As you journey through The Gospel According to John the Beloved, it is my prayer that you would accept the invitation to exchange the counterfeit nourishment of this age to make room to be filled with God Himself, the True Light, full of grace and truth.

Christ’s Body, the Church, is often overfed, yet severely malnourished. We are dying for Living Bread and Water, yet the food and drink we choose is leaving us starving and dehydrated. We thumb through familiar pages of the Bible (or Bible apps), searching for life. We scroll distractedly through endless content and give our ear to well-meaning voices offering us mere crumbs to temporarily silence our hunger pangs. All the while, Jesus is waiting patiently, yet eagerly for us to come vulnerably to Him. He waits for us to come that we might have life and experience the lavish love of God in our hearts, resulting in true worship and humble service as we imitate our Servant King who chooses the lowest place.

The visuals in the pages to follow were carefully selected to draw your wholehearted, undistracted attention to Jesus and to meditate on the truth as you journey slowly through the text. The smaller size of this book was chosen intentionally so that it’s easier to bring with you wherever you find yourself.

Whether you are a theologian or you’ve never read the Bible, I pray you would be captivated by a holy anticipation as you linger over these ancient, living words. If you are looking for light or you have fallen asleep in the light, may you experience nothing less than God Himself illuminating the revelation of His nature to you. Most of all, I am asking the Father that as you behold His glory in the face of Jesus Christ, you too would begin to recognize yourself as another “disciple whom Jesus loves.”