{"id":31504,"date":"2026-11-10T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=31504"},"modified":"2026-11-07T21:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T20:53:29","slug":"johns-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2026\/11\/10\/johns-account\/","title":{"rendered":"John\u2019s Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-31504-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Nov-10.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Nov-10.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Nov-10.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/JHN.21.1-2.NLT\">John 21<sup>:1-2<\/sup> <\/a>\u201c<em>Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. Several of the disciples were there\u2014Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few days, on our journey of restoration, we will be looking at restoring purpose. Our focus scripture in season is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/JHN.21.1-24.NLT\">John 21:1-24<\/a> (please read). <!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/JHN.21.1-2.NLT\">John 21:<sup>1-2 <\/sup><\/a>\u201c<em>Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. <strong><u>This is how it happened<\/u><\/strong>. Several of the disciples <strong><u>were there<\/u><\/strong>\u2014Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples<\/em>.\u201d (emphasis added). John the beloved wrote this account, and that is why he said, \u201c\u2026<em>This is how it happened<\/em>\u2026\u201d. In other words, this is not fiction. Jesus&#8217; life on earth is not fiction, as some people want us to believe that Jesus\u2019 life on earth was coined. And that Jesus was an imaginary person, an imaginary friend.<\/p>\n<p>However, John tells us that there were several other disciples there, eyewitnesses, and he listed their names. This is John saying that Jesus is real, and Jesus is alive. I don&#8217;t know the phase that you are going through or the challenge that you are facing as a person. God has sent this Word to you today that He is alive, He is with you, and He will restore your purpose. God will restore your purpose.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/JHN.21.3.NLT\"> John 21:<sup>3<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<em>Simon Peter said, \u201c<strong><u>I\u2019m going fishing<\/u><\/strong>.\u201d \u201c<strong><u>We\u2019ll come, too<\/u><\/strong>,\u201d they all said\u2026<\/em>\u201d (emphasis added). In this passage, we see that Peter had lost hope.<\/p>\n<p>Peter was the kind of person who says what is on the heart of other people. Sometimes, he says the things that are on his heart alone. However, because of his leadership clout, when Peter makes a decision, other people just follow suit. Remember, this same Peter was called from the boat while he was fishing. He gave up his boat and followed Jesus for about three and a half years. He went through a whole lot of climactic experiences with Jesus. Peter was at the Mount of Transfiguration; he saw the glory of God. Through Peter\u2019s hands, miracles were done by the power of Jesus. This same Peter cut off someone&#8217;s ears and was willing to cut off the entire head for the sake of Jesus. This Peter eventually denied Jesus and saw Jesus crucified.<\/p>\n<p>The crucifixion of Jesus for the disciples was hope dashed, purpose dismantled. They all thought they were going to be somebody beside Jesus, and Jesus was going to be the president. Peter definitely was going to have a portfolio. But everything was dashed, and purpose was dismantled. You may be feeling disillusioned, like your purpose is without direction. You may even feel you don&#8217;t have a purpose. Today, your purpose will be restored in the Name of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Father, thank You for my journey of restoration, for restoring my sight, restoring my sound, restoring my movement, and for restoring my purpose, in the Name of Jesus. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 21:1-2 \u201cLater, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. Several of the disciples were there\u2014Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples.\u201d &nbsp; Over the next few days, on our journey of restoration, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,3212,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-imaginary","category-jesus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31701,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31504\/revisions\/31701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}