Matthew 21: 28-24:51; Mark 11:27-13:37; Luke 20:1- 21:36 Part One Throughout Jesus ministry, Jesus taught us great things. He took the last few days that he knew he would be on earth, to teach the people one last time. He talked about many, many things. Read the passages posted above the picture. The Parable of The Two Sons: This parable signifies two different kinds of people. Some who prove better than they promise and others that promise better…
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Passion Week Devotions: The Authority Of Jesus
Tuesday: Matthew 21:23-27, Mark 11:27-33, Luke 20:1-8 And when he entered the temple, 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, and who gave you this authority?” Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come?” From heaven or from man? And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘from heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then did you not believe him?’…
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Passion Week Devotions: Jesus Clears the Temple
Monday And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money – changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you make it a den of robbers.” Matthew 21: 12-13 Mark 11: 15-18, Luke 19: 45-48 The temple had become a modern-day vendor or farmers market. However, the people set up shop in the temple. To Jesus this was an ungodly activity to do in the temple. He went in and cleansed it. This kind of activity in the…
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Reflection Day
Yes!!! It’s that wonderful time where we spend a little more time at the feet of our Triune God. Are you excited!!!! I sure am!!! So, go get your favorites – bible, journal, pen(s), pencil(s), marker(s), etc. Grab your favorite drink and music. Begin with prayer. And soak it all in. Be still and listen to God. Hear what he is saying to you heart today. Take a little bit of time and just love on God. Look up the past few days scripture verses and really meditate on them. Memorize these verses, and write what God is saying to you. Rest in His mercy, grace, and forgiveness and…
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Passion Week: Devotions Fig Tree
Monday: Event #1 – Jesus Curses the Fig Tree Matthew 21:18-19 and (Mark 11:12-14 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. This section is symbolic verses. In research, fig trees in Jerusalem at this time of year I this passage were usually not in full mature leaves. However, this tree was. When the leaves are fully mature, there should be evidence of fruit.…
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Passion Week – Devotions: Day 3 The Triumphal Entry
Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, John 12:12-19 Sunday – Palm Sunday. Mark 11:9-10 – And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, Hosanna, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming Kingdom of our Father David! Hosanna in the highest! I have listed next to the picture passages of the Triumphal Entry. Please take the time and read each one. See if you can see what is similar and different. Hosanna, means “save”, the people had a different idea about what salvation meant then what Jesus meant. The people thought that the Messiah would be a social activist and a…
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Passover Week Devotions: Sabbath
. Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord you’re God. On it you shall not do any work, you , or your son, or your daughter, your male servant or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Exodus 20:8-11 Day 2: Sabbath Day of Rest This is not mentioned in the gospels.…
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Passover Week Devotions: Jesus Feet Anointed With Oil
Day 1: Friday Before: Arrival in Bethany Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at the table. Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one the his disciples (he who was about to betray Him) said, ” Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii…
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Jesus Washes Disciples Feet Part 2
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, ” The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not everyone of you. For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “not all of you are Clean.” When he had washed their outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. IF I then, your…
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Jesus Washes Disciples Feet
rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet? Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand now.” Peter said to him, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” John 13:4-17 Washing one’s feet, to some is a disgusting…