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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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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Marching into Mark Chapter Fifteen

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 89, March 30 )

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

Passage
Mark Chapter Fifteen

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 15 ( Cross Referenced with Matthew 27, Luke 23 and John 18 & 19)
- Mk 15:1- 15 Before Pilate and the crowd
- Mk 1:As soon as it was morning, the chief priests had a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin. After tying Jesus up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.
- Lent Day 31 – Court Affairs
- Pilate – ARE YOU THE KING OF THE JEWS?
- Jesus – You have said it.
- Accusations
- Mk 15⁵But Jesus still did not answer anything, so Pilate was amazed.
- For Passover, Pilate releases one prisoner
- Mk15⁹So Pilate answered them, “Do you want me to release the King of the Jews for you?”
- Pilate knew it was a trumped up charge
- Mk 15¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
- Mk 15¹²Pilate asked them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”
- Mk 15¹³Again they shouted, “Crucify Him!”
- Pilate – WHY?
- Mk 15:14 But they shouted, “Crucify Him!” all the more.
- Mk 15¹⁵Then, willing to gratify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. And after having Jesus flogged,^[b] he handed Him over to be crucified.
- Crowd bowed to Chief Priests, Pilate bowed to crowd, all for false accusations.
- Mk 15:16-20 The Soldiers
- Lent Day 30 – Mocked and Beaten
- Mk 15¹⁶Then the soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, headquarters) and called the whole company together.
- They dressed him up, crafted a crown of thorns, hit him, mocked him.
- Mk 15²⁰When they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the purple robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
- Mk 15:21- 32 Crucifixion
- Mk 15²¹They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
- Watch the Lamb – Ray Boltz
- Golgotha
- Mk 15²⁴Then they crucified Him and divided His clothes, casting lots for them to decide what each would get.
- NINE am
- The King of the Jews
- 2nd Sunday of Lent – Today in Paradise
- Crucified Between Two Criminals
- Mocked
- Mk 15³²Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.
- Mk 15:33-39 Jesus’ Death
- NOON to THREE
- Mk 15³³When it was noon,^[h] darkness came over the whole land^[i] until three in the afternoon.^[j]
- THREE
- Mk 15³⁴And at three^[k] Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá^[l] sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”^[m]
- 3rd Sunday of Lent – Father why hast thou forsaken me
- 1st Sunday of Lent – Father Forgive Them
- 4th Sunday of Lent – I thirst
- Mk 15³⁷But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.
- Temple Veil torn from the TOP to the bottom
- Mk 15³⁹When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He^[o] breathed His last, he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”^[p]
- Lent Day 8 – Believe
- Mk 15:40-41 The Women
- Mk 15⁴⁰There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. ⁴¹When He was in Galilee, they would follow Him and help Him. Many other women had come up with Him to Jerusalem.
- Mary that Annoints – Lent day 3
- Mary the Mother of Jesus – Advent Day 19
- Mk 15:42-47 The Burial
- Evening of the Preparation Day – Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the Body
- Wrapped him in fine linen and put him in a cut rock grave.
- He rolled the rock over it
- Mk 15⁴⁷Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where He was placed.
- Lent Day 39 – Good Friday
- Lent Day 40 Holy Saturday

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 27

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 15:39
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Mk 15³⁹When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He^[o] breathed His last, he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”^[p]
THIS man really was God’s Son!
This MAN really was God’s Son!
This man REALLY was God’s Son!
This man really WAS God’s Son!

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

Then Came the Morning – Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris

Broken and Spilled out – Steve Green

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 on the Cross by Super Coloring

Jesus on the Cross Coloring pages 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.

Who was Pontius Pilate?
1. Crosswalk goes into all of the history of this man, at this time in Christ’s life.
What was crucifixion like? Where did it come from?
1. GotQuestions goes into the details of this horrific death.
What of the Women of the Cross – who were they?
1. Cross Walk discusses the women, Faithful to the end.

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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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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 13

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 86, March 27 )

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

Passage
Mark Chapter Thirteen

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 13 (Parallel Stories in Matthew 24)
- Mk 13:1-2 The Temple
- As He was going out of the temple complex, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings!”
- Mk 13²Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”
- Mk 13:3-13 The End Times
  - Mk 13⁶Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and they will deceive many.
  - Mk 13⁸For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines.^[a] These are the beginning of birth pains.
  - ⁹“But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to sanhedrins,^[b] and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of Me, as a witness to them.
  - ¹¹So when they arrest you and hand you over, don’t worry beforehand what you will say. On the contrary, whatever is given to you in that hour—say it. For it isn’t you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
  - ¹³And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
- Mk 13:14-22 Great Tribulation
- Mk 13 ¹⁴“When you see the abomination that causes desolation^[e] standing where it should not” (let the reader understand^[f]), “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! ¹⁵A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house. ¹⁶And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁷Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
- Mk 13¹⁹For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of the world,^[h] which God created, until now and never will be again!
- Mk 13²⁰Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive.^[i] But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose.
- Mk 13²²For false messiahs^[j] and false prophets will rise up and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
- Mk 13:24-27 AFTER THE TRIBULATION
- Mk 13²⁴“But in those days, after that tribulation:
- Mk 13:24 The sun will be darkened,
  and the moon will not shed its light;
- Mk 13:25 the stars will be falling from the sky,
  and the celestial powers will be shaken.
- Mk 13²⁶Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
- Mk 13 ²⁷He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.
- Mk 13:28-31 Parable of the Fig Tree
- Mk 13²⁹In the same way, when you see these things happening, know^[k] that He^[l] is near—at the door!
- Mk 13³¹Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Mk 13:32-37 No One Knows
- Mk 13³²“Now concerning that day or hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son—except the Father.
- Mk 13³³Watch! Be alert!^[m] For you don’t know when the time is coming.
- Mk 13³⁵Therefore be alert, since you don’t know when the master of the house is coming—whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early in the morning. ³⁶Otherwise, he might come suddenly and find you sleeping. (Remember the 10 Virgin Parable)
- Mk 13³⁷And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Be alert!”
- WATCH AND BE ALERT!

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 24.

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 13:33
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Mk 13³³Watch! Be alert!^[m] For you don’t know when the time is coming.
WATCH! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.
Watch! BE ALERT! For you don’t know when the time is coming.
Watch! Be alert! FOR you don’t know when the time is coming.
Watch! Be alert! For YOU don’t know when the time is coming.

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 wish we’d all been Ready – Larry Norman

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 Returns in the Clouds – Sermons4Kids

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 this discussion about the tribulation and collecting of the chosen tell us about the end?
1. NeverThirsty gives a few views on the Rapture and Tribulation. They maintain a PreTribulation Rapture.
2. GotQuestions discusses the aspects of MidTribulation Rapture
3. GotQuestions goes over a general understanding of the four views of when the Rapture happens.

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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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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 Twelve

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 Twelve

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 12 (parallel stories in Matthew 21 and 22)
- Mk 12:1-12 The Vineyard Owner and Tenants
- Mk 12⁷“But those tenant farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
- Mk 12⁹“Therefore, what will the owner^[c] of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.
- The Stone the Builders Rejected
  - The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.^[
  - This came from the Lord
    and is wonderful in our eyes?”
- Mk 12¹²Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.
- Mk 12:13-17 God and Taxes
- Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? ¹⁵Should we pay, or should we not pay?”
- Mk 12¹⁶So they brought one. “Whose image and inscription is this?” He asked them.
- Caesar’s
- Mk 12¹⁷Then Jesus told them, “Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were amazed at Him.
- Mk 12:18- 27 Resurrection? Yes or No?
- Mk 12¹⁸Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him:
- Man had a wife and died, brother married her, no offspring
- Times seven brothers
- Woman died
- Whose wife is she in the resurrection?
- Mk 12²⁵For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven. (-Jesus said)
- Mk 12²⁶Now concerning the dead being raised…
- Mk 12²⁷He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”
- Mk 12: 28-34 Greatest Commandments
- Mk 12²⁸One of the scribes approached. … he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all?”
- Mk 12³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
- Mk 12“The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself.^[r] There is no other command greater than these.”
- Scribe replied
- Mk 12³³And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding,^[s] and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- Jesus said
- Mk 12:34 “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”
- Mk 12: 35-37 David’s son the Messiah?
- Mk 12:38- 40 Beware of the Scribes
- Mk 12⁴⁰They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”
- Mk 12:41-44 The Widows Gift
- Mk 12⁴³Summoning His disciples, He said to them, “I assure you: This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury. ⁴⁴For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she possessed—all she had to live on.”

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 21 and MMM22

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 12:34
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Mk 12:34 “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”
YOU are not far from the kingdom of God.
You ARE not far from the kingdom of God.
You are NOT far from the kingdom of God.
You are not FAR from the kingdom of God.

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 Greatest Commandment – Integrity Worship

Greatest Commandment – Seeds Family Worship

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

No coloring page for the Greatest Commandment, I’m sorry.

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 up with the Sadducees and the resurrection? Who are they?
1. Crosswalk has an article, 8 things to know about the Sadducees – it’s very interesting.
How do you feel about God and paying taxes?
1. GotQuestions has some input on what Jesus meant when he said this.

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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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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 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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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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