Posted April 29, 2024 | Judith Ingram
Scripture
2 Corinthians 13:9b-11 ESV
Your restoration is what we pray for. For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not tearing down. Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Consider
If we believe God has a particular plan for each of us, then we also accept that our circumstances and relationships are not random.
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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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