Our Daily Bread 20th July 2018 Devotional
Topic: Home Sweet Home
Read: John 14:1–14 Bible in a Year: Psalms 26–28; Acts 22
Scripture: I am going there to prepare a place for you. John 14:2
Message: “Why do we have to leave our home and move?” my son asked. It’s difficult to explain what a home is, especially to a five-year-old. We were leaving a house, but not our home, in the sense that home is where our loved ones are. It’s the place where we long to return after a long trip or after a full day’s work.
Our Daily Bread 20th July 2018 Devotional – Home Sweet Home
When Jesus was in the upper room just hours before He died, He told His disciples, “Do not let your hearts be troubled” (John 14:1). The disciples were uncertain of their future because Jesus had predicted His death. But Jesus reassured them of His presence and reminded them they would see Him again. He told them, “My Father’s house has many rooms . . . . I am going there to prepare a place for you” (v. 2). He could have used other words to describe heaven. However, He chose words that describe not an uncomfortable or unfamiliar place but a place where Jesus, our loved One, would be.
Our Daily Bread 20th July 2018 Devotional – Home Sweet Home
C. S. Lewis wrote, “Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.” We can thank God for the “pleasant inns” in life, but let’s remember that our real home is in heaven where we “will be with the Lord forever” (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
Prayer: Dear Lord, I thank You for heaven, my eternal home.
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Thought for the Day: We look forward to being with the Lord forever.
Our Daily Bread 20th July 2018 Devotional was written by Keila Ochoa( Our Daily Bread Ministries)