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Lent Day 20 – The True Vine

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

Lent Day Twenty
The True Vine

Music

You are the Vine – True Vine Music

Scripture Passage

John 15:1-19

Devotion

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

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

How do we ‘get into’ the vine?

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

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

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

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

How do we remain in the Vine?

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

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

This bears repeating:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s stay engrafted!

Let’s stay clean!

Worship

I am the Vine – ILP Music

Remain in Me, I am the Vine – Steve Angrisano

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

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

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

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Marching into Mark Chapter Six

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

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

Passage
Mark Chapter Six

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

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

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

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

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

Mindful Meditating

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

example:

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

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

Songs for Meditation

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

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

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

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

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

Jesus Walking on the Water – SuperColoring

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

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

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

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

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

Marching into Mark Chapter Five

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] ²As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him.
  - Description:
    - ³He lived in the tombs.
    - No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains
    - ⁴because snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles.
    - No one was strong enough to subdue him.
    - ⁵And always, he was crying
    - out among the tombs and in the mountains
    - and cutting himself with stones.
    - recognized Jesus
    - ⁸For 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 ¹⁷Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.
  - 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
    - ²⁰So 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
  - ²⁴So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.
  - “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”
  - ³⁶But Jesus said, , “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.”
  - ⁴²Immediately 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
  - ²⁴So 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)
    - ²⁶had endured much under many doctors.
    - She had spent everything she had
    - and was not helped at all.
    - On the contrary, she became worse.
  - ²⁸For 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

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

example:

²⁸For 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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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

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

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

Marching into Mark Chapter Three

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
  - ⁴Then 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
  - ⁶Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
    - Matthew 12
- Mk 3:7-12 Ministering from a boat
  - ¹⁰Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch Him.
  - ¹¹Whenever 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
  - ¹⁴He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles^[b]—to be with Him, to send them out to preach,
  - ¹⁵and to have authority to^[c] drive out demons.
  - names all twelve
    - Matthew 10
    - MMM10
- Mk 3:20-21 Family opinion
  - ²¹When 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
  - ²²The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul in Him!” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!”
  - ²⁵If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
- Mk 3:27 – 30 Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
  - ²⁹But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”^[j]—
    - Matthew 12
- Mk 3:31-35 Finishes the topic about his family
  - ³¹Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.
    - Remember – ²¹When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”
  - True Family of God
    - ³³He replied to them, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
    - ³⁴And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
    - ³⁵Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

Mindful Meditating

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

example:

³⁵Whoever 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.

What was so important about healing on the sabbath?
1. GotQuestions has an excellent discussion on this.
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.
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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Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

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

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

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 28 or MMM28

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter Twenty-eight

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

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-Eight

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

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

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

Mindful Meditating

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

example:

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

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

Songs for Meditation

He’s Alive – Dolly Parton

Was it a Morning like This? – Sandi Patty

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Jesus is Risen – ColoringHome

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

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

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

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

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

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew chapter 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 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 19 or MMM19

Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 50, Feb 19)

Passage Matthew Chapter Nineteen

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 19
- Mt 19:1-12 Divorce and Remarriage
  - I’m just going to post what God says – if you have other opinions, or go with other understandings, you have grace to follow Christ according to the knowledge that He provides for YOU!
  - Pharisees trying to trick him
    - ³Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”
  - something about the genders and creation that makes the joining important
    - ⁴“Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that He who created^[a] them in the beginning made them male and female,”
    - ⁵and He also said:
      - “For this reason a man will leave
        his father and mother
        and be joined to his wife,
        and the two will become one flesh?^[c]
    - ⁶So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
    - I don’t understand how this goes with Jesus saying that in the new kingdom there is no giving or taking in marriage.
      - Matt 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.
    - I have not studied this except as to how it applied to me, and this verse kept Jim and I married through the tough times.
  - Hard hearts – what does this mean about the laws???
    - ⁸He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.
      - I’m trying not to get too deep here…but Jesus is in Deep Water!
  - The disciples say
    - ¹⁰His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”
  - Jesus says:
    - ¹¹But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to. ¹²For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”
    - For more see 1Corinthians 7:1-16
- Mt 19:13-15 Bring the Little Children
  - ¹⁴Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”
    - Did the Disciples forget about who was the greatest in Heaven?
      - MMM18 Or Matthew 18
- Mt 19:16-22 What must I do to have eternal life?
  - ¹⁶Just then someone came up and asked Him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”
  - Keep the Commandments
  - ¹⁸“Which ones?” he asked Him.
  - Jesus summarizes the whole OT set of laws
    - Do not murder;
    - do not commit adultery;
    - do not steal;
    - do not bear false witness;
    - honor your father and your mother;
    - and love your neighbor as yourself.
      - Other than the Loving God part – these are the ones Jesus’s Father wrote on the Mountain! Ex 20:1-17
  - ²⁰“I have kept all these,”^[i] the young man told Him. “What do I still lack?”
  - KICKER FROM JESUS
    - ²¹“If you want to be perfect,”^[j] Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
  - ²²When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
    - Was his possessions really what Jesus was getting at?
- Mt 19:23-24
  - ²³Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! ²⁴Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
    - WHY????
- Mt 19:25
  - ²⁵When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?”
- Mt 19:26
  - ²⁶But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Mt 19:27
  - ²⁷Then Peter responded to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You. So what will there be for us?”
- Mt 19:28-30 God’s got us taken care of
  - - Matt 6:21
      - For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
    - Matt 6:24
      - “No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
    - Mt 6:21-34
      - ²⁵Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
      - ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
      - ³⁴Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
    - Matt 7 7:7-12
      - ⁷“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
    - Philippians 4:19
      - And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
    - 1 Peter 5:7
      - ⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
- Mt 19:30 ³⁰But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

Mindful Meditating

choose a verse,
set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
example: Matt 19:26
repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

²⁶But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
BUT with God all things are possible.
but WITH God all things are possible.
but with GOD all things are possible

…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.

Jesus loves the little children from StAnnesHelper.com to color

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 it means that divorce was allowed by Moses?
1. your answer
Do you think the disciples forgot all the teaching about who is the greatest in the Kingdom, about the children?
1. your answer
What do you say it takes to be saved?
1. Your answer
2. There are two plans of salvation just below if you need them.

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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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