A Beautiful Day Devotional Podcast

How do you look at the empty tomb Jesus was laid? Pastor Jeff shares from John 20:2, and how we can see the empty tomb with joy and hope!   John 20:2 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"  

Do you know why we people use eggs to celebrate Easter? Join Pastor as he shares from Matthew 28:6, and how today the Easter egg represents the empty tomb.   Matthew 28:6 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

This is our last week for our COUNTDOWN TO EASTER series. Pastor Jeff shares for Mark 11:9 and teaches that Jesus is our forever King!   Mark 11:9 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

It is FRI-YAY! With a special shout out from Pastor Jeff. Today we will learn from John 17:16-18. Jesus' purpose was to show us how to live in this world. John 17:16-18 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it. 17 Use the truth to make them holy. Your word is truth. 18 You sent me into the world. In the same way, I have sent them into the world.

Pastor Jeff wants to know if you like to welcome people. Jesus' purpose was to make sure we understand what welcome others means.  Matthew 10:40-42 40 "Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me. And anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Suppose someone welcomes a prophet as a prophet. They will receive a prophet's reward. And suppose someone welcomes a godly person as a godly person. T...

Jesus purpose was to be glorified and to glorified God, The Father. But the glory Jesus was talking about is not what you think it is. Please join Pastor Jeff to learn more.   John 13:31-32 31 When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him,[a] God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.

Please join Pastor Jeff today as he shares about Jesus' purpose to suffer for all mankind.  Mark 8:31 31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

Happy Monday! Jesus said that His purpose was to be obedient to His Father! Please join Pastor Jeff today as he shares from John 6:38-39 in our COUNTDOWN TO EASTER series. John 6:38-39 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the...

It is FRI-YAY! With a special shout out from Pastor Jeff. The reason Jesus came was to show how we should love one another.  John 13:34-35 34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

Please join Pastor Jeff today as he shares from Matthew 11:27, and teaches that the reason Jesus came was to revealed who God is.   Matthew 11:27 27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

The reason that Jesus came is to make all things new! Please join Pastor Jeff as he shares from Revelation 21:5.   Revelation 21:5 5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

Today Pastor Jeff shares that the reason Jesus came is because God wanted to show His love for each of us.    1 John 4:8-9 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Happy first day of the Spring season! This week Pastor Jeff will shares verses that tell us about WHY JESUS CAME. Today we will learn that Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. "Luke 19:10 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." 

Today is FRI-YAY! With a special shout out from Pastor Jeff. We celebrate Easter because Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice for us! Isaiah 53:5 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Today Pastor Jeff shares from Isaiah 53:6-7 and how Jesus is the Lamb of God. Isaiah 53:6-7 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mo...

Today Pastor Jeff will share from a special announcement the prophet Zechariah made about Jesus! Zechariah 9:9 9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Today Pastor Jeff will share from the prophet Micah, and how God wanted to reveal to us where Jesus would be born. Praise God for Jesus, the Savior of the world! Micah 5:2 2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans[a] of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."

Happy Monday!  This week we continue our COUNTDOWN TO EASTER, and will learn about Old Testament prophecies about Jesus, the Son of God. Isaiah 9:6 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

It is FRI-YAY! With a special shout out to a friend who lives in NC!  Today Pastor Jeff concludes our study of Jesus "I AM" statements in our COUNTDOWN TO EASTER series. Please continue to join us next week as we study what the Old Testament said about Jesus. John 14:6 6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Today Pastor Jeff shares another of Jesus' "I AM" statements from John 11:25  - HE IS THE RESSURECTION AND LIFE. Jesus wants to be your friend and He is the only One who can give you life, eternal life! John 11:25 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

Jesus said HE IS THE GATE for the sheep. Do you know what this "I AM" statement really means? Please join Pastor Jeff as he teaches why Jesus called Himself The Gate. John 10:7 and 9 7 Therefore Jesus said again, "Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

Please join Pastor Jeff today as we learn about another " I AM" statement that Jesus made when he lived on earth.   Jesus is the LIGHT OF THE WORLD   John 8:12 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Today we start a new series called Countdown to Easter.  This week we will learn WHO JESUS IS from His I AM statements from Gospel of John. Jesus is the BREAD OF LIFE John 6:35 35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

It is FRI-YAY! With a special shout out to our listeners from Arkansas! Today is our last day in our VALUES TO ADD UP series. Next week we will start a series called - COUNTDOWN TO EASTER. We pray you continue to join us every week day. Our Bible verse today is Philippians 4:6, and Pastor Jeff will share how we need INITIATIVE to present our requests to God. Philippians 4:6 6 Do not be anxious abo...

Do you like to get the job done? Join Pastor Jeff as he shares from the book of Nehemiah, and how he had INITIATIVE to get the job done!   Nehemiah 2:4-5 4 The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven, 5 and I answered the king, "If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are bur...