God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Then Jesus came with them to the spot called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples: ¨Sit down here while I go over there and pray.¨ Matthew 26:36 (Reference Bible) Every now and then life seems to get the better of us. Things stack up against us until our resistance breaks down and so does... Continue Reading →
But Peter, in answer, said to him; ¨Although all the others are stumbled in connection with you, never will I be stumbled!¨ Matthew 26:33 (Reference Bible) Nobody would like to think that they would deny or disown Jesus. We would be like Peter and say that even if everyone else does that, we would hold... Continue Reading →
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Matthew 26:26 (ASV) We are gathered around the table. Jesus is with us. It seems to be a normal moment like so many others before. We are all... Continue Reading →
He said: ¨Go into the city and to So-and-so and say to him, The Teacher says, ´My appointed time is near; I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your home.´¨ Matthew 26:18 (Reference Bible) There is so much to consider here in just one text. That Jesus could be working on so... Continue Reading →
And said: ¨What will you give me to betray him to you?¨ they stipulated to him thirty silver pieces. Matthew 26:15 (Reference Bible) There were twelve Disciples but not all of them were able to separate the Divine from the worldly. Judas had walked at Jesus´ side and sat at the table with all the... Continue Reading →
¨For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.¨ Matthew 26:11 (Reference Bible) The Disciples got a little upset when they saw this woman pouring out the expensive perfume on Jesus. They thought that they knew what the Lord wanted but acted out on their own without seeking His... Continue Reading →
¨Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.¨ Matthew 26:2 (KJV) So many times Jesus tells us what to expect but do we really listen? He told His Disciples exactly what was going to happen and how He was going to... Continue Reading →
¨Then the king will say to those on his right, ´Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world.´¨ Matthew 25:34 (Reference Bible) What a marvelous description of that future day to which we prepare and await with such longing. Jesus will come... Continue Reading →
¨After a long time the master of those slaves come and settled accounts with them.¨ Matthew 25:19 (Reference Bible) Probably most would agree that the parable of the master, who left money to his workers while he was away, was not given by our Savior to tell us to become financial experts. Unless that kind... Continue Reading →
¨Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which too took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.¨ Matthew 25:1-2 (KJV) There is an intelligence that is different than this world´s. Here we weigh everything according to our needs and desires. ... Continue Reading →
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