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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! (Phil. 4:4) Notice that Paul commands us to rejoice in all things and at all times. He does not say that we should be joyful as long as we are content and free from worry or as long as we are not facing challenges to our faith. As a matter fact, the apostle doesn’t even mention circumstances; he simply orders us to rejoice in the Lord always. It is as ...

For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it passes by, or as a watch in the night. (Psalm 90:4) In Genesis 8, we read about the end of Noah’s experience in the ark. For more than a year, Noah and his passengers endured all the trials and tribulations that you might imagine would arise in such a situation. When the day came, however, for Noah and company to relieve the ark, his first inclination was not ...

  SATURDAY Women at tomb (Mt. 27:61; Mk. 15:47; Mk. 23:55, 56) Guard (Mt. 27:62-66) Jesus' body lay in its tomb, where it was guarded by Roman soldiers throughout the day on Saturday, which was the Sabbath. When the Sabbath ended at 6 p.m., Christ's body was ceremonially treated for burial with spices purchased by Nicodemus: Nicodemus, like Joseph of Arimathea, was a member of the Sanhedrin, the court that had condemned Jesus Christ to death. For a time, both ...

  FRIDAY Before Pilate (Mt. 27:2, 11-14; Mk. 15:1-5; Lk. 23:1-5; Jn. 18:28-38) Before Herod (Lk. 23:6-12) Return to Pilate (Mt. 27:15-26; Mk. 15;6-15; Lk. 23:13-25; Jn. 18:39-19;16) Mockery (Mt. 27:27-30; Mk. 15:16-19) To Calvary (Mt. 27:31-34; Mk. 15:20-23; Lk. 23:26-32; Jn. 19:16, 17) Crucifixion (Mt. 27: 35-56; Mk. 15:24-41; Lk. 23:33-49; Jn. 19:18-30) Burial (Mt. 27:57-60; Mk. 15:42-46; Lk. 23:50-54; Jn. 19:31-42) Good Friday is the most difficult day of Holy Week. Christ's journey turned treacherous and acutely painful ...

THURSDAY Passover meal (Mt. 26:17-29; Mk. 14:12-25; Lk. 22:7-30; Jn. 13:1-38) Farewell discourse (Jn. 14:1-31) Gethsemane discourse (Jn. 15, 16) Priestly Prayer (Jn. 17) In the garden (Mt. 26:30, 36-46; Mk. 14:26, 32-42; Lk. 22:39-46; Jn. 18:1) Betrayal/arrest (Mt. 26:47-56; Mk. 14:43-52; Lk. 22:47-53; Jn. 19:2-12) Before Annas (Jn. 18:12-14, 19-23) Before Caiaphas (Mt. 26:57, 59-68; Mk. 14:53, 55-65; Lk. 22;54-62; Jn. 18:15-18, 25-27) Before Sanhedrin (Mt. 27:1; Mk. 15:1; Lk. 22:66-71) Death of Judas (Mt. 27:3-10) From Bethany, Jesus ...

WEDNESDAY The Bible doesn't say what the Lord did on the Wednesday of Passion Week. Scholars speculate that after two exhausting days in Jerusalem, Jesus and his disciples spent this day resting in Bethany in anticipation of Passover. Just a short time previously, Jesus had revealed to the disciples that He had power over death by raising Lazarus from the grave. After seeing this miracle, many people in Bethany believed that Jesus was the Son of God and put their ...

  Job and the Contemplation of God Throughout this book, Job is asking questions and offering defenses and doing his best to understand what has come upon him. Job faces that which has no explanation in his realm of experience. The book begins with a description of Job, a man of considerable wealth and spiritual maturity. Job was a man greatly blessed by God in every significant aspect of his life. After this introduction, the writer describes an encounter between ...

TUESDAY Withered fig tree (Mt. 21:19-22; Mk. 11:20-25) Controversy (Mt. 21:23-22:46; Mk. 11:27-12:37; Lk. 20:1-44) Condemnation of Scribes/Pharisees (Mt. 23:1-39; Mk. 12:38-40; Lk. 20:45-47) Widow's mites (Mk. 12:41-44; Lk. 21:1-4) Visit of Greeks (Jn. 12:20-36) Rejection (Jn. 12:37-50) Apocalyptic discourse (Mt. 24, 25; Mk. 13:1-37; Lk. 21:5-38) Prediction of cross (Mt. 26:1-5; Mk. 14:1, 2; Lk. 22:1, 2) Annointing by Mary (Mt. 26:6-13; Mk. 14:3-9) Betrayal Planned (Mt. 26:14-16; Mk. 14:10, 11; Lk. 22:3-6) On Tuesday morning, Jesus and his ...

Holy Week: MONDAY Cursing of the fig tree (Mt. 21:18, 19; Mk. 11:12-14) Cleansing of the Temple (Mt. 21:12, 13; Mk. 11:15-19; Lk. 19:45-48) Healings in the Temple (Mt. 21:14-17) On Monday, Jesus returned with His disciples to Jerusalem. Along the way, He cursed a fig tree because it had failed to bear fruit. Some scholars believe this cursing of the fig tree represented God's judgment on the spiritually dead religious leaders of Israel. When Jesus arrived at the Temple, ...

Considering the names of God: El Olam In Isa. 40, the prophet chastises God’s people for thinking that God is unaware of them. The prophet describes God’s sovereign rule of His creation at length and then asks: “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.” (29) “The Everlasting God” is the translation of the Hebrew El Olam ...