Hello everyone! My name is Elise Brooklyn and this is Scattering Flowers, a podcast where we scatter flowers of faith.
I’m so happy to be with you reading the Daily Gospels together.
Let’s get started! Today is Tuesday, December 31st, and we’ll be reading John 1, 1-18.
Follow along in your Bible if you have one.
Now let’s read John 1, 1-18.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
He came for testimony to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.
He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.
The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.
He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the world became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.
We have beheld his glory, glory as the only begotten Son from the Father.
John bore witness to him and cried, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me brings me before me, for he was before me.
And from his fullness, we have all received grace upon grace.
For the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God, the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father.
He was made him known.
Most of you know in the Bible, there are four different books that tell the story of Jesus coming to us.
They are what we read together, the Gospels.
One is by Matthew, one by Mark, one by Luke, the other by John.
Each one tells us the story a bit differently.
Matthew and Luke start the story of how Jesus came to be born in Bethlehem.
Mark starts the story much later when Jesus is grown up and goes to be baptized.
The Gospel of John starts the story of Jesus coming to us.
John starts much, much earlier, before the world was even created.
Today’s reading tells how God sent Jesus, his Son, to show us the way.
Jesus came live and speak and to be among us.
Isn’t that amazing?
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, thank you for always giving your love and help.
Make us shine with your love and goodness.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
I’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya!