TUESDAY, June 17th, 2008

Hey Guys! Keep up the good work! It is so nice to read your comments each day! I am so proud of you all! I am looking forward to this Wednesday Night! We are going to have Nachos and Cheese, a great time of fellowship, and an important challenge; so make sure that you do not miss it!

A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Alex: POLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff: So, your new nickname for Alex is "Joshy Poo"?!?! Scary!
Cary: Yes! Lets get together! Call me!
Josh Sandefur: Hey man! I am excited about reading your political analisist blog. And I am even more excited about you doing your devotions more faithfully! Keep up the goos work!
Jessica: We missed you! I am glad that it was weird not doing your devotions with us! :)
Phil: Tell Heather that we would LOVE to see her on here with us! What is she talking about?? I talk to her every time I walk by her! Tell her I am sorry I gave her that impression! And Tell Her I said EVERYONE is Welcome on the devo blog! Especially Her!

John 7:10-20
10 But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?”
12 And there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.”
13 However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15 And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”
16 Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
17 If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.
18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”
20 The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

So we continue on with what we read yesterday... we see that Jesus did go up to the feast, but He did not want to go publically. Jesus wanted to go in secret. When He got there He saw many people talking about Him some good and some bad, but in verse 13 it says that the people would not talk about Jesus in front of the Jews.

I think that we often do the same thing. We fail to talk about Jesus to the people that need to Hear it the most. We have lost neighbors, lost friends, lost teachers, lost acquaintences, lost co-workers... and Just as these people did not talk about Jesus in front of the Jews, we do not talk about Jesus in front of the lost people in our life!

Verse 14 explains that Jesus left the feast and went to the temple to teach... This part is so cool. When Jesus begins to teach, the Jews begin to ask: Where did this man learn so much? If this were modern day, they would probably say What are his credentials?? Where did He graduate college from? The truth is Jesus did not need to go to "college" Because He is the Son of God. He is Omniscient (all-knowing)

Verse 18 is one that is very applicable to many of us, I am sure! Who do I live to build up...
This verse makes it clear that If I am speaking about myself all the time, then I am trying to build myself up. I am trying to glorify myself, instead of Christ.

I remember seeing this commercial all about worship yourself songs. They take the normal worship songs and change the lyrics to make them sound how we often live. It is funny, but true in many ways, and it also helps you realize how often we try to build ourself up, instead of building Christ up!

Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9dvVp0Nxjo

What did you get out of the passage today?