DAILY READING John 3:16-21 REFLECTION   Come Into the Light By Beth Voltmann Love – Life – Light   I have circled these three words in my Bible from today’s reading as I contemplate how John often recorded Jesus’ own (red letter) words testifying to the truth of who he was - who he is - who he ever will be.   Love – “ For God so loved  the world that he gave his one and only Son...” (John 3:16) Life – “I am the way and the truth and the life .” (John 14:6) Light – “I am the light  of the...

DAILY READING Exodus 12:1-13 REFLECTION   The Blood of the Lamb By Beth Voltmann The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. (v.13)   Passover isn’t just a story from long before Jesus was born, nor is it simply a Jewish celebration, but it is the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed in the Old Testament. The Israelites were still in captivity in Egypt. God had sent plague after plague, but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. It was...

DAILY READING 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 REFLECTION   All-Surpassing Power By Beth Voltmann But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this  all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. (2 Corinthians 4:7)   What treasure is Paul speaking of? If we look back to verse 6, we read that God “made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.” God bestows on his followers the treasure of Christ’s light and wisdom...