God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." Mark 14:38 (NIV) Jesus was struggling through His dark hour. He spent the hours laying His heart out to God. He was driven to His knees. No thought of sleep even entered His mind. His... Continue Reading →
"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." Mark 14:36 (NIV) There He was, the very Son of God. He was brought to His breaking point. He was so grieved that He said He could just about die. What sorrow! ... Continue Reading →
"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "today--yes, tonight--before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times." Mark 14:30 (NIV) Peter was horrified. So are we. Is Jesus telling us that times will come where we will fall away? What? Impossible! We are His followers! We have demonstrated our loyalty time and... Continue Reading →
"You will all fall away," Jesus told them, "for it is written:" 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee." Mark 14:27-28 (NIV) Have we fallen away from our Master? Have we abandoned Jesus? Has He been struck from... Continue Reading →
"I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God." Mark 14:25 (NIV) Jesus was getting up from the last supper. He was about to carry out His Father´s great plan of redemption. He had already... Continue Reading →
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body." Mark 14:22 (NIV) Looking back fondly on that night of the last dinner, what sensations do we get? Was it a sad occasion? Or was it a pinnacle of years... Continue Reading →
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?" Mark 14:12 (NIV) The time has come upon them. It is time to celebrate their ritual... Continue Reading →
Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year´s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. Mark 14:4-5 (NIV) Where do we stand with this text? Where do we stand with any Bible... Continue Reading →
“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.’ Mark 13:35 (NIV) Much study and effort is placed upon the signs of the end. Do we just love to look into that mystery? ... Continue Reading →
“At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.’ Mark 13:26-27 (NIV) There it is! He said it! Jesus... Continue Reading →
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