Jun2018
Surface impressions
For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day. And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble. For we fix our attention, not on things that are… Read more
Jun2018
Forgiven – healed
From the depths of my despair I call to you, LORD. Hear my cry,O LORD; listen to my call for help! If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned? But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you. (verses 1-4) Read Psalm 130… Read more
Jun2018
What wondrous love!
A large crowd of people followed him; among them were some women who were weeping and wailing for him. Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Women of Jerusalem! Don’t cry for me, but for yourselves and your children. For the days are coming when people will say, “How lucky are the women who never had… Read more
Jun2018
Love your enemies
Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he appealed to the crowd again. But they shouted back, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’ Pilate said to them the third time, ‘But what crime has he committed? I cannot find anything he has done to deserve death! I will have him whipped and set him free.’ But they… Read more
Jun2018
Innocent
The whole group rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate, where they began to accuse him: ‘We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king.’ Pilate asked him, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ ‘So you say,’… Read more
Jun2018
The eternal question
When it was daylight, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the Council. ‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘are you the Messiah?’ He answered, ‘If I tell you, you will not believe me; and if I ask you a question, you will not answer. But… Read more
Jun2018
Fear
But Peter answered, ‘Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!’ At once, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. The Lord turned around and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered that the Lord had said to him, ‘Before the rooster crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not… Read more
Jun2018
Light-hearted
For it is not ourselves that we preach; we preach Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. The God who said, ‘Let the light shine out of the darkness!’ is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God’s glory shining… Read more
Jun2018
Made with love
Even before I speak, you already know what I will say. You are all around me on every side; you protect me with your power. Your knowledge of me is too deep; it is beyond my understanding. (verses 4-6) Read Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 If you wanted a saddle, you went to a saddlery. But… Read more
Jun2018
The certainty of God
Then Jesus told them this parable: ‘Think of the fig tree and all the other trees. When you see their leaves beginning to appear, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the Kingdom of God is about to come.’ (verses 29-31) Read… Read more
