“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!”” Psalm 122:6-7 ESV Reflection: what is the “biggest” prayer, the most significant thing you have ever asked God for? Prayer is interesting. We speak to someone we cannot see, about something we
“And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Mark 16:15-16 ESV Reflection: who is Jesus commanding to proclaim the gospel? One thing I find strange but true in life
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“But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.”” Mark 16:7 ESV Reflection: do you take Jesus at His word? All of it, or just some of it? The Bible is full of what could be looked at as
“And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.” Mark 16:6 ESV Reflection: how are you seeking Jesus? Peter is in hiding. Perhaps alone, by himself, crushed by what he had done towards
“Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.” Mark 15:43 ESV Reflection: why didn’t Jesus own family take down His body and bury it? We have come to the last act
“And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”” Mark 15:34 ESV Reflection: what is mankind’s deepest fear? Have you ever have experienced, seen the sheer terror in the eyes of a child that has lost their parents?.
“And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.” Mark 15:20 ESV Reflection: have you ever been mocked or mocked someone else? Most people have felt the effects of being made fun of by others. It
“And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?” And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”” Mark 15:12-13 ESV Reflection: what was the last time you were envious of someone or something? I was looking at an advertisement for a house the other
“And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.” Mark 14:72 ESV Reflection: how has your faith in Jesus been tested? My first job after college was in Oslo, Norway.
“But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”” Mark 14:61 ESV Reflection: what truth are you currently seeking? If finding the truth is the goal or the end-point, then we can think of the pursuit of truth equivalent to
