Week 13, Weekend Susie Hawkins “He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.” . . . So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy. Matthew 28:6,8 (nkjv) The disciples and Jesus’ other followers must have been numb with exhaustion and hopelessness on Saturday. It was the Sabbath,…
Week 13, Friday Susie Hawkins And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Matthew 27:50 (nkjv) It is difficult to read the account of Jesus’ crucifixion in Matthew 27:27-50. We wince at the violence, the suffering, and the sneering contempt of the bystanders. We sense the agony of His…
Week 13, Thursday Susie Hawkins And He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Luke 22:41-42 (nkjv) Thursday was an eventful day. The disciples were making Passover preparations and securing a room where they would share their…
Week 13, Wednesday Susie Hawkins Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. John 12:42-43 (nkjv) Despite Jesus’ miracles, His message did…
Week 13, Tuesday Susie Hawkins Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be removed and be cast into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Mark 11:22-23 (nkjv) In…
Week 13, Monday Susie Hawkins And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” Matthew 21:13 (nkjv) This week we will look at the events of the week leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection. As we look…
Week 12, Weekend Dianne Dougharty The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:9-10 Normal . . . sometimes I long for my life to be normal. I was…
Week 12, Friday Dianne Dougharty Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 (nlt) Only twenty-four hours after the end of the school year, our oldest grandson, Will, was complaining to his mother that he was bored. She proceeded to…
Week 12, Thursday Dianne Dougharty For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (nlt) As a little girl, I spent part of my growing-up years in a three-story house on Massachusetts Avenue in Lawrence, Kansas. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz,…
I hope that by this fourth week of examining and discussing the emotion of loneliness that we have established that it is NOT a state of being, but rather loneliness is a state of mind. I can be alone and not feel lonely or I could be in a room full of people and yet…
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