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John 1
"I am not the Christ," John 1:20 John the Baptist said this, and a teacher of mine pointed out that we need to remember the same thing. That we are not the Christ. We can start to think that we are the answer to someone's problem, or we are responsible for more than we really are. We can't be anyone's savior, though we can point them to Him.
"He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose." John 1:27. John the Baptist is saying, Look I should not even untie this guy's shoelace, I'm so nothing compared to our Lord.
John 3
Talking to Nicodemus: "Jesus answered and said unto him, 'Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'" John 3:3
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 My husband wrote "receive" by "believeth." I mean even Satan believes in Jesus. This passage doesn't mean we merely believe He existed but rather receive Him as savior. Big difference.
John 4
"...the Father seeketh such to worship him." John 4:23
"My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." John 4:34
John 6
"No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him" John 6:44 I wrote in my margin, "Pray for unbelievers, that God will draw them to him."
John 8
"I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." John 8:58 Pretty sure a Beth Moore Bible study is why I wrote, "He is the 'I am' of my 'was,'" meaning He's the boss of my past.
"Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him." John 9:3
John 10
"...and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out." John 10:3 In my margin I wrote, "Jesus is the shepherd and the door."
John 11
"And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, 'Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me,'" John 11:41 In my Bible I have written, "Pray knowing God always hears."
John 14
"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27
John 16
"The Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth." John 16:13
"In this world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world." John 16:33
John 17
John 17 is Jesus' high priestly prayer.
John 20
John 20: "Peace be unto you," vs 19, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost," vs 23, "be not faithless, but believing," vs 27 and "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." Kinda goofy to say this but I was windexing the kitchen windows the other night, after dark, and because it was dark I couldn't see the windows getting clean. But I've done it so many times that I knew they were getting clean. I thought about faith and believing even when we can't see, and we have to trust that the results are going to be what they always are: that the Lord is faithful. Who knew windexing could be so profound.