God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. Luke 23:45-46 (NIV) Jesus is hanging on His cross. We are all watching Him die. Those... Continue Reading →
With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. Mark 15:37-38 (NIV) There it was. He reached the end. Jesus had walked His walk on earth. He had remained faithful and had stayed constantly with His Father. Never had He left God as... Continue Reading →
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Mark 15:34 (NIV) Jesus asks why. At the pinnacle of His suffering on the cross, when the pain is at its worse, Jesus wants to know why the Spirit... Continue Reading →
And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. Mark 15:24 (NIV) The Son of Man as He called Himself is finally crucified by those who seek to be rid of Him. The Son of God is nailed to the cross to pay for the sins of... 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 →
“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,´ Mark 10:33 They were headed up to Jerusalem. Everyone knew that there was opposition to Jesus. ... Continue Reading →
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father of children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them persecutions) and in... Continue Reading →
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” Matthew 9:35 (NIV) It is not fun being the last. It is not fun watching all the others selected before us. How can we feel good about not being preferred? ... Continue Reading →
Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?” Mark 9:12 (TNIV) At first glance in this part of our text Jesus seems to change directions. He makes a statement which does not seem related... Continue Reading →
But on catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down to him. Mark 5:6 (NWT) What a frightening thought it is, that a raving mad man was so driven by evil spirits that he lived out in the cemetery howling out in the night. Nobody could subdue this stricken man until... Continue Reading →
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