Come and See: 6-Day Devotional
Nov 9, 2026
How to Use This Week
A week of devotions following Sunday's message, "Come and See" (John 1:43-51), week 2 of the Come and See series. Big idea: Come see the One who sees.
Take 10 minutes each morning, Monday through Saturday. Keep your "My One" card close by. Each day has five parts:
Read: the passage for the day (NLT).
Reflect: a short devotional thought from Sunday's message.
Ask Yourself: one question to sit with.
Pray: a short prayer to say out loud.
Today's Step: one small thing to do today.
This week's challenge. Last week you prayed for your one. This week you stop only talking to God about them and start talking to them about God. Before Sunday, give your one an invitation, not an argument:
"December 6 is Friends and Family Day at my church. Come and see for yourself. I'll save you a seat."
If they push back, don't debate. Smile and say it again: "Come and see."
Day 1 (Monday, Nov 9): He Found You First
Read: John 1:43-44
"The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, 'Come, follow me.'" (John 1:43, NLT)
Reflect
Notice who moves first. Jesus decided. Nobody talked Him into the trip. Nobody scheduled it for Him.
Last week, John the Baptist pointed Andrew, and Andrew brought his brother. But nobody brings Philip. No preacher points him. No brother drags him. Jesus goes and gets Philip Himself.
And He doesn't run a background check first. No questionnaire. No credit check. Just two words: "Follow me." None of us would have passed a background check anyway. He didn't need one. He already knew what was going on in our lives. That's why He came looking.
Here's the irony. In verse 45, Philip tells Nathanael, "We have found him." But verse 43 already told you who found who. Jesus was never lost. We don't find Jesus. Jesus finds us.
Maybe He found you somewhere you'd rather not talk about. He found you anyway. And you can only invite somebody to come see a Savior who has already come looking for you.
Ask Yourself
Where was I when Jesus found me? Who did He use to reach me?
Pray
"Jesus, before I ever looked for You, You were already looking for me. Thank You for finding me when I didn't deserve it. Help me remember that the same Jesus who found me is already looking for my one. Amen."
Today's Step
Pull out your "My One" card. Under the name, write one sentence: "Jesus found me when ___." Finish it honestly. You'll use it this week.
Day 2 (Tuesday, Nov 10): A Testimony, Not a Sermon
Read: John 1:44-45
"Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, 'We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.'" (John 1:45, NLT)
Reflect
The minute Philip is found, he goes finding. That's how it works.
And look who he goes to. Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter's hometown. Last week it was brothers. This week it's neighbors. God works through relationships. The gospel moves through people you already know.
Some of us want to go to the ends of the earth for Jesus, but we won't go to the end of our own block. We'll take a mission trip to Mexico, but we won't knock on our next-door neighbor's door. Even the neighbor whose dog keeps getting in your yard.
Notice what Philip says. He doesn't explain the whole Old Testament. He doesn't walk Nathanael through every book of the Bible. He says, "We have found." He tells what happened to him.
That's a testimony. People don't need a sermon from you. They need your story. You don't have to have it all together to tell it. You just have to tell what the Lord has done for you.
Ask Yourself
If my one asked, "What has Jesus done for you?", what would I say in two or three sentences?
Pray
"Lord, You put people in my life on purpose. Thank You for my story, even the parts I'm not proud of. Give me the courage to tell it plainly, without trying to sound like a preacher. Amen."
Today's Step
Take yesterday's sentence and add one more: "Since then, He has ___." Read both sentences out loud once. That's your testimony.
Day 3 (Wednesday, Nov 11): Hold the Clap Back
Read: John 1:46
"'Nazareth!' exclaimed Nathanael. 'Can anything good come from Nazareth?' 'Come and see for yourself,' Philip replied." (John 1:46, NLT)
Reflect
Nathanael's objection was real. He was from Cana, just up the road from Nazareth (John 21:2). This was a hometown rivalry. Lakers and Clippers. USC and UCLA. Nathanael had already decided what kind of person comes out of that zip code.
Now notice what Philip does not do. He doesn't get offended. He doesn't defend Nazareth. He doesn't pull out Isaiah 9 or Micah 5 and win a Bible trivia contest. He says five words: "Come and see for yourself."
Philip didn't win the argument. He made an introduction.
Some of us are so quick to take it personally. Somebody says, "All these preachers want is your money," or "Church is full of hypocrites," and we switch into clap-back mode. But Jesus doesn't need you fighting for Him like that. He can handle people's objections. On the cross, with nails in His hands, He prayed:
"Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34, NLT)
If He can handle that, He can handle your one's hard questions. You're responsible for the introduction. Jesus can handle the rest.
Ask Yourself
What objection am I most afraid my one will throw at me? Can I trust Jesus to handle it?
Pray
"Lord, hold my triggers this week. Hold my clap back. When my one pushes back, help me smile and say, 'Come and see.' I'll make the introduction. You handle the rest. Amen."
Today's Step
Write down the objection you're dreading. Next to it, write the only answer you need: "Come and see." Practice saying it once with a smile.
Day 4 (Thursday, Nov 12): Seen Under the Fig Tree
Read: John 1:47-49
"'How do you know about me?' Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, 'I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.'" (John 1:48, NLT)
Reflect
Jesus speaks first. Nathanael is still walking up, still carrying his Nazareth attitude, and Jesus says, "Now here is a genuine son of Israel, a man of complete integrity."
Israel's name came from Jacob, and Jacob was the original trickster. So Jesus is saying: here's an Israelite with no Jacob in him. No game. No mask. What you see is what you get.
And think about who Jesus just complimented: the man who insulted His hometown. Jesus would rather have an honest skeptic than a polite pretender. Your one's hard questions don't scare Him. He'd rather have their honest doubt than a fake amen.
Then Nathanael asks the question under every other question: "How do you know about me?" Does God actually know me? Not people like me. Me.
"O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away." (Psalm 139:1-2, NLT)
We're not told what Nathanael was doing under that fig tree. Praying, thinking, crying, hiding. John leaves it out on purpose. It was private, and Jesus saw it. And He still said, "Come."
You are fully seen before you say a word. And He didn't turn away.
Ask Yourself
What is my "fig tree," the private place I assumed nobody saw? How does it feel to know Jesus saw it and still called me?
Pray
"Jesus, You see me fully. The parts I show and the parts I hide. Thank You for not turning away. Let my one find out what I found out: they are known, and they are wanted. Amen."
Today's Step
Pray for your one by name, and ask God to meet them at their own fig tree, whatever they're carrying that nobody else knows about.
Day 5 (Friday, Nov 13): You Haven't Seen Anything Yet
Read: John 1:50-51
"Then he said, 'I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.'" (John 1:51, NLT)
Reflect
Nathanael thinks he just saw something big. Jesus says, "You will see greater things than this." That's not a rebuke. It's a door opening wider. The fig tree was the beginning, not the ending.
And notice the word "all." The promise isn't just for Nathanael. It's for everyone who comes and sees, including you, and including your one.
The angels going up and down point back to Jacob. Running for his life after his lies caught up with him, Jacob laid his head on a rock and dreamed:
"As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway." (Genesis 28:12, NLT)
Jacob dreamed about a way between heaven and earth. Nathanael met Him. Later, Jesus said it plainly:
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (John 14:6, NLT)
Heaven and earth are connected through one Person. Not a mountain, not a temple, not a ritual. Not your volunteering or your good works. Jesus. Even in 2026, Jesus is still the way.
The One who sees you is also the only way to see God.
Ask Yourself
Am I trying to reach God through my own effort, or am I trusting Jesus as the way?
Pray
"Jesus, You are the stairway I could never build. Thank You for coming down to get me. Open heaven for my one the way You opened it for me. Amen."
Today's Step
If you haven't invited your one yet, decide right now when you will: a time, a place, or a text. Write it on your card.
Day 6 (Saturday, Nov 14): Make It Specific
Read: Psalm 34:8 and John 1:46
"Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!" (Psalm 34:8, NLT)
Reflect
When we invite people to the best taco spot or the best barbecue in town, nobody argues. We just say, "Let's go check it out." Somehow it's only church where we get nervous and start debating.
You already tasted and saw that the Lord is good. Now it's your turn to return the favor.
But make it specific. "You should come to my church sometime" is open-ended. That could mean twenty years from now. Say this instead:
"December 6 is Friends and Family Day at my church. Come and see for yourself. I'll save you a seat."
And don't wait for Thanksgiving. Some of you will be at the same table with your one on November 26. Invite them now, so they can plan ahead, and so the Holy Spirit has time to work on their heart.
Remember: you're not trying to get them saved this week. That's not your job. You can't save anybody. Saving people is God's job. Changing hearts is God's job. Your job is the introduction. Jesus already sees them.
Ask Yourself
What's really stopping me from making the invitation today?
Pray
"Lord, give me holy boldness by Your Spirit. Open my mouth and help me make the invitation. Be a fence around my family and my one this week. I'll say, 'Come and see.' The rest is Yours. Amen."
Today's Step
If you haven't yet, make the invitation today, in person, by phone, or by text. Use the words above. Then come back tomorrow and tell somebody at church how it went.