Joe Barnett

Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true.                                —John 10:41 John the Baptist had been dead for two years, but his influence was alive and well. His miracles weren’t remembered, for he […]

You do not want to leave too, do you?                           —John 6:67 They loved his healing and feeding, but didn’t cotton to his teaching. His miracles enthralled them; his words repulsed them. What they wanted he would not give; what he offered they

Many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.           —John 6:66 Feel like giving up? Disappointed because things haven’t worked out the way you wanted them to and thought they would? Thinking of turning back to your old life, returning to your old haunts and habits? Jesus knows

Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish.             —John 6:9 What was the name of the kid who shared his lunch and with wide-eyed wonder saw it multiplied to feed a multitude? What was the name of the guy who loaned Jesus his donkey

Do you want to get well?             —John 5:6 Home ownership isn’t an unmixed blessing; there is always something that needs to be repaired or replaced. The sink backs up, the AC gives out, the roof springs a leak, the drier goes on the fritz. If you own a home

He told me everything I ever did.                       —John 4:39 There was nothing to indicate that this would be anything but another miserable day in her this-is-the-pits life. If you had told her that this was the day she would meet her Savior she would

From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.                      —John 1:16 Having recently received CPA certification, he set out to enlighten his immigrant father. “Dad, your business is a mess,” he said. “You have no inventory procedure. Your accounts-receivable are

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.            —John 1:14 Here are two sentences the spell out what Jesus did for you. The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost (Lk. 19:10). The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (Jno. 1:14). The key

The Lord needs it.   —Luke 19:31 En route to Jerusalem for the last time, Jesus told two of his disciples, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there … Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying