John 1:40-42

1) Silence, Stillness and Centering before God (2 minutes)

2) Scripture Reading: John 1:40-42

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3) Devotional 

 When Jesus meets Simon, the first thing he does is change his name.  He changes his name to Cephas, which means rock.  Here, Jesus isn't describing his character, He is declaring who he will become.  The focus of this passage is on Jesus, and how He knows you inside and out.  He knows what you are made of and when He calls you, you become transformed into His image.  You may have been called a dozen other names: loser, failure, reject, adulterer, idiot, coward, foolish, etc; but Jesus wants to give you a new name:  Holy, perfect, righteous, courageous, pure, successful, faithful, etc.  Jesus speaks into you, what you may not see in yourself.  Yet, what Jesus sees as perfect, no man can dispute.  Be who Jesus sees you as, let Him bring out image of God in you as He works in your life.

4) Questions to Consider

In what ways do I need to adjust my life to align it with Jesus?  What would it look like to be who God has made me to be, not how I see myself as now?

5) Prayer
Lord Jesus, I desire to be in the light.  Search me and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts, see if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way that lasts forever.

Conclude with Silence (2 minutes)