Posted April 22, 2024 | Judith Ingram
Scripture
Matthew 26:6-10, 12 NIV
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
Consider
This lovely story of a woman’s adoring act appears in the midst of an ugly conspiracy to secretly arrest and murder Jesus. The woman picks her way through a room full of men having supper and bravely approaches the notorious rabbi. Then she astonishes everyone with an outrageous demonstration of devotion.
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Posted April 15, 2024 | Judith Ingram
Scripture
Mark 15:20-21 NIV
And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.
Consider
Weakened from his brutal scourging, Jesus was probably unable to carry his cross to Golgotha. The soldiers therefore grabbed a passerby—Simon of Cyrene—and forced him to “take up” the cross and follow Jesus to the execution site.
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Posted April 8, 2024 | Judith Ingram
Scripture
Matthew 26:63-68, NRSV
For a believer who loves the Lord, this is a difficult passage to read. Like Peter, we may want to grab a sword and lop off someone’s ear, anything to fight back against the sickening corruption that compelled those jealous religious leaders to silence, by every means possible, the irritating Nazarene who threatened their power.
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Posted April 1, 2024 | Judith Ingram
Because Jesus died and was raised again to life, we share in his glorious inheritance. Devotional on 1 Peter 1:3-4.
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Posted March 25, 2024 | Judith Ingram
Scripture
Mark 6:35-37 NLT
Late in the afternoon his disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby farms and villages and buy something to eat.” But Jesus said, “You feed them.” “With what?” they asked. “We’d have to work for months to earn enough money to buy food for all these people!”
Consider
One of the more famous stories about Jesus is the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus was well into his ministry when this miracle took place. Crowds had been flocking to him in ever increasing numbers.
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