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25/05/2026

24/05/2026

Verse of the Day - Acts 4:31

23/05/2026

“Come and see.”

“Come and see.”

No guilt, no pressure, invitation. God invites us near.

Two disciples began following Jesus out of curiosity. He turned and asked them a question that still confronts every reader of the Gospels: “What are you seeking?” They did not answer with intellectual questions. They asked where He was staying.

He said, “Come and see.”

Jesus repeatedly uses the word “come.” Throughout the Gospels, He extends more than fifty direct invitations and commands: “Come, follow Me.” “Come to Me.” “Come.” And the language of “seeing” echoes again and again, over a hundred times in various forms. He wants us to see for ourselves firsthand, up close and intimate.

There is a pattern with Jesus. We are not left alone to figure things out.

The Christian life is not about mastery. It is about being with the master. You may know about Jesus. You may know His teachings, His commands, the details of His story.

The question is not how much you know. The question is, are you coming near? What have you seen for yourself?

The apostles began as disciples. They began as observers and stayed as learners. They watched how He moved. How He spoke. How He responded under pressure. How He treated those who misunderstood Him.

He invited the disciples to witness him as friends. We must be present for relationships to grow. This doesn’t happen from a distance. Automatically, we become like those we spend time with. Children mimic what they see without instruction.

“Come and see” is still His invitation.

Action Question:
Are you seeking information about Jesus, or are you seeking Him?

Prayer:
Lord Jesus, draw me nearer to You. I do not want information about you only. Let me see You clearly and know You up close. I desire real relationship with you.

Read: John 1:39

Devotional;
Everyday Faith by Go Movement
Found in the YouVersion Bible App

22/05/2026

Verse of the Day - Habakkuk 2:14

21/05/2026

“When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them.”

Jesus did not see interruption. He saw a need.

The crowds were not a platform. They were people. Worn down. Scattered. Without a shepherd.

Compassion in Scripture is not sentiment. It is movement. It is the inward stirring that leads to outward action.

Jesus noticed individuals within the multitude. He stopped for the one who reached for Him. He addressed the blind, the ashamed, the overlooked. Scale did not dilute His love. Public ministry did not cancel personal care.

His heart was steady.

As your understanding of God’s larger purpose deepens, something begins to shift. The focus slowly moves from preserving your own comfort to participating in His mercy toward others.

This is not self-generated. Philippians reminds us that God Himself works in you, both to will and to act for His good pleasure. Compassion is not personality. It is formation.

When Christ becomes central, self-absorption loosens.

To see people the way Jesus sees them requires proximity to Him. Stay near long enough, and what burdens Him will begin to burden you.

Not because you are trying harder.
Because you are being shaped.

Action Question:
Where have you grown indifferent to people Jesus would stop for?

Prayer:
Lord, shape my heart after Yours. Let Your compassion move me for Your glory and for the good of others.

Read: Mathew 9:36 & Philippians 2:13

Devotional;
Everyday Faith by Go Movement
Found in the YouVersion Bible App

21/05/2026

Verse of the Day - Proverbs 29:25

20/05/2026

“These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar.”

Not every promise is fulfilled within the timeframe you expect.

Hebrews speaks of men and women who trusted God without seeing the full outcome. They believed what had been spoken, even when fulfillment remained distant.

Faith sometimes holds what it does not yet see.

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” — 2 Corinthians 5:7

That is not weakness. It is endurance.

Trusting God fully often costs more than we admit. It means trusting Him beyond what your experience confirms, beyond what your logic can calculate, beyond what your instincts insist must be true.

When Peter stepped out of the boat, the water did not suddenly become solid. The wind did not immediately cease. Everything visible suggested risk. Yet for a moment, his focus overruled his senses. His trust rested not in what he understood, but in the One who called him. (See Matthew 14:29-30.)

Faith is not denial of reality. It is confidence in Christ above it.

You are part of a story larger than your lifetime. Not every promise will unfold according to your schedule. Not every outcome will be visible in your generation.

But faithfulness is never wasted.

Stay steady inside the chapter you have been given.

Action Question:
Where are you walking primarily by what you can see, rather than entrusting what you cannot see to God?

Prayer:
Lord, keep me faithful even when fulfillment is still ahead. Teach me to walk by faith and not by sight.

Read: Hebrews 11:13, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Matthew 14:29-30

Devotional;
Everyday Faith by Go Movement
Found in the YouVersion Bible App