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Marching into Mark Chapter Sixteen

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 90, March 31 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 16 (cross referenced with Matthew 28 and Luke 24)
- Mk 16:1-8 Mary, Mary and Salome at the Tomb
  - Mk 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so they could go and anoint Him. ²Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb at sunrise.
  - They got there, and the stone was moved
  - a young was there in the tomb, they were alarmed
  - Mk 16⁶“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him. ⁷But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there just as He told you.’”
  - Mk 16⁸So they went out and started running from the tomb, because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone, since they were afraid.
  - THEY SAID NOTHING????
- Mk 16:9-11 Mary Magdalene meets Jesus
  - Mk 16⁹Early on the first day of the week, after He had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had driven seven demons. ¹⁰She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹Yet, when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.
- Mk 16:12-13 Men on a country road meet Jesus
  - Mk 16¹²Then after this, He appeared in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country. ¹³And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.
- Mk 16:14 Jesus Appeared to the Eleven
  - Mk 16¹⁴Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.
- Mk 16:15 Great Commission
  - Mk 16¹⁵Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
- Mk 16:16-18 The Christian Life Evidenced
  - Mk 16¹⁶Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
    - John 3¹⁶For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
    - John 3¹⁸“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
  - ¹⁷And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;
  - ¹⁸they will pick up snakes;^[b] if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”
- Mk 16:19 Jesus Ascends
  - Mk 16¹⁹Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Mk 16:20 The Apostles’ Ministry Walk
  - Mk 16²⁰And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew Chapter 28.

A good place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 16:16
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Mk 16¹⁶Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
WHOEVER believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Whoever BELIEVES and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

The Easter Song – Keith Green

Then Came the Morning – Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris

Was It a Morning Like This? – Sandi Patty

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

What are you going to do with Jesus Resurrected?
1. Answers in Genesis discusses infallible proofs.
2. Crossway discusses this from various other scholars.
3. ReasonstoBelieve discusses a dozen proofs.

Choose to Believe!

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

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Marching into Mark Chapter 11

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 82, March 23 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Eleven

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 11
- Mk 11:1-11 Triumphal Entry
- Mk 11²and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
- and they did
- Mk 11 ⁷Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.
- Mk 11⁹Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:
  - Hosanna!
    He who comes in the name
    of the Lord is the blessed One!^[b]
  - The coming kingdom
    of our father David is blessed!
    Hosanna in the highest heaven!
- Mk 11¹¹And He went into Jerusalem and into the temple complex. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
- Mk 11:12-14 Cursing the Fig Tree
- Mk 11¹⁴He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples heard it.
- Mk 11:15-19 Tables Turned
- Mk 11¹⁷Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations?^[c] But you have made it a den of thieves!”
- Mk 11:20-26 Two Lessons from the Fig Tree
- Have Faith
- Mk 11²⁰Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.
- Mk 11²²Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.
- Mk 11²⁴Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received^[e] them, and you will have them.
- Forgive and be forgiven
- Mk 11²⁵And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing. [²⁶But if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing.]”^[f]^[g]
- Mk 11: 27- 33 By Whose Authority
- Priests, Scribes and Elders ask – by what Authority
- Jesus asks “by what authority did John baptize?”
- Priests, Scribes and Elders fear the people – “we don’t know.”
- Mk 11:33 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 21

A good place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 11:24
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Mk 11²⁴Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received^[e] them, and you will have them.
THEREFORE I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for – believe that you have received them and you will have them.
Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for – believe that you have received them, and you will have them.
Therefore I TELL you, all the things you pray and ask for – believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus cleansing the Temple Coloring Page – SuperColoring

Jesus Clears the Temple – ColoringHome

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

Why did people put branches and stuff on the path before Jesus as he entered Jerusalem?
1. GotQuestions talks about the significance of the triumphal entry.
What is the point about cursing the fig tree?
1. The Gospel Coalition has a great explanation about what we can learn from the fig tree.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter 10

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 80, March 21 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Ten

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 10(cross referencing – Matthew 19)
- Mk10:1He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on Him again and, as He usually did, He began teaching them once more.
- Mk 10:2-12 Jesus’s opinion on Divorce
- Mk 10:²Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
- ⁶But from the beginning of creation God^[a] made them male and female.
  - For this reason a man will leave
    his father and mother
    [and be joined to his wife],
  - and the two will become one flesh.
  - So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- ⁹Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
- ¹¹And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
- ¹²Also, if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
- Mk 10:13 -16 Welcome the Children
- Mk 10¹⁴When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Mk 10¹⁵I assure you: Whoever does not welcome[e] the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
- ¹⁶After taking them in His arms, He laid His hands on them and blessed them.
- Mk 10:17-22 The Rich Young Ruler
- Mk 10¹⁷As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Jesus – Why do you call me Good? And Keep the commandments
- ²⁰He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”
- Jesus – You must go and sell all and give to the poor.
- Mk 10²²But he was stunned^[h] at this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
- Mk10:23-31 The continuation of Riches
- Mk 10²³Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
- Stunned the disciples –
- Mk 10:24…Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is^[i] to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
- The Who Can be Saved????
- Mk 10²⁷Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”
- But we’ve left all to follow you!
- Mk10²⁹“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father,^[j] children, or fields because of Me and the gospel, ³⁰who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come. ³¹But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
- Mk 10:32-34 Jesus Tells of His Death a Third time
- Mk 10:35-45 James and John ask to sit at Christ’s Right Hand
- Mk 10⁴³But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”^[l]
- Mk 10:46-52 Blind Bartimaeus
- Mk 10:⁵¹Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
- “Rabbouni,”^[m] the blind man told Him, “I want to see!”
- ⁵²“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 19

A good place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 10:31
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³¹But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
BUT many who are first will be last, and the last first.
But MANY who are first will be last, and the last first.
But many WHO are first will be last, and the last first.
But many who ARE first will be last, and the last first.

⁵²“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”
GO your way, Jesus told him. Your faith has healed you.
Go your way, Jesus told him. YOUR faith has healed you.
Go your way, Jesus told him. Your FAITH has healed you.
Go your way, Jesus told him. Your faith HAS healed you.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus heals the Blind man – Super Coloring

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

What does Jesus mean by the first shall be last and the last shall be first?
1. Got Questions explains this from Matthew’s Gospel.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter Nine

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 75, March 16 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Nine

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 9
- Mk 9:1 And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
- Mk 9:2-13 Mount of Transfiguration
- Mk 9²After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
- ³His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.
- ⁴And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
- Peter puts his foot in his mouth again – let us make tents for each of you!
- ⁷Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
- ⁹As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- 11 says Why do they say that Elijah must first come?
- 13 Jesus says He did – (John) and they did whatever they wanted to him.
- Mk 9:14-29 Casting Out Demons
- Jesus, James John and Peter met back up with the other Apostles
- ¹⁶“What are you arguing with them about?” he asked.
- Man – I asked your disciples to save my son and they couldn’t
- ¹⁹“You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”
- Man – if you can, deliver my boy
- ²³“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”
- ²⁸After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
- ²⁹He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.(Other places and versions add fasting.
- Mk 9:30-32 Teaching HIs disciples
- ³¹because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” ³²But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
- Mk 9:33 – Capernaum Childish and Childlike
- arguing about who was the greatest
- ³⁵Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
- ³⁶He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, ³⁷“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
- Mk 9:38- Who is with me?
- Someone was casting out demons in your name, but is not with us.
- ³⁹“Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, ⁴⁰for whoever is not against us is for us.
- Mk 9:41 Cup of Water
- ⁴¹Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.
- Mk 9:42– Stumbling blocks
- ⁴²“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.
- ⁴³If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off.
- ⁴⁷And if your eye causes you to stumble,
- Mk9:48-49 Be Salty
  - ⁵⁰“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

A good place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 8:29
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

What does it mean that salt is salty but if it loses it’s saltiness it’s worthless?
1. your answer

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter Eight

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 76, March 17 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Eight

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 8 (cross referenced with Matthew 15 & 16)
- Mk 8:1-10 Feeding Repeat!
  - In a deserted place
  - folks are hungry
  - Jesus – “Feed them”
  - Apostles – we don’t have enough money
  - Jesus ‘ “what DO you have?”
  - Blesses the seven loaves, and feeds 4000 with 7 baskets of leftovers.
  - ¹⁰and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.^[b]
- Mk 8:11-13 No sign but Jonah (Mt 12:38-41)
- Mk 8:14- 21 Beware the Yeast of Pharisees
- Apostles forgot bread
- Jesus – “Beware of the yeast of Pharisees”
- Apostles – because we forgot bread
- ¹⁷Aware of this, He said to them, “Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened? ¹⁸Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear?^[c] And do you not remember?
- 5000 – 12 baskets
- 4000 – 7 baskets
- ²¹And He said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
- Mk 8:22- 26 Healing a blind man that took two attempts
- Partial sight – I see men as trees walking
- Full sight – ²⁵Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly.
- Mk 8: 27- 30 Who do you say that I am?
- Peter answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”
- Mk 8:31-33
- ³¹Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.
- Peter Rebukes Him
- He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns,^[e] but man’s!”
- Mk 8:34-38 Count the Cost
- He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
- ³⁶For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life? ³⁷What can a man give in exchange for his life?
- ³⁸For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
- Jim Elliot – ‘He is no fools who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
- Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 15, MMM16

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 8:29
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²⁹“But you,” He asked them again, “who do you say that I am?” Peter answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”
WHO do you say that I am? You are the Messiah!
Who DO you say that I am? You are the Messiah!
Who do YOU say that I am? You are the Messiah!
Who do you SAY that I am? You are the Messiah!

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

Who do Say that I am – David Phelps

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus heals the Blind Man coloring page by ColoringHome

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

What is the sign of Jonah?
1. GotQuestions discusses this is Sign of Jonah
2. I have an Itty Bitty Bible Study on Jonah starting with this Introduction
What do you think about the Apostles forgetting about the feeding of the 5000, when they needed to feed the 4000?
1. Your answer
2. Leaven of the Pharisees by GotQuestions

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Lent Day 20 – The True Vine

Image by Felix Wolf from Pixabay

Lent Devotions
Lent Week Three – for Catch up.
Lent Week Four started March 5, 2018, March 23, 2019, and Feb 22, 2023

Lent Day Twenty
The True Vine

Music

You are the Vine – True Vine Music

Scripture Passage

John 15:1-19

Devotion

Actually, we are going to discuss John 15:1-19.

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper.
⁵“I am the vine; you are the branches.
- Jesus is speaking, so HE is the true vine.
²Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
⁸My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be^[a] My disciples.
- Branches are to produce fruit
⁴Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.
⁵…The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.
- Branches need to remain in the Vine
²Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes,
⁶If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Not remaining in Him is disastrous.
⁴Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.
⁷If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
- There are benefits to remaining in the Vine

How do we ‘get into’ the vine?

Yes, the Romans passages are talking about an olive tree, and the John passage is talking about a Vine, but I believe they are talking about the same concept.

There were those that were part of the Vine/Tree.
The disobeyed/unbelief
The vinedresser, husbandman found other healthy branches
They were grafted in

Now – just as in the John passage, if you don’t remain in the Vine you will be cut out, there is the warning to these branches that if they, the grafts, were to fall into unbelief, they would not be spared the outcome of the natural branches.

Once we are engrafted into the Vine or tree, it is our responsibility to remain in the vine/tree. IT IS OUR CHOICE!

How do we remain in the Vine?

In yesterday’s Lent, Day 19, we looked at how believing was a condition for receiving the Spirit of Truth.

In The Itty Bitty Bible Study Ephesians 2, I talk about how

This bears repeating:

We are IN the Vine/Tree because of God’s grace!

We love because HE first loved us. 1 John 4:19

Lent Day 19 talks about how we show our love to God – John 14 ¹⁵“If you love me, keep my commands.

And then, we produce much fruit. John 15⁸My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be^[a] My disciples.

We have been given the opportunity to be engrafted into the Vine, by grace through faith so that we can do good works and produce much fruit. It’s up to us to stay there – to remain – to abide.

There’s one more point – but I don’t know how to make it fit into this devotion. I do want to point it out. Jesus says:

YOU ARE ALREADY CLEAN because of the word I have spoken to you!

This says that husbands should follow Christ’s example, loving the church, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word. If there’s no earthly husband, we have the heavenly Bridegroom that will still wash us, as we go to Him in prayer and study.

Let’s stay engrafted!

Let’s stay clean!

Worship

I am the Vine – ILP Music

Remain in Me, I am the Vine – Steve Angrisano

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter 7

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 75, March 16 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Seven

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 7(With cross referencing to Matthew 15)
- Mk 7:1-23 – What causes defiling
- 1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him.
- They observed the disciples eating with unclean hands which went against the teachings of the Leaders
- ⁵Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why don’t Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean^[b] hands?”
- Jesus calls them on their hypocrisy
- ⁸Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.”^[d] ⁹He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain^[e] your tradition!
- The leaders had made it so that a son could say his wealth was for God and therefore didn’t need to take care of his parents, invalidating Honor your Father and Mother command.
- The point –
- ¹⁵Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
- ¹⁸And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him? ¹⁹For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated.”^[i] (As a result, He made all foods clean.^[j])
- What actually defiles
- ²⁰Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him. ²¹For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, ²²adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess,^[k] blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. ²³All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
- Mk7:24-30 Greek woman asking for healing
- Jesus – “…because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
- Woman – “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
- Jesus – “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
- Her faith wouldn’t take a NO answer, and it seems she understood the heart of God.
- Mindfully Meditating in Matthew Chapter 15
- Mk 7:31-35 Deaf man with a speech difficulty
- ³⁵Immediately his ears were opened, his speech difficulty was removed,^[o] and he began to speak clearly.
- Mk 7:³⁷They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!”

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 7:37
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³⁷They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!”
HE has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear,
He HAS done everything well!
He has DONE everything well!
He has done EVERYTHING well!
He has done everything WELL!

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

All Things Well – A’Men Quartet

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

Why do you think Jesus went from talking about unclean hands to talking about honoring your Mother and Father?
1. GotQuestions answers what is CORBAN?
Why did Jesus call the woman a dog?
1. GotQuestions discusses this from the Matthew account.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Marching into Mark Chapter Six

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 73, March 14 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Six

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

Mark 6 (cross referenced to Matthew 9, 10 and 14)
- Mk 6:1-6 Rejected
  - Hometown Boy – Nazareth
  - Preached – they dismissed him
    - ²When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?
    - ³Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us?” So they were offended by Him.
    - They also probably remembered the whole mess about Mary’s pregnancy – but that’s not Bible.
  - Because of their unbelief – few miracles were done there.
    - ⁵So He was not able to do any miracles^[a] there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. ⁶And He was amazed at their unbelief.
- Mk 6:7-13 Commissioning the Twelve
  - ⁷He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs
  - and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
  - ⁸He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.
  - ⁹They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt.
  - ¹¹If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
  - ¹²preached that people should repent.
  - ¹³And they were driving out many demons,
  - anointing many sick people with olive oil, and healing them.
- Mk 6:14-29 Death of John the Baptist in Detail
  - ²⁹When his disciples^[i] heard about it, they came and removed his corpse and placed it in a tomb.
- Mk 6:30- 34 The Apostles returned
  - and Jesus tried to get them to a quiet place
  - People found them and surrounded them
  - ³⁴So as He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then He began to teach them many things.
    - Mindfully Meditating on Matthew 10
- Mk 6:35-44 Feeding the 5,000
  - Got late
  - Master – send them away so they can eat
  - ³⁷“You give them something to eat,” He responded.
  - What DO you have?
  - five loaves and two fish
  - Jesus sat the people down in an orderly fashion
    - ⁴¹Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
    - ⁴²Everyone ate and was filled.
    - ⁴³Then they picked up 12 baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.
    - ⁴⁴Now those who ate the loaves were 5,000 men.
      - Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 14
- Mk 6:45 -52 Sent the Apostles ahead in a boat
  - ⁴⁶After He said good-bye to them, He went away to the mountain to pray.
  - ⁴⁸He saw them being battered as they rowed,^[l] because the wind was against them.
  - Around three in the morning^[m] He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.
  - ⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were terrified.
  - Immediately He spoke with them and said, “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
  - ⁵¹Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,
    - MMM14
    - Dear Peter
- Mk 6:53 – 56 Healings all around
  - ⁵⁶Wherever He would go, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch just the tassel of His robe. And everyone who touched it was made well.

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 6:50
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke with them and said, “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
HAVE courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.
Have COURAGE! It is I. Don’t be afraid.
Have courage! IT IS I. Don’t be afraid.
Have courage! It is I! Don’t be afraid.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

Little is Much if God is in It – Bible Baptist Church

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus Walking on the Water – SuperColoring

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later. Some thoughts to dig deeper.

1. 1. Why do you think that Jesus was rejected by his hometown?
    1. is this the answer”
      1. ⁴Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”
  2. How can we apply Jesus asking the disciples What do YOU have? YOU feed them?
    1. Got Questions discusses it from both Matthew and Mark.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 28 or MMM28

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty-eight

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 57, Feb 26)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-Eight

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 28 He is risen
- Mt 28:1- 10 Mary and Mary head to the tomb
  - After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
  - Earthquake – Angel rolled back the stone
    - ²There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.
    - ³His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
    - ⁴The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
  - Angel Meeting
    - ⁵The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
    - ⁶He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
    - ⁷Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
  - Jesus Meeting and Mission
    - ⁹Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
- Mt 28:11- 15 Guards told to and paid to lie
  - ¹²When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, ¹³telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
- Mt 28:16- 17 Another Jesus Meeting
  - ¹⁷When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
- Mt 28:18- 20 All Authority – The Great Commission
  - ¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
  - ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
  - ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matthew 28:6
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

⁶He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
HE is not here; HE has risen, just as HE said.
He IS NOT here; He has risen, just as He said.
He is not HERE; He has risen, just as He said.
He is not here, HE HAS risen, just as He said.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

He’s Alive – Dolly Parton

Was it a Morning like This? – Sandi Patty

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Jesus is Risen – ColoringHome

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

What do you think about the guards going to the high priests?
1. The chief priests devised a story to hide the facts.
  1. ²When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,
2. If they were known to sleep on their watch, they could be killed.
  1. ¹⁴If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
Have you given your life to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords that rose from the dead?
1. several tools are below to help you if you have not.
2. Call out to Jesus
3. Repent of your sins
4. As for forgiveness
5. and rejoice that you have been given new life.

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 26 or MMM26

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty-six

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 57, Feb 26)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty six

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

Matthew 26 (cross reference with Mark 14)
- Mt 26:1-2 Jesus foretells his death – as in very soon
- Mt 26:3-5 Chief Priests plan to take him – but afraid
  - ⁵“But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
- Mt 26:6-13 at Simon the Lepers house
  - a woman comes to anoint Jesus (Mark 14:3-9)
  - disciples complain about misused resources
- Mt 26:14-16 Judas plans his betrayal
  - ¹⁴Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests ¹⁵and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.
  - ¹⁶From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
- Mt 26:17-19 Preparations for Passover meal
- Mt 26:20-25 Jesus declares betrayal
  - And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
  - ²³Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.
  - Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?”
    - Jesus answered, “You have said so.”
    - Jesus KNEW
    - Lent Day 9 Are you a Judas?
- Mt 26:26-29 The Lord’s Supper or Communion/Passover meal
  - Bread is my body
  - Wine is my blood
  - do this in remembrance of me.
- Mt 26:30
  - ³⁰When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Mt 26:31-32 Jesus foretells the denial of the disciples
  - ³¹Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:
    - “‘I will strike the shepherd,
      and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’^[c]
  - reminds them he’ll rise again
    - ³²But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
- Mt 26:33-35 Peter’s confession, then Jesus’ foretelling
  - ³³Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”
  - ³⁴“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”
- Mt 26:36-45 In the Garden – Jesus Prays
  - ³⁸Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow^[j] —to the point of death.^[k] Remain here and stay awake with Me.”
  - Jesus prays three times
    - My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
    - My Father, if this^[n] cannot pass^[o] unless I drink it, Your will be done.”
  - Disciples sleep
    - ⁴⁰Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you^[m] stay awake with Me one hour?
    - ⁴³And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.^[p]
    - ⁴⁵Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting?^[q] Look, the time is near. The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- Mt 26:45-56 Jesus’ Arrest – riotous mob
  - ⁴⁶Get up; let’s go! See, My betrayer is near.”
  - While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob, with swords and clubs, was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  - Betrayed with a kiss
  - Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested Him. ⁵
    - One of the disciples cut off the high priest’s slave’s ear
    - ⁵²Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword. ⁵³Or do you think that I cannot call on My Father, and He will provide Me at once with more than 12 legions^[s] of angels?
    - ⁵⁵At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,^[t] to capture Me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me.
- Mt 26:56 – Jesus is deserted
  - Then all the disciples deserted Him and ran away.
- Mt 26:57-68 Jesus and the Sanhedrin
  - ⁵⁹The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death. ⁶⁰But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward.
  - ⁶⁴“You have said it,”^[aa] Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future^[ab] you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
  - He has blasphemed! … “He deserves death!”
- Mt 26:69-75 Peter denies Christ three times
  - “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”
    - ⁷⁰But he denied it in front of everyone: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
    - ⁷²And again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man!”
    - ⁷⁴Then he started to curse^[af] and to swear with an oath, “I do not know the man!”
      - Immediately a rooster crowed,
      - ⁷⁵and Peter remembered the words Jesus had spoken, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
      - And he went outside and wept bitterly.
  - Lent day 15 – Dear Peter

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example:
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Today, choose your own scripture verse that helps you meditate on the Last Supper, or the denial of Christ.

and so on. This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

I am the Bread of Life

Broken and Spilled Out – Steve Green

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Mary Washing Jesus’ feet – the ColoringHome

Quick Questions – if you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

What do you think about the expensive oil being poured out on Jesus’ head?
1. Your answer
How many women anointed Jesus?
1. Christianityfaq has some ideas about this.
Have you ever denied Christ?
1. 1 John 1 & 2

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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Naomi’s Heart Ministries
Obed’s House Ministries
The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.

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