Go catch some fish! 6/13/15

Day 162 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/John.21

John 21

Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish
21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.[c] 9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.

10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. 14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus Reinstates Peter
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) 21 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”

24 This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.

25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

June 12th Fully know Him

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
The major things on God’s heart July 13th
“Having predestined us to sonship by Jesus Christ to Him- self, according to the good pleasure of His will.”
EPHESIANS 1:5 According to its deepest meaning in the New Testament, vision is an opening of our eyes to feet he major things on God’s heart. The vision that can direct and control our lives, the vision that restrains us, is the vision that opens our eyes to see the unique will and purpose in God’s heart. It is the vision of the good pleasure of His will spoken of in Ephesians 1:5. It is the vision of God’s eternal purpose in Ephesians 3:10-11. And it is the vision of the main burden of the apostle Paul’s ministry, which he defines as “the mystery of Christ” in Ephesians 3:2-7. When we have vision in this sense, the scales are taken off our eyes to see directly into God’s heart the way Paul saw, the way John saw, and the way Peter saw. The apostles lived under a heavenly vision. They had revelation. They had the full knowledge of God. Their ministry brought enlightenment to people. To have vision means to enter into the identical revelation of the apostles’ New Testament ministry. If you and I were believers in the early church under Paul’s ministry, one of his main burdens for us would have been that we would enter into the same controlling, heavenly vision that governed his own life. To the Ephesians who were already saved and filled with the HolySpirit, he said,15 “Therefore I also,after I heard of your faith int he Lord Jesus and your love for all  the saints,16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him,18 the eyes of your heart being enlightened; that you may know . . .” (Eph. 1:15-18). In other words, when Paul found seeking Christians, he bowed his knees and prayed for vision and revelation in their lives. He prayed that their eyes would be opened to know something deeper and fuller: “the eyes of your heart being enlightened; that you may know [1] what is the hope of His calling, [2] what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and [3] what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe” (vv. 18- 19). It is this kind of vision that governs God Himself, that governs the universe He created, and that should govern us as His children.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Anna, Ariana,Ariel, Rene, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Anna is out of the hospital.

National
Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.
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