April 7th, 2026
Tuesday, April 7th
A Popular Verse
By: Pastor Chrissy Cooney
If you do an internet search for the most memorized Bible verse, can you guess which one pops up at the top of the list? I’m sure you probably can.
It’s John 3:16, of course!
It’s the verse we learn as children, and probably the first verse that comes to mind for most people who are familiar with the Bible in any way at all.
And there’s a reason for that. Because John 3:16 sums up the main point. It is the answer. It’s the Bible verse that explains why everything in the Old Testament and everything in the New Testament points to Jesus.
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NLT, p. 403 in Messiah).
How fitting that we would focus in on this verse right around Easter, when we’re remembering the sacrifice of Jesus for our very own sins, when we remember His death and burial, and when we celebrate His resurrection. Hallelujah!
There is a reason why this verse is so often quoted, memorized, put on bumper stickers and shared out loud. Let’s not grow apathetic to the power it reveals.
Our God – the creator of heaven and earth – loves us. He loves us so much that He sent His uniquely born son, born of a virgin, fully God and fully human, to die a sinner’s death even though He knew no sin. He did this so we could draw near to the Father, so that we could spend eternity with Him.
What can we do to earn this kind of love? Nothing! We can’t earn it and we will never deserve it.
But we can receive it through Jesus.
A Popular Verse
By: Pastor Chrissy Cooney
If you do an internet search for the most memorized Bible verse, can you guess which one pops up at the top of the list? I’m sure you probably can.
It’s John 3:16, of course!
It’s the verse we learn as children, and probably the first verse that comes to mind for most people who are familiar with the Bible in any way at all.
And there’s a reason for that. Because John 3:16 sums up the main point. It is the answer. It’s the Bible verse that explains why everything in the Old Testament and everything in the New Testament points to Jesus.
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NLT, p. 403 in Messiah).
How fitting that we would focus in on this verse right around Easter, when we’re remembering the sacrifice of Jesus for our very own sins, when we remember His death and burial, and when we celebrate His resurrection. Hallelujah!
There is a reason why this verse is so often quoted, memorized, put on bumper stickers and shared out loud. Let’s not grow apathetic to the power it reveals.
Our God – the creator of heaven and earth – loves us. He loves us so much that He sent His uniquely born son, born of a virgin, fully God and fully human, to die a sinner’s death even though He knew no sin. He did this so we could draw near to the Father, so that we could spend eternity with Him.
What can we do to earn this kind of love? Nothing! We can’t earn it and we will never deserve it.
But we can receive it through Jesus.
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