I have loved the music of Harry Connick Jr. for more than twenty years. \u201cWe Are in Love\u201d has been our song since Ryan and I were dating in high school, and so many others have been the soundtrack to our story over the years. From \u201cLofty\u2019s Roach Souffl\u00e9\u201d to \u201cBourbon Street Parade,\u201d Harry\u2019s musicianship has kept him at the tip-top of the list of concerts I\u2019d love to one day attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For my birthday a few years back, my concert-going dream became a reality when Ryan surprised me with tickets to a Harry Connick Jr. show at an outdoor amphitheater just south of Nashville. We looked forward to it for months, but when the day finally arrived, a sudden-onset thunderstorm threatened to cancel the event altogether. We sat in our car outside the venue that night, waiting and hoping as the lightning crashed and the rain poured. More than an hour later, after the worst of the threat had passed and most of the concert goers had given up and headed home, we heard the update: \u201cHarry wants to sing!\u201d Braving the still-pouring rain, we ran from the car and found our seat among the remaining guests scattered sparsely throughout the amphitheater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening number was spectacular, but it couldn\u2019t prepare us for what happened next. \u201cAssigned seating is out the window tonight, folks!\u201d Harry announced. \u201cCome on down, and let\u2019s have a good time\u2014I\u2019m going to give you everything I\u2019ve got!\u201d Through the rain the remnant came, filing into seats we didn\u2019t pay for at a show we didn\u2019t think would happen, greeting each other with the same kindness we\u2019d been shown by our generous host. In the middle of the storm, Harry beckoned us to \u201ccome and see\u201d the good thing that was even better than we\u2019d hoped it could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friends, the book of John is your invitation to come and see Jesus\u2014up close! John\u2019s Gospel tells the story of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, showing Him to be the divine Son of God and compelling us to respond by putting our faith in Him. This reading plan will walk you through all twenty-one chapters over the course of five weeks, along with supplemental passages connecting your reading in John with the rest of Scripture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John\u2019s Gospel is an open door into the life-changing ministry and message of Jesus. We\u2019ve all got seats we couldn\u2019t pay for if we tried\u2014all the more reason to make room for strangers and friends to join us! So invite a friend, and settle in. Let\u2019s read the true story of the Son of God, and let\u2019s be different because of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have loved the music of Harry Connick Jr. for more than twenty years. \u201cWe Are in Love\u201d has been our song since Ryan and I were dating in high school, and so many others have been the soundtrack to our story over the years. From \u201cLofty\u2019s Roach Souffl\u00e9\u201d to \u201cBourbon Street Parade,\u201d Harry\u2019s musicianship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-john25"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[72756],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"THE WORD OF GOD<\/b>
\r\nby Raechel Myers<\/i>
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I have loved the music of Harry Connick Jr. for more than twenty years. \u201cWe Are in Love\u201d has been our song since Ryan and I were dating in high school, and so many others have been the soundtrack to our story over the years. From \u201cLofty\u2019s Roach Souffl\u00e9\u201d to \u201cBourbon Street Parade,\u201d Harry\u2019s musicianship has kept him at the tip-top of the list of concerts I\u2019d love to one day attend.<\/p>
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For my birthday a few years back, my concert-going dream became a reality when Ryan surprised me with tickets to a Harry Connick Jr. show at an outdoor amphitheater just south of Nashville. We looked forward to it for months, but when the day finally arrived, a sudden-onset thunderstorm threatened to cancel the event altogether. We sat in our car outside the venue that night, waiting and hoping as the lightning crashed and the rain poured. More than an hour later, after the worst of the threat had passed and most of the concert goers had given up and headed home, we heard the update: \u201cHarry wants to sing!\u201d Braving the still-pouring rain, we ran from the car and found our seat among the remaining guests scattered sparsely throughout the amphitheater.<\/p>
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The opening number was spectacular, but it couldn\u2019t prepare us for what happened next. \u201cAssigned seating is out the window tonight, folks!\u201d Harry announced. \u201cCome on down, and let\u2019s have a good time\u2014I\u2019m going to give you everything I\u2019ve got!\u201d Through the rain the remnant came, filing into seats we didn\u2019t pay for at a show we didn\u2019t think would happen, greeting each other with the same kindness we\u2019d been shown by our generous host. In the middle of the storm, Harry beckoned us to \u201ccome and see\u201d the good thing that was even better than we\u2019d hoped it could be.<\/p>
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Friends, the book of John is your invitation to come and see Jesus\u2014up close! John\u2019s Gospel tells the story of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, showing Him to be the divine Son of God and compelling us to respond by putting our faith in Him. This reading plan will walk you through all twenty-one chapters over the course of five weeks, along with supplemental passages connecting your reading in John with the rest of Scripture.<\/p>
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John\u2019s Gospel is an open door into the life-changing ministry and message of Jesus. We\u2019ve all got seats we couldn\u2019t pay for if we tried\u2014all the more reason to make room for strangers and friends to join us! So invite a friend, and settle in. Let\u2019s read the true story of the Son of God, and let\u2019s be different because of it.<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"1","scripture":"John 1:1-28, Isaiah 55:10-11, Hebrews 1:1-4","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}