SHARING BREAD 27 ”Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ’Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” John 12:27-28 (NIV) Are we aware [...]
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April_29
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April_27
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SHARING BREAD 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. John 12:26 (NIV) One command, two promises – how like Jesus: “Follow me” – “where I am, my servant also will be” – “My Father will honor the one [...]
April_25
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SHARING BREAD 25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. John 12:25 (NIV) I find it extremely interesting how often we gloss over the “prickly” verses of Scripture choosing rather to saturate ourselves only with Its glorious promises [...]
April_22
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SHARING BREAD 23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:23-24 (NIV) Jesus presents to us a precious [...]
April_20
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SHARING BREAD 20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the Feast. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. John 12:20-22 (NIV) No [...]
April_18
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SHARING BREAD 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!” John 12:19 (NIV) It never ceases to amaze me the lengths flesh will go to rid itself of Jesus. The Pharisees’ ploy to slyly arrest and kill our Lord appeared for [...]
April_15
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SHARING BREAD 17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this miraculous sign, went out to meet him. John 12:17-18 (NIV) The crowds began to swell. It was [...]
April_13
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SHARING BREAD 16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him. John 12:16 (NIV) Hindsight is always 20/20 is it not? I love what Jesus states in Matthew regarding His [...]
April_11
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SHARING BREAD 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, 15 ”Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” John 12:14-15 (NIV) Here we see how minutely the prophecies concerning Christ’s first coming were fulfilled – every step of the triumphal [...]
April_08
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SHARING BREAD 12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!” John 12:12-13 (NIV) [...]
