I am the resurrection and the Life. John 11:25 Read John chapters 12-13. Here is a summary of each chapter. John 12: Six days before the Passover, Jesus goes to Bethany for a dinner party in His honor At the dinner party, Mary anoints Jesus’ feet with an expensive perfume Judas feels like this is this is wasteful. Jesus rebukes Judas Jesus rides into Jerusalem for the Passover celebration, on a donkey, with palm branches at His feet. Jesus predicts His own death Jesus reminds the crowd that He is the Light of the World John 13: Jesus’ last supper with the disciples Jesus washes the disciples’ feet, including the…
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Seeking Him
. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with all my heart. Psalm 119: 18, 34 Find a time today, with no interruptions, and sit at the feet of Jesus. Find what works for you and God to build your relationship with each other. Everyone’s way is different. However, the first thing is first – prepare your heart. Psalm 100:4 says, to enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! God is worthy of our worship. Praise Him for who he is, give Him thanks. Ask God to show you…
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Seeking Our Triune God Daily
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. Psalm 27:4 How would you describe having a personal relationship with God? Each day that we spend with God, we will have spiritual growth. We develop a deep awareness of His love for you and your love for him. As we grow more in God, we have more freedom from sin. As our personal relationship with God grows, the fruit of the Spirit will be more prominent…
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What Is Happening While We Are Praying
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what Hod has freely given us. 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 Have you ever pray for one thing and got another? God has more for us then what we would even ask for or think of. In Ephesians 3:20-21, Paul said, “ Now to him who is able to…
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Digging Deeper
He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God. John 8:48 Today, read Genesis 15-16 Genesis 28:10-19, Exodus 28:30, Jeremiah 18:1-10, 1 Kong’s 19:12, Exodus 8:20-25 How did God speak to his people in the Old Testament? What scripture spoke to you? Write a summary of how God spoke to His people during Jesus life time? read the gospel books if need be!! How did God speak to His people through the Holy Spirit? John 1:1, 14; 1 John 1:1-4; John 14:8; John 14:9-10; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19 God reveals himself to draw us…
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God Speaks Through Prayer
The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the spirit, because the spirit intercedes for the Saints in accordance with God’s will. Romans 8:26-27 Do you use a journal to write down what God speaks to you? The Holy Spirit reveals truth. Truth is just not a concept to be studied. Truth is a person. Jesus stated in John 14:6. I am the truth. When God gave you eternal life, he gave you himself. And the Holy Spirit…
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Attentive To The Prayer
Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Nehemiah 1:11 Don’t you just love God’s word. I am so thankful for His Word. I am thankful that through His Word he speaks to us! Or at least its one way of hearing him. I really enjoyed studying the old testament. In fact, when I got the last book of the Old Testament, I grieved. I know you are probably saying, ‘what???’ Not that since I started the new testament have I not opened the old testament. I have read books still…
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Glory of God
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;…
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Our Father
. Pray then like this; Our Father in Heaven hallowed be your name. Matthew 6:9 Do you struggle with praying to God? Is it easy for you to pray? Do you pray to yourself or can you pray out loud in a group? Why is praying to God so hard for people? One would think that it would be easy to talk to God that already knows everything. Jesus even models the pray for us in Matthew 6:9-15. Then again, having a relationship with our heavenly Father is hard with all the hard things being thrown at us. Prayer is a form of worship to our heavenly Father. It…
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When We Are Hindered
because we wanted to come to you- I, Paul, again and again- but Satan hindered us. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Be careful of accusing people of things when in reality they may be having a spiritual battle. I do not believe, we Christians put a lot of stock in the spiritual realm. Christians go through a lot when they choose to be obedient to God. There are struggles that we do not see. Satan did at times put obstacles in Paul’s way of his missionary endeavors. There are three biblical truths concerning Satan’s opposition to faithful Christians. The first opposition is God allow Satan to war against us. Satan is…