Week 2 | Day 2 JESUS MEET WITH NICODEMUS John 3:1-21
Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night, curious and cautious. While he was a respected religious leader, he knew there was more to Jesus than met the eye. Jesus didn’t start with flattery—instead, He went straight to the heart: “You must be born again.” Physical birth isn’t enough; to enter God’s kingdom a person needs a new birth from above, by the Spirit. Then Jesus pointed Nicodemus to a future moment using an important moment in Israel’s history. Just as Moses lifted the bronze serpent so that all who looked would be healed and live, so the Son of Man will be lifted up—on the cross—so that everyone who looks to Him in faith will be heled from sin and have eternal life. This is the meaning of God’s agape love: the Father sent His one and only Son not to condemn the world, but to save it. Yet those who refuse to believe are, in the end, condemning themselves by rejecting the only cure provided by God.
APPLICATION
1. Be Honest About Your Need
Like Nicodemus, religious knowledge and moral effort are not enough—you must be born again by trusting Christ alone.
2. Look to the Lifted-up Savior
Just as the Israelites had to look at the bronze serpent, you must look in faith to Jesus crucified and risen as God’s one and only solution for your sin.
3. Believe is Trust, not just Agreement
True belief is more than nodding to facts about Jesus; it is entrusting your whole life to Him in obedience and dependence.
4. Stop Trying to Save Yourself
No amount of goodness, religion, or effort can give you eternal life—it is a gift received by grace through faith in Christ alone.
PRAYER
Lord, Thank You for meeting Nicodemus in his questions and for meeting me in mine. Thank You that, out of the Father’s great love, You were lifted up on the cross so that all who look to You in faith can live. I confess that my efforts and goodness can never save me. I choose to trust You—to believe not just with my mind, but with my whole life. Make me new by Your Spirit. Help me walk as a child of the light, not hiding in the shadows, and use my life to point others to the hope of being born again in You. In Your name I pray, Amen.
APPLICATION
1. Be Honest About Your Need
Like Nicodemus, religious knowledge and moral effort are not enough—you must be born again by trusting Christ alone.
2. Look to the Lifted-up Savior
Just as the Israelites had to look at the bronze serpent, you must look in faith to Jesus crucified and risen as God’s one and only solution for your sin.
3. Believe is Trust, not just Agreement
True belief is more than nodding to facts about Jesus; it is entrusting your whole life to Him in obedience and dependence.
4. Stop Trying to Save Yourself
No amount of goodness, religion, or effort can give you eternal life—it is a gift received by grace through faith in Christ alone.
PRAYER
Lord, Thank You for meeting Nicodemus in his questions and for meeting me in mine. Thank You that, out of the Father’s great love, You were lifted up on the cross so that all who look to You in faith can live. I confess that my efforts and goodness can never save me. I choose to trust You—to believe not just with my mind, but with my whole life. Make me new by Your Spirit. Help me walk as a child of the light, not hiding in the shadows, and use my life to point others to the hope of being born again in You. In Your name I pray, Amen.
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September
Week 1 | Day 1 – BOUGHT, BELONGING, AND BOUND TO CHRIST – Romans 1:1-7Week 1 | Day 2 – EAGER TO STRENGTHEN, EAGER TO SHARE – Romans 1:8–15Week 1 | Day 3 – UNASHAMED: THE POWER AND THE PATH OF FAITH – Romans 1:16–17Week 1 | Day 4 – WHEN TRUTH IS PLAIN – Romans 1:18–20Week 1 | Day 5 – WHEN WE TRADE GLORY FOR CONTROL – Romans 1:21–32Week 2 | Day 1 – NO PARTIALITY: TRUTH THAT LEADS TO REPENTANCE – Romans 2:1–11Week 2 | Day 2 – WHEN LAW AND CONSCIENCE SPEAK – Romans 2:12–16Week 2 | Day 3 – INSIDE-OUT FAITH – Romans 2:17–29Week 2 | Day 4 – WHEN PRIVILEGE MEETS THE PLUMB LINE – Romans 3:1–8Week 2 | Day 5 – SINNERS IN NEED OF A SAVIOR – Romans 3:9–20Week 3 | Day 1 – BUT NOW… GRACE – Romans 3:21–26Week 3 | Day 2 – RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES BY FAITH ALONE – Romans 3:21–27Week 3 | Day 3 – THE PROMISE OF ABRAHAM – Romans 4:1-15Week 3 | Day 4 – GRACE GUARANTEES THE PROMISE – Romans 4:16–25Week 3 | Day 5 – JUSTIFIED BY FAITH ALONE – Romans 5:1-5Week 4 | Day 1 – GOD’S LOVE ON FULL DISPLAY – Romans 5:6-8Week 4 | Day 2 – HOW MUCH MORE – Romans 5:9-11Week 4 | Day 3 – FROM ADAM’S RUIN TO CHRIST’S RESCUE – Romans 5:12-21Week 4 | Day 4 – STATE AND STANDING: DEAD TO SIN, ALIVE TO GOD – Romans 6:1-4Week 4 | Day 5 – DEAD TO SIN AND ALIVE TO GOD – Romans 6:5-10Week 5 | Day 1 – LIVING FREE, LIVING OFFERED – Romans 6:11-15Week 5 | Day 2 – SET FREE TO SERVE – Romans 6:15-23
October
Week 5 | Day 3 – RELEASED TO BELONG – Romans 7:1-6Week 5 | Day 4 – A MIRROR AND NOT A LADDER – Romans 7:7-13Week 5 | Day 5 – FEEDING THE RIGHT KING – Romans 7:14-25Week 6 | Day 1 – FREEDOM—NOT CONDEMNATION – Romans 8:1-4Week 6 | Day 2 – RISEN THINKING OR STINKING THINKING – Romans 8:5-11Week 6 | Day 3 – ASSURED AND ADOPTED – Romans 8:12-17Week 6 | Day 4 – LIVE EXPECTING AND LIVE SENT – Romans 8:18-21Week 6 | Day 5 – HOPE THAT HOLDS US STEADY – Romans 8:22-25Week 7 | Day 1 – HELP, HELD, AND MADE LIKE JESUS – Romans 8:26-30Week 7 | Day 2 – GOD IS FOR US – Romans 8:31-34Week 7 | Day 3 – INSEPARABLE – Romans 8:35-39Week 7 | Day 4 – A BURDEN FOR THE LOST – Romans 9:1-5Week 7 | Day 5 – PROMISE OVER PEDIGREE – Romans 9:6-13Week 8 | Day 1 – CHOSEN TO CHANNEL MERCY – Romans 9:13-18Week 8 | Day 2 – PLANNED GRACE—PERSONAL FAITH – Romans 9:19-29Week 8 | Day 3 – SOVEREIGN STUMBLING BLOCKS – Romans 9:30-33Week 8 | Day 4 – A BURDEN FOR TRUTH – Romans 10:1-4Week 8 | Day 5 – A GOSPEL FOR EVERYONE – Romans 10:5-13Week 9 | Day 1 – GO AND TELL – Romans 10:14-15Week 9 | Day 2 – HEARING BUT NOT HEARING – Romans 10:16-21Week 9 | Day 3 – A HOLY REMNANT – Romans 11:1-10Week 9 | Day 4 – A GRAFTED CHURCH – Romans 11:11-24Week 9 | Day 5 – GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES – Romans 11:25-32
November
Week 10 | Day 1 – A DOXOLOGY – Romans 11:25-32Week 10 | Day 2 – OUR HIGHEST ACT OF WORSHIP – Romans 12:1-2Week 10 | Day 3 – THE BODY OF CHRIST – Romans 12:3-8Week 10 | Day 4 – CHRISTIANITY IN MOTION – Romans 12:9-21Week 10 | Day 5 – CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP – Romans 13:1-7Week 11 | Day 1 – LOVE OVER LAW – Romans 13:8-10Week 11 | Day 2 – ALWAYS LOOKING AHEAD – Romans 13:11-14Week 11 | Day 3 – LOOKING AFTER ONE ANOTHER – Romans 14:1-12Week 11 | Day 4 – IT’S THE POWER OF LOVE – Romans 14:13-18Week 11 | Day 5 – MAKE EVERY EFFORT – Romans 14:19-23Week 12 | Day 1 – BEAR EACH OTHER’S BURDENS – Romans 15:1-13Week 12 | Day 2 – FULFILLING ONE’S CALLING – Romans 15:14-22Week 12 | Day 3 – GOING THE EXTRA MILE – Romans 15:22-33Week 12 | Day 4 – YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME – Romans 16:1-16Week 5 | Day 5 – BE GRATEFUL YET ALERT – Romans 16:17-27
December
Week 1 | Day 1 THE ADVENT OF CHRIST Matthew 1:18:2:12 | Luke 2:1-22 | John 1:1-14Week 1 | Day 2 THE BAPTISM OF JESUS Matthew 3:1-17 | Mark 1:1-11 | Luke 3:1-23Week 1 | Day 3 THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS Matthew 4:1-11 | Luke 4:1-13Week 1 | Day 4 THE CALLING OF THE DISCIPLES Matthew 4:18-22 | Luke 5:1-11 | John 1:35-51Week 1 | Day 5 THE WEDDING AT CANA John 2:1-12Week 2 | Day 1 THE FIRST TEMPLE CLEANSING John 2:13-25Week 2 | Day 2 JESUS MEET WITH NICODEMUS John 3:1-21
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