes...

Today we read John 11.45-57, After the raising of Lazarus, many believe in Jesus, others report Him to the authorities, and the rulers resolve that the One who gives life must die. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it shows how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—the...

Today we read John 10:1-21, Jesus reveals Himself as both the door of the sheep and the good shepherd, the One who gives life, knows His own, lays down His life for them, and gathers one flock from Jews and Gentiles. Reading the Gospels Together” is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it traces how God’s covenant promis...

Today we read John 10:1-21, Jesus reveals Himself as both the door of the sheep and the good shepherd, the One who gives life, knows His own, lays down His life for them, and gathers one flock from Jews and Gentiles. Resources The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) Cornelis De Graaf, Promise and Deliverance R. C. Sproul, John: An Expositional Commentary Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Backg...

Today, we read John 9:1-41, where Jesus opens the eyes of a man born blind, reveals Himself as the light of the world, and shows that the deepest blindness is spiritual, not physical. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it shows how God’s covenant promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ—...

Today, we return to our readings in John, John 8:31-59, Jesus teaches that true disciples abide in His word, that real freedom is found only in the Son, and that He is far greater than Abraham because He is the eternal I AM. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it shows how God’s covenan...

Today, we return to our readings in John, John 8:12-30, Jesus declares Himself to be the light of the world, exposes the blindness of His opponents, and warns that apart from faith in Him, men will die in their sins. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it shows how God’s covenant promis...

Today, we return to our readings in John, John 7:53-8:11. Jesus exposes the hypocrisy of self-righteous accusers, deals truthfully and mercifully with a guilty sinner, and shows that His grace does not excuse sin but calls sinners out of it. division that His presence always creates. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Del...

Today, we return to our readings in John, John 7:25-52. Jesus stands in the midst of the feast as the One sent from the Father, offers living water to the thirsty, and exposes the deep division that His presence always creates. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it shows how God’s cove...

Today, we return to our readings in John, John 7:1-24, Jesus goes up to the Feast of Tabernacles in His Father’s time, not man’s, teaches with divine authority, and exposes the blindness of those who judge by outward appearance instead of with righteous judgment. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. W...

Today, we return to our readings in John, John 6:60-71. Many turn away when Christ’s teaching offends them, but Peter confesses that Jesus alone has the words of eternal life, even as the shadow of betrayal already falls across the Twelve. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it shows ho...

Today, in our readings from the Gospel of John, John 6:22-59, Jesus exposes the crowd’s shallow motives, declares Himself to be the true bread from heaven, and teaches that eternal life is found only in coming to Him and feeding on Him by faith. ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, it sh...

Today, we return to our readings in John, John 6:1-21, Jesus reveals His glory by feeding the multitude in the wilderness and by coming to His disciples on the stormy sea, showing that He is the divine Provider and the Lord who is greater than Moses ‘Reading the Gospels Together’ is a journey through the Four Gospels, following Cornelis De Graaf’s Promise and Deliverance framework. Week by week, i...