HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2019
Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.Luke 23:46 It is over! It is over! His body lies in a borrowed tomb. His disciples are scattered, shivering from something other than cold. It is over! How could this be? He promised the Son of Man would forever reign and now, only sorrow and tears rain […]
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Fw: Lenten Devotion — Good Friday, April 19th
I thirst . . . . It is finished. John 19:28,30Science tells us that we can live for many days without eating, but not without drinking. Our bodies are made up, largely, of water and we must replenish it throughout the day. Who knows how long Jesus had gone without life-giving water. Ironic, isn’t […]
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Lenten Devotion – MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?Mark 15:34 Though Jesus spoke these words from the cross, they were not original to him or to that moment. These words rise from the mouth of the writer of the 22nd Psalm. In that Psalm, the writer begins by crying out in pain, but ends the […]
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Lenten Devotion – Wednesday, April 17th
Woman, behold thy son. Son behold thy mother. John 19:26–27 Woman? Woman! Why does Jesus refer to his mother with such a term? Surely, the son of God would have seen the anguish on his mother’s face. Woman! That sounds so odd, so cold. But, what if the term is meant to provide a signal far […]
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Lenten Devotion — Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.Luke 23:43 Have you ever noticed, after the second thief was welcomed into paradise, we do not hear the voice of the first thief again? It is as if the first thief, the one who is angry and desperate, is silenced by the […]
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Lenten Devotion — Monday, April 15, 2019
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Luke 23:34 Beloved, who is them, them is us. From the cross Jesus speaks to God on our behalf. Father, Zina isn’t even born but, she is human and she will sin. Count her sins against me, even now, forgive her in my name. Restore her […]
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Lenten Devotion — Saturday, April 13th
“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working..” John 5:16 We tend to think about the work of God being completed. But Jesus tells us that God is always at work and so is the second person of the Trinity. They are at work in and for us, always ready […]
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Lenten Devotion — Friday, April 12
And while he was still saying this, a woman in the crowd called out and said, “Oh, what a blessing for a woman to have brought you into the world and nursed you!” But Jesus replied, “Yes, but a far greater blessing is to hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:27-28 Obedience is not a word anyone […]
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