Category Archives: Daily Devotional

Scripture: John 5:9 (ESV)“And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.” The response is immediate. No delay, no partial recovery—just the full restoration of strength in an instant. The man who had been paralyzed for nearly four decades is now standing, carryingContinue reading “Immediately He Was Healed”

Scripture: John 5:8 (ESV)“Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, take up your bed, and walk.’” Without hesitation, without touching the man, without the help of the pool or any human hand—Jesus speaks. And in three commands, He transforms a life: “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” There is no ceremony or buildup. NoContinue reading “Rise, Take Up Your Bed, and Walk”

Scripture: John 5:7 (ESV)“The sick man answered him, ‘Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.’” The man responds to Jesus’ question not with a request, but with a lament. He doesn’t directly answer “Do youContinue reading “I Have No One”

Scripture: John 5:6 (ESV)“When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to be healed?’” Jesus sees. Jesus knows. Jesus speaks. This verse reveals the heart of Christ toward the suffering. He sees the man. He knows his history. AndContinue reading “Do You Want to Be Healed?”

Scripture: John 5:5 (ESV)“One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.” This verse focuses our attention on one man among the multitude. Thirty-eight years—nearly four decades—he had suffered, unable to walk, dependent on others, and waiting for hope. His presence at the pool shows both his desperation and persistence. He hadContinue reading “Thirty-Eight Years of Waiting”

Scripture: John 5:4 (KJV)“For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.” Note: Many modern translations omit this verse or place it in brackets because it does not appearContinue reading “Waiting for the Water to Move”

Scripture: John 5:3 (ESV)“In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.” Bethesda wasn’t a beautiful sight. It was a gathering place of pain, filled with those whom society often passed by. The blind, the lame, the paralyzed—all lying there, waiting and hoping. This verse sets a heavy scene: human suffering concentrated in oneContinue reading “A Multitude of the Miserable”

Scripture: John 5:2 (ESV)“Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.” John draws our attention to a specific location in Jerusalem—a pool near the Sheep Gate, called Bethesda. The detail may seem incidental, but both Calvin and Ryle remind us that nothing inContinue reading “By the Sheep Gate: A Place of Need”

Scripture: John 5:1 (ESV)“After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.” With this verse, the scene shifts once again—Jesus goes up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish feasts. Though John does not specify which feast, the detail serves a larger purpose: it marks a new phase inContinue reading “A Divine Appointment in Jerusalem”

Scripture: John 4:54 (ESV)“This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.” John brings the account to a close with a simple but meaningful note: This was the second sign. He’s not merely keeping track—he’s pointing us to something deeper. In John’s Gospel, “signs” are never justContinue reading “Signs That Point to Salvation”