41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in agony he prayed more …
As we come mid-week into the events of the Holy Week of Easter, we find a cluster of failings on the part of groups and individuals. Those entrusted with the administration of God’s laws and the accessibility of the “Holy Temple” failed in numerous ways as they were more concerned with laws of ceremonial cleanliness …
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it (English Standard Bible, Luke 19:41). The human heart in this perfect and godly man started to tear even as the thunderous proclamations of the throngs of admirers were still echoing along the roadway. The boisterous crowd had offered up thousands of thunderous …
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Our Humble King On the next day many people who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet Him and cried, “Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord!” And Jesus, when …
Yod, ‘ The Mighty One, God the LORD has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its going down … Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge (New King James Bible, Psalm 50:1;6). It is the first letter in the Ineffable Name of God, the name …
The fruit of our days … “But the Holy Spirit produces this fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them …
Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father. You are no longer slaves. You are God’s children, and you will be given what he has promised ( Contemporary English Bible, Galatians 4:6-7).
“O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy …” (Psalm 107:1-2 KJV). In the love God freely gives to us, as His children, we see many attributes of His …
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (English Standard Bible, James 4:4) What begins as a look, progresses as desire lurches increasingly towards opportunity. The imagined occurrence becomes a yearning …
Pure Worship For something to be pure, it must be free from all defilement, deceptiveness, and distortions. Religion can be pure or it can be false, and the actions stemming from religion can be consistent or non-consistent. Religion can denote many dimensional beliefs, various ascetic lifestyles, and guiding principles that translate into a way of …