• Why Are Those Who “Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness” Blessed?

    Why Are Those Who “Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness” Blessed?  The consequences of sin are God’s judgments. The consequences of thinking and living God’s way are blessings. The consequences of seeking pleasure are God’s judgments (Romans 1:18-32 and Galatians 5:19-21). The consequences of seeking God’s ways are blessings (Galatians 5:22-26…

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  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 14:66-72

    Mark 14:66-72 (NKJV) Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps (Matt. 26:69–75; Luke 22:54–62; John 18:15–18, 25–27) 66 Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came. 67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also…

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  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 14:60-65

    Mark 14:60-65 (NKJV) 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, saying, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” 61 But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Christ,…

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  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 14:53-61

    Mark 14:53-61 (NKJV) Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin(Matt. 26:57–68; Luke 22:66–71; John 18:12–14, 19–24)53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes. 54 But Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the…

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  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 14:51-52

    Mark 14:51-52 (NKJV) A Young Man Flees Naked51 Now a certain young man followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him, 52 and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked. V51 Now a certain young man…

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  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 14:43-50

    Mark 14:43-50 (NKJV) Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane (Matt. 26:47–56; Luke 22:47–53; John 18:1–11) 43 And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 Now His betrayer…

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  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 14:32-42

    Mark 14:32-42 (NKJV) The Prayer in the Garden (Matt. 26:36–46; Luke 22:39–46) 32 Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled…

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  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 14:27-31

    Mark 14:27-31 (NKJV) Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(Matt. 26:31–35; Luke 22:31–34; John 13:36–38)27 Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered.’28 “But after I have been…

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