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It's About Jesus
Personal Devotion
Spending time in personal devotion to God is crucial for deepening one's spiritual relationship and fostering a sense of inner peace and guidance. This dedicated time allows individuals to reflect on their faith, seek wisdom, and find solace in prayer and scripture. Personal devotion helps align one's life with God's will, offering clarity and direction in daily decisions and challenges. It also provides a space for personal growth, repentance, and renewal, strengthening the foundation of one's faith.
Resurrection Day – 1: Sealed and Guarded
Day 40 (April 4 th ) Matthew 27:62-66 62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, his disciples may go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception wou
Resurrection Day – 2: The Fires
Day 39 (April 3 rd ) Luke 22:54-56 5 4 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. 55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 Then a female servant, seeing him in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man also was with him.” Two days before God raised Jesus from the dead, two fires blazed in the night. One is inside the h
Resurrection Day – 3: The Hour Has Come
Day 38 (April 2 nd ) Mark 14:41 41 " He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners" Three days before God raised Jesus from the dead, after the celebration of the Passover the disciples are asleep at the wheel. Not once. Not twice. Three times. Jesus steps back into the circle of drooping heads and heavy eyes and says words that feel like a bell in the night
Resurrection Day – 4: The Number One
Day 37 ( April 1 st ) Matthew 26:14-16 14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment, he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. Four days before God raised Jesus from the dead, Judas betrayed. Judas didn’t fall all at once. He didn’t wake up one morning and say, “Today I will betray the Son of God.” No, he w
Resurrection Day – 5: The One Who Doesn’t Need Permission
Day 36 (March 3 1 st ) Matthew 21:23-23:39 23 " When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” Five days before God raised Jesus from the dead, He spent the day at the temple teaching. That detail should make you stop and listen. When most of us feel pressure, we rush. When we feel threatened, we hide. When we know hard days ar
Resurrection Day – 6: Clearing Clutter
Day 35 (March 29 th ) Luke 19:45-48 45 "Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things there, and he said, “It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.” Six days before God raised Jesus from the dead, He walked into the temple and saw a mess. Not spilled coffee. Not kids wiggling in the pew. Not a loud greeting time. A deeper mess. The temple was meant to be a place where people could meet with
Resurrection Day – 7: Content to be a Donkey?
Day 34 (Mar 28 th ) Matthew 21:1-11 " When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them immediately.” Seven days before Jesus rose from the dead, He rode into Jerusalem.
Resurrection Day – 8: Holy Waste?
Day 33 (Mar 27 th ) John 12:3-11 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them [ a ] with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot,…said, 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”… 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it [ b ] so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 You always have the poor with you, but y
Resurrection Day - 9: Six days Before…
Day 32 (Mar 26 th ) John 12:1-2 S ix days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There, they gave a dinner for him… John drops a little timestamp into the story: “Six days before the Passover.” That’s not just a calendar note. That’s a countdown. Six days before the Last Supper. Six days before betrayal. Six days and a bit before the cross. Six 1/2 days before darkness at noon. And where is Jesus? Not hiding. Not bui
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