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Marching into Mark Chapter Two

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 65, March 6)

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 2 (cross referenced with Matthew 9)
- Mk 2:1-12 – Paralytic Man comes through the roof
  - When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home.
    - ²So many people gathered together that there was no more room,
    - ³Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, carried by four men.
    - THEY CLIMBED ON THE ROOF, TORE IT OPEN ENOUGH FOR A MAN AND A MAT AND LOWERED HIM DOWN!!!
    - ⁵Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
  - Scribes and Pharisees got upset
    - ⁷“Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
    - IT WENT AGAINST EVERYTHING THEY WERE TAUGHT
    - ¹⁰But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” He told the paralytic, ¹¹“I tell you: get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
- Mk 2:13 Levi called – went immediately
- Mk 2:15-17 Dinner at Levi’s – snooping Sadducees and Pharisees
  - ¹⁶When the scribes of the Pharisees^[e] saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat^[f] with tax collectors and sinners?”
  - “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Mk 2:18- 22 Why don’t they fast?
  - ¹⁸Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees^[g] were fasting. People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
  - “The wedding guests^[h] cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.
  - ²⁰But the time^[i] will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
    - Then the wineskin analogy – hitting the OLD religious ways again.
- Mk 2:23-28 What’s the Sabbath about
  - disciples pick some grain on the sabbath –
    - ²⁴The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
  - Jesus brought up the AMAZING KING DAVID – and reminded them he ate the bread for priests.
  - ²⁷Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for^[k] man and not man for^[l] the Sabbath.
  - ²⁸Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

For more information go to Mindfully Meditating in Matthew chapter 9

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Mark 2:5
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

⁵Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
SEEING their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, Son your sins are forgiven.
Seeing THEIR faith, Jesus told the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.
Seeing their FAITH, Jesus told the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.
Seeing their faith, JESUS told the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.

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 paralytic man by Connect Us

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

1. Why did Jesus call the paralytic man Son?
  1. Biblical Hermeneutics has a very good explanation on this.
2. What did Jesus mean with “I didn’t call the righteous but sinners”?
  1. BibleRef gives a clear observation as well as tying it back into the paralytic’s forgiveness.

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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
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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.

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 27 or MMM27

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew Chapter Twenty-seven

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 58, Feb 27)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-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.

Matthew 27
- Mt 27:1-2 to Pontius Pilate
- Mt 27:3-8 Judas’ guilt, Priest’s guilt
  - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
  - cast the silver on the temple floor
  - Priests used it to by a field
    - Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, ¹⁰and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.[d]
- Mt 27:9- 26 Jesus before Pilate
  - Are you the King of the Jews?
    - Jesus answered, “You have said it.”
  - Jesus or Barabbas
    - chose Barabbas
    - cried Crucify Him about Christ
    - claimed the responsibility of His blood
      - ²⁵All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
    - Jesus was flogged then handed over to the soldiers
- Mt 27:27-31 Jesus and the Soldiers
  - ²⁸They stripped Him and dressed Him in a scarlet military robe.
  - ²⁹They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a reed in His right hand.
  - Then they spit on Him, took the reed, and kept hitting Him on the head.
  - When they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.
- Mt 27:32-44 Jesus’s Crucifixion
  - carried the cross – but when too weak
    - Simon of Cyrene
      - Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.
  - wine and gall
  - cast lots for clothing
  - THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
  - ³⁸Then two criminals^[n] were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
  - Mocked
- Mt 27:45-56 Jesus’ Death
  - ⁴⁵From noon until three in the afternoon^[s] darkness came over the whole land.^[
  - Elí, Elí, lemá^[u] sabachtháni?”
  - ⁵⁰Jesus shouted again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit
  - ⁵¹Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary^[x] was split in two from top to bottom; the earth quaked and the rocks were split.
  - Temples were opened when Christ resurrected
  - ⁵⁴When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”^[y]
  - Women followed – Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of Jesus, and Peter’s Mom
- Mt 27:57-61 Jesus’ Burial
  - Joseph of Arimathea got the body, wrapped Him, and laid Him in His tomb.
- Mt 27:62-66 Jesus’ tomb sealed and guarded

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 25:23
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 crucifixion 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.

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Crucifixion of Christ by SuperColoring

Songs for Meditation

Broken and Spilled Out – Steve Green

Watch the Lamb – Ray Boltz

Watch the Lamb with official video

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

What was the significance of the thirty pieces of silver?
1. GotQuestions explains how it relates to the prophet Zechariah.
2. Crosswalk explains that and gets into personal application.
Do you know how may prophecies Christ’s death fulfilled?
1. Got Questions has a great chart with all of these.
What were the words that Christ called out from the cross?
1. when you pull all the gospels together, you get Seven Last words, and Crosswalk goes into the meanings.

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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 In Matthew Chapter 25 or MMM25

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 56, Feb 25)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-Five

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 25 Parables
- Image by lisa runnels from Pixabay
  
  Mt 21:1-13 Parable of the Ten Virgins
  - 10 had lamps
  - 5 brought oil
  - 10 fell asleep
  - all were awakened
  - 5 had oil to trim their lights, as time had delayed the groom, and their oil was running very low.
  - the other 5 did not have the oil, and had to go get oil
  - While out getting the oil – the groom came and the oily 5 went in
  - The “foolish” ones were not allowed entrance because they were not ready.
  - ¹³“Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
- Mt 25:14-39 Parable of the Ten Talents
  - Man of Means going on a journey
    - He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them.
    - ¹⁵To one he gave five talents;^[c] to another, two; and to another, one—to each according to his own ability.
    - Then he went on a journey.
  - slave with 5 invested and got 10, slave with 2 invested and got 4,
    - ¹⁸But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
  - LOOOOOONG time went by – then the master returned.
    - To the five made ten he said ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’
    - To the two made four he said ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’
    - The one with one:
      - ‘Master, I know you.
      - You’re a difficult man,
      - reaping where you haven’t sown and
      - gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.
      - ²⁵So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground.
      - Look, you have what is yours.’
  - The Master said: ‘You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered, ²⁷then^[d] you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money^[e] back with interest.
  - Master took the 1 and gave it to the one with 10 (most faithful?)
    - Master said: ³⁰And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Mt 25:31-46 Parable of the Sheep and Goats
  - ³¹“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels^[f] with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
  - ³²All the nations^[g] will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
  - Sheep –
    - For I was hungry
      and you gave Me something to eat;
      I was thirsty
      and you gave Me something to drink;
      I was a stranger and you took Me in;
    - I was naked and you clothed Me;
      I was sick and you took care of Me;
      I was in prison and you visited Me.’
  - Goats – DID NOT
  - ⁴⁰“And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
    - Matthew 7:15-20
      - ²⁰Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
  - THE END TIMES – SEPARATION
    - ⁴⁶“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- I have several great resources to go deeper into these parables in the QQ section below.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 25:23
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’
KJV His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
WELL DONE, good and faithful servant….Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Well done, GOOD AND FAITHFUL servant…Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Well done, good and faithful SERVANT…Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

…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.

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Parable of the Ten Virgins Coloring page by SuperColoring

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

What does the parable of the ten virgins mean for us?
1. Got questions says this: Parable of Ten Virgins
How does the Parable of the Talents apply to us?
1. Got Questions discusses it a bit generally.
2. CrossWalk goes into a bit more personal application
What does the parable have sheep and goats mean for us?
1. Got Questions does a great job of explaining the timing and purpose of this parable to us.

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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 24 or MMM24

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty Four

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 55, Feb 24)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-Four

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 24
- Mt 24:1-2 Destruction of the Temple foretold
  - ²Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”
- Mt 24:3- 35 When are these things going to happen?
  - ⁴Then Jesus replied to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.
    - wars and rumors of wars
    - nation rise against nation
    - famines
    - earthquakes
  - BIRTHPAINS
    - . ⁸All these events are the beginning of birth pains.
  - PERSECUTIONS
    - ⁹“Then they will hand you over for persecution,^[b] and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.
    - false prophets
    - lawlessness
    - love of many grow cold (believers)
    - 1 Peter 4:14
      - If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
    - MMM5
  - ¹³But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
    - ¹⁴This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world^[d] as a testimony to all nations. And then the end will come.
  - ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION
    - Flee to the mountains
  - GREAT TRIBULATION
    - ²¹For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!
    - ²²Unless those days were limited, no one would^[i] survive.^[j] But those days will be limited because of the elect.
  - FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE MESSIAHS
    - ²⁴False messiahs^[k] and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵Take note: I have told you in advance.
  - RETURN OF CHRIST
    - ²⁷For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  - AFTER TRIBULATION
    - The sun will be darkened,
      and the moon will not shed its light;
      the stars will fall from the sky,
      and the celestial powers will be shaken.
    - ³⁰“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth^[m] will mourn;^[n] and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
    - ³¹He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
    - This passage alone supports the post tribulation rapture of the saints.
  - The Fig Tree lesson
    - ³³In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize^[o] that He^[p] is near—at the door!
    - ³⁵Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Mt 24:36-44 No one knows the time
  - ³⁶“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son^[q] —except the Father only.
  - I wish we’d all been ready tells this passage of scripture
  - ⁴²Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day^[s] your Lord is coming.
  - ⁴⁴This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
- Mt 24:45-51 be the faithful Slave/Servant
  - Faithful
    - ⁴⁶That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded. ⁴⁷I assure you: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.
  - Evil
    - ⁵⁰that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. ⁵¹He will cut him to pieces^[u] and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- One place where I’ve written my thoughts on the end times is in IBBS Habakkuk , about the tribulation and signs of the End.
- When I had Covid, I wrote about whether it was one of the final plagues of the End – Covid and Me

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 24:13
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹³But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
NIV but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
BUT the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
But THE one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
But the ONE who stands firm to the end will be saved.
But the one WHO stands firm to the end will be saved.
But the one who STANDS firm to the end will be saved.
But the one who stands FIRM to the end will be saved.

…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.

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

no tribulation coloring pages, sorry

Song to Meditate upon

I wish we’d all been ready – Larry Norman

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 Jesus meant by the temple being torn down?
1. Bible Ref gives some historical information about this being true.
Have you heard of false Prophets of those calling themselves Messiah?
1. your answer
Have you done much reading on the Great Tribulation?
1. In IBBS Habakkuk I talk about some theories.
How do you feel about the second coming of Christ?
1. In Covid and Me I talk about fear and faith

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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 23 or MMM23

MIndfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty-three

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 54, Feb 23)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-three

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 23
- Mt 23:1-7 Do as they say, not as they do
  - the principle of the authority of a position
    - ²“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.^[a] ³Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do,^[b] because they don’t practice what they teach.
  - Performing for praise
    - ⁵They do everything^[e] to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries^[f] and lengthen their tassels.^[g]
    - Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
    - Matthew 6:1-18
    - MMM6
  - Love the Place of Honor
    - ⁶They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues, ⁷greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.
- Mt 23:8-12 How you should be
  - Not “Rabbi”
    - ⁸“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher,^[h] and you are all brothers.
  - Not “Father”
    - ⁹Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
  - Not “Master”(Teacher)
    - ¹⁰And do not be called masters either, because you have one Master,^[i] the Messiah.
      - Mt 20:26-28 ²⁶Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ²⁷and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— ²⁸just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
      - MMM18
      - MMM19
  - The Greatest
    - ¹¹The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Mt 23:13-36 WOES
  - “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
  - ¹⁴“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show.
  - ¹⁵“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell^[l] as you are!
  - ¹⁶“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.
    - ⁹Blind people!^[p] For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
  - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of^[q] mint, dill, and cumin,^[r] yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith.
  - ²⁴Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!
  - ²⁵“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed^[s] and self-indulgence!
  - ²⁷“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity.
  - decorate prophet tombs but don’t live what they taught
  - ³³“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
  - ³⁴This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.
    - this one goes with the parable of the King and the vineyard dresser – killed servants and killed the son. MMM21
  - JUDGEMENT
    - ³⁵So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,^[y] from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
- Mt 23:37-39 Oh Jerusalem
  - ³⁷“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks^[z] under her wings, yet you were not willing!
- Second Coming foretold
  - ³⁹For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 23:12
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
WHOEVER exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Whoever EXALTS himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Whoever exalts HIMSELF will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

…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.

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

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

What is Moses’ seat? and why should they obey?
1. Got Questions explains the “seat” concept.
What does the word ‘woe’ mean?
1. I found a page by Frank Nelte that explains Woe.

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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 in Matthew Chapter Twenty-One or MMM21

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 52, Feb 21)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-One

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.

author note – no video this time because I am having too many migraines from the eye surgery, and I have to give up something. My apologies.

Matthew 21
- Mt 21:1- 11 Jesus’ “triumphal” entrance into Jerusalem
  - Hosanna to the Son of David!
    He who comes in the name
    of the Lord is the blessed One!^[b]
    Hosanna in the highest heaven!
  - Lent Day Five
- Mt 21:12-13 cleansing the temple
  - ¹³And He said to them, “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer.^[d] But you are making it a den of thieves!
- Mt 21:14 Blind and Lame healed
- Mt 21:15 – 17 children sing praises
  - the children shouting in the temple complex, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant ¹⁶and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?”
  - You have prepared^[f] praise
    from the mouths of children and nursing infants?”^[g]
- Mt 21:18 – 22 Barren Fig Tree and the power of faith
  - ²⁰When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
  - ²²And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Mt 21:23- 27 By what authority?
  - ²³When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”
  - ²⁵Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”
  - ²⁷So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
  - And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Mt 21:28-32 Parable of the two sons
  - Who obeyed?
    - ²⁹“He answered, ‘I don’t want to!’ Yet later he changed his mind and went.
    - “‘I will, sir,’ he answered. But he didn’t go.
    - “The first,” they said.
  - The point?
    - Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!
- Mt 21:33-41 Parable of the Vineyard owner
  - ³³“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
  - when asked to present to the owner
    - beat servants
    - killed servants
    - killed son
  - Kicked out
    - ⁴¹“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told Him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest.”
  - It’s about fruit!
- Mt 21:42-46 Stone the builders rejected
  - The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.^[j]
    This came from the Lord
    and is wonderful in our eyes?
    - Psalm 118:22
  - ⁴³Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its^[l] fruit. [⁴⁴Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder!]”
- Mt 21: 45-46 Plans to arrest, but afraid of the people

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 21:9
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Hosanna to the Son of David!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!^[b]
Hosanna in the highest heaven!
HOSANNA to the Son of David!
Hosanna TO the Son of David!
Hosanna to THE Son of David!
Hosanna to the SON of David!

…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.

Coloring

Triumphal Entry from SuperColoring

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

What was the significance of Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem?
1. Got Questions explains the history
Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?
1. Got Questions does a great job of explaining about fig trees and the biblical analogies within this story.

Enjoy a Song!

King of King and Lord of Lords – CeCe Winans
He’s still the King of Kings – Gaither Band

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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 22 or MMM22

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 53, Feb 22)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-Two

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 22
- Mt 22:1-14 Parable of the Wedding
  - Invited the expected company
    - Mt 22:3
      - ³He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.
    - God invites His children to the Wedding and sends his servants with the invitations (Evangelists, Prophets)
  - Invited them again – two busy
    - Mt 22: 5
      - ⁵“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.
    - Those who’s lives are full of the hard road, the thorns, the rocky road, or just the cares of this life.
  - and then some attacked his servants
    - Mt 22:6
      - ⁶And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.
    - Martyrs, preachers of Jesus, Prophets of God, Jesus, Disciples/Apostles, first century church.
  - Mt 22:7 King dealt with the children
  - Mt 22:8-11 Invite everyone
  - Mt 22:10- 12 Mt 22:one had no wedding robe
    - ¹²So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.
    - I was taught that when you invited people to the wedding feast, you provided a garment – so this man didn’t bother to wear it. The analogy is that Christ provides us with a white robe to wear to the marriage supper of the Lamb where we are the bride.
  - Mt 22:13 We must be fulfilling the requirements of Christianity, follower of Christ, or we will be cast out.
    - ¹³“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot,^[c] and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
    - Question in the QQ portion – what does this say about someone that has come into the family of Christ but defiles their wedding robes?
  - Mt 22:14
    - ¹⁴“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
- Mt 22:15-22 Taxes again
  - 21 Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
  - MMM17
- Mt 22:23-33 Resurrection of the dead discussed
  - a test from the Sadducees
    - ²³The same day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him:
    - seven brothers and same wife
  - Jesus rebukes them
    - ²⁹Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.
  - A new thing explained
    - ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like^[i] angels in heaven.
    - Interesting concept
  - God of the Living
    - ³¹Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God: ³²I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?^[j] He^[k] is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Mt 22:34- 40 Another test by the Pharisees
  - ³⁵And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him: ³⁶“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”^[l]
  - Answer
    - ³⁷He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.^[m]
    - ³⁹The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
    - ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets depend^[p] on these two commands.”
- Mt 22:41-45 Jesus turns the tables
  - Mt 22: 45 Who is the Messiah?
    - ⁴⁵“If David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how then can the Messiah be his Son?”
  - His answer was clear enough to them that they no longer asked Him any questions.
    - ⁴⁶No one was able to answer Him at all,^[t] and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 22:37
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³⁷He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
LOVE the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Love THE Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

…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.

Here’s a great song! Love the Lord your God with all your soul

Parable of the Wedding Feast coloring page by Super Coloring

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

What does the wedding garment represent?
1. This page had great answers to this question! I got lost in it!
Does the casting out of the person that is in the wedding room, but not wearing clean clothes mean that there can be those that profess Christ, but can still be cast out?
What is the point that Jesus was making about the Messiah being the Son of David?
1. Bible Blender has a good explanation with extra texts

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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 18 or MMM18

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew chapter Eighteen

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 49, Feb 18)

Passage Matthew Chapter Eighteen

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.

This chapter, though, I will use the New Living Translation for clearing up some of the translations.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Matthew 18
- Mt 18:1-6 Who is the Greatest in Heaven?
  - a little child
    - ³Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
  - Don’t cause one to suffer – to fall into sin
    - ⁶But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
- Mt 18:7-9 the sorrows of temptation
  - ⁷“What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
    - cut off hand, gouge out eye
  - God holds children dear
    - ¹⁰“Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.^[c]
- Mt 18:11- 14 The 99 vs the 1 – promise for wayward children
  - Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
  - rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!
  - ¹⁴In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.
- Mt 18:15-17 Conflict Negotiation for the church
  - one-to-one
    - ¹⁵“If another believer^[d] sins against you,^[e] go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
  - bring one or two
    - ¹⁶But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
  - whole church
    - ¹⁷If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church.
  - If no change –
    - Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
    - make every attempt possible, but do not poison the body.
- Mt 18:18- 20 in light of church matters – PRAYER POWER
  - ¹⁸“I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid^[f] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit^[g] on earth will be permitted in heaven.
  - ¹⁹“I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. ²⁰For where two or three gather together as my followers,^[h] I am there among them.”
- Mt 18:21 – 22 How often to forgive
  - ²²“No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!^[j]
- Mt 18: 23-35 Forgive to be forgiven Parable
  - ³⁵“That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters^[m] from your heart.”

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 18:3
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

³Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
UNLESS you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven
unless YOU turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven
unless you TURN from your sins and become like little children, you will never get int the Kingdom of Heaven.

…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.

Lost Sheep coloring pages by ColoringHome.

Unforgiving Servant Coloring page

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

What qualities do children have that we, as adults, could grow back into?
1. Your answer
Why is the 99 and 1 verse about wayward children? does it just pertain to God’s children?
1. Your Answer
Read the Parable of the ruler and the servants – and think of something you’ve been forgiven of, and someone you are in need of forgiving. Could God put the consequences of sin back on us like this parable suggests? What color are the words of this parable in your Bible?

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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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