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Marching into Mark Chapter Twelve

Marching into Mark Chapter Twelve

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

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.
    • Have you not read the scripture, the stone the builders rejected, this became the Chief Corner Stone.
    • 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 1212 Because 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? 15 Should we pay, or should we not pay?”
    • Mk 1216 So they brought one. “Whose image and inscription is this?” He asked them.
    • Caesar’s
    • Mk 1217 Then 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 1218 Some 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 1225 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven. (-Jesus said)
    • Mk 1226 Now concerning the dead being raised…
    • Mk 1227 He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”
    • Mk 12: 28-34 Greatest Commandments
    • You shall love the Lord your God with all your Heart and with all Your Soul and with all your Mind and with all Your Strength. Mark 12:30
    • Mk 1228 One of the scribes approached. … he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all?”
    • Mk 1230 Love 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 1233 And 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 1240 They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”
    • Mk 12:41-44 The Widows Gift
    • Mk 1243 Summoning His disciples, He said to them, “I assure you: This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury. 44 For 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

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Mark 12:34
  4. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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

Copyrights and Legal-eze
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Marching into Mark, Passage, Meditation, Coloring, Music and Video

Marching into Mark Chapter 11

Marching into Mark Chapter Eleven

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

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 112 and 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 7 Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.
    • Hosanna, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord
    • Mk 119 Then 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 1111 And 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 1114 He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples heard it.
    • Mk 11:15-19 Tables Turned
    • Mk 1117 Then 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 1120 Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.
    • Mk 1122 Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.
    • Mk 1124 Therefore 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 1125 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing. [26 But 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

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

example:

  • Mk 1124 Therefore 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.

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.
      • 10 and 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
    •  17 Aware 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? 18 Do 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
    • 21 And 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 – 25 Again 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
    • 31 Then 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!”
    • whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Mark 8:34
    • 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.
    • 36 For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life? 37 What can a man give in exchange for his life?
    • 38 For 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

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Mark 8:29
  4. 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.

Grape arbor - green leaves and purple grapes

Lent Day 20 – The True Vine

grapes on the vine with a sunset glow

Image by Felix Wolf from Pixabay

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

Lent Day Twenty
The True Vine

Music

You are the Vine – True Vine Music

Scripture Passage

John 15:1-19

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper. 2 Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.

Devotion

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

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

How do we ‘get into’ the vine?

Romans 11: 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[b] of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

Romans 11: 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Romans 11:24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.

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

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

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

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

How do we remain in the Vine?

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

Romans 11:20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith.

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

Ephesians 28 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

This bears repeating:

Romans 11: 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

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

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

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

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

Matthew 1323 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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

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

John 15 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

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

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word,27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

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

Let’s stay engrafted!

Let’s stay clean!

Worship

I am the Vine – ILP Music

Remain in Me, I am the Vine – Steve Angrisano

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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.

Marching into Mark Chapter 7

Marching into Mark Chapter Seven

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

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

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

Passage
Mark Chapter Seven

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

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

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

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

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

Mindful Meditating

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

example:

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

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

Songs for Meditation

All Things Well – A’Men Quartet

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

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

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

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

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

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

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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:

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

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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 Five

Marching into Mark Chapter Five

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 72, March 13 )

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

Passage
Mark Chapter 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.

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 5 (some cross referencing in Matthew 8 and 9)
    • Mk 5:1-20 Gadarene or Gerasene Demoniac
      • vs 1-2 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.[a] 2 As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him. 
      • Description:
        • 3 He lived in the tombs. 
        • No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains
        • 4 because snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles.
        • No one was strong enough to subdue him.
        • 5 And always, he was crying
        • out among the tombs and in the mountains
        • and cutting himself with stones.
        • recognized Jesus
        • 8 For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
        • 7 “What do You have to do with me,[b] Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg[c] You before God, don’t torment me!”
        • named Legion
      • Negotiation
        • begged to be send into a herd of pigs – about 2000
        • Pigs, demon possessed, committed suicide.
      • Results
        • The pig herders ran off and told the town
        • ex-possessed man now dressed and in his right mind, next to Jesus.
        • eyewitnesses repeated the story
        • townsfolk 17 Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.
      • He did not let him, but He said to him, Go home to your people and report them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you. Mark 5:19
      • The rest of the story
        • the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.
        • given a mission – go back and tell
        • 20 So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.
        • Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 8
    • Mk 5:21-24, 35-42 Jairus’s daughter healed
      • Jairus came and begged Jesus to come and heal his daughter
      • 24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.
      • “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”
      • 36 But  Jesus  said, , “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.”
      • 42 Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.
    • Mk 5:24-34 Women that touched His garment
      • 24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.
      • Woman suffering for 12 years (issue of blood made her unclean)
        • 26 had endured much under many doctors.
        • She had spent everything she had
        • and was not helped at all.
        • On the contrary, she became worse.
      • 28 For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”
      • Immediately healed
      • 30  Jesus said, “Who touched My robes?”
      • 34 “Daughter,” He said to her, “your faith has made you well.[h] Go in peace and be free[i] from your affliction.”

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

Mindful Meditating

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

example:

  • 28 For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”
  • IF I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
  • If I CAN just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
  • If I can JUST touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
  • If I can just TOUCH His robes, I’ll be made well!

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

Songs for Meditation

He Touched Me – Joey + Rory

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

Coloring pages for Jairus’s daughter story by Connect Us

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. Why do you think the demons did not want to be sent out of that region?
      1. I didn’t find great references to that, but I found GotQuestions starts by addressing why only one of two(spoken of in Matthew) and if you go to the additional resources, you can find more information about this account.
    2. Why did Jesus know power had gone out of Him?
      1. GotQuestions has  some insight into the Women with the Issue of Blood.

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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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 Three

Marching into Mark Chapter three

(c) 2023 M. Christine Wildman

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

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

Passage
Mark Chapter 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.

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 3
    • Mk 3:1-6 Healing on the Sabbath and the consequences
      •  4 Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
      • Hand is Healed
      • 6 Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
    • Mk 3:7-12 Ministering from a boat
      • 10 Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch Him.
      • 11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, those possessed fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
    • Mk 3:13- 19 the 12 apostles
      • 14 He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles[b]—to be with Him, to send them out to preach,
      • 15 and to have authority to[c] drive out demons.
      • names all twelve
    • Mk 3:20-21 Family opinion
      • 21 When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”
    • Mk 3:22 – 26 Casting out Demons
      • 22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul in Him!” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!”
      • 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
    • Mk 3:27 – 30  Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
      • 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”[j]—
    • Mk 3:31-35 Finishes the topic about his family
      • 31 Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.
        • Remember – 21 When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”
      • True Family of God
        • 33 He replied to them, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” 
        • 34 And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 
        • 35 Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

 

Mindful Meditating

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Mark 3:35
  4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

  • 35 Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
  • WHOEVER does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.
  • Whoever DOES the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.
  • Whoever does THE will of God is My brother and sister and mother.
  • Whoever does the WILL of God is My brother and sister and mother.

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 Family God – Bill Gaither

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 other coloring pages, 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.

  1. What was so important about healing on the sabbath?
    1. GotQuestions has an excellent discussion on this.
  2. Why did Jesus tell demons to be silent?
    1. No one really knows, but there are some great discussions on Biblical Heremuetics
    2. I refer to Mark 1:45 as a reason.
  3. What was Jesus saying about family when He pointed to everyone around Him?
    1. There is a great, deeper dive into this at Understanding that will enlighten and challenge you.

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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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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Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 28 or MMM28

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty-eight

(c) 2023 M. Christine Wildman

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
        • 2 There 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.
        • 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
        • 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
      • He is not here, for he is risen just as He said. Come see the place where the Lord Lay.Angel Meeting
        • 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
        • 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
        • 7 Then 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
        •  9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then 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
      • 12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13 telling 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
      • 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
    • teaching them to observe everything I have commanded. And remember, I am with you always to the end of the age.Mt 28:18- 20 All Authority – The Great Commission
      • 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 
      • 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
      • I am with you always even to the end of the age20 and 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

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

example:

  • 6 He 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.

  1. What do you think about the guards going to the high priests?
    1. The chief priests devised a story to hide the facts.
      1. 2 When 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. 14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
  2. 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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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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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Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 26 or MMM26

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty-six

(c) 2-23 M. Christine Wildman

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
      • 14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and 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.
      • 16 From 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.”
      • 23 Jesus 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
      • My blood, Poured out for the many for the forgiveness of sinsBread is my body
      • Wine is my blood
      • do this in remembrance of me.
    • Mt 26:30
      • 30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
    • Mt 26:31-32 Jesus foretells the denial of the disciples
      • 31 Then 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
        • 32 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
    • Mt 26:33-35  Peter’s confession, then Jesus’ foretelling
      • 33 Peter 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
      • 38 Then 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 of suffering be taken away from me, yet I want your will not mine to be done.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
        • 40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you[m] stay awake with Me one hour?
        • watch and pray 43 And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.[p]
        • 45 Then 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
      • 46 Get 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
        • 52 Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword. 53 Or 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?
        • 55 At 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.
    • And the plotted together to seize Jesus by stealthMt 26:57-68 Jesus and the Sanhedrin
      • 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death. 60 But 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.”
        • 70 But he denied it in front of everyone: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
        • 72 And again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man!”
        • 74 Then he started to curse[af] and to swear with an oath, “I do not know the man!”
          • Immediately a rooster crowed, 
          • 75 and 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

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example:
  4. 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.

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

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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:

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.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

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

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.

Bible open to Matthew

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 27 or MMM27

Mindfully Meditating in Matthew Chapter Twenty-seven

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

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, 10 and 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
          • 25 All 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
      • 28 They stripped Him and dressed Him in a scarlet military robe.
      • crown of thorns- they twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and m9kec him saying this is the King of the Jews29 They 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.
      • 38 Then two criminals[n] were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
      • Mocked
    • Mt 27:45-56  Jesus’ Death
      • 45 From noon until three in the afternoon[s] darkness came over the whole land.[
      • Elí, Elí, lemá[u] sabachtháni?”
      • 50 Jesus shouted again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit
      • 51 Suddenly, 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
      • when the centurian and those who were withg Him saw truly this was the son of God54 When 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
      • when it was even8ing there came a rich man, Joseph of Arimathea, who himeself had become a disciple of JesusJoseph of Arimathea got the body, wrapped Him, and laid Him in His tomb.
    • Mt 27:62-66 Jesus’ tomb sealed and guarded

 

Mindful Meditating

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Matt 25:23
  4. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Do you know how may prophecies Christ’s death fulfilled?
    1. Got Questions has a great chart with all of these.
  3. 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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