Today’s Reading: John 20:1-5 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.” * * * * * Mary Magdalene went to Jesus’ tomb early on Sunday …
Monthly Archives: November 2023
22410.2 God’s Plans Are Perfect
Today’s Reading: John 18:19-24 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ‘Is that how you answer the high priest?’ Jesus answered him, ‘If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is …
22410.3 You Can Always Begin Again
Today’s Reading: John 18:25-27 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Peter again denied it, and at once the rooster crowed.” * * * * * Back when Jesus had washed Peter’s feet, he predicted that Peter would deny him three times before the rooster finished crowing. It would be a moment of intense shame for Peter. …
22410.4 All Authority Comes from Jesus
Today’s Reading: John 19:1-11 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “So Pilate said to him, ‘You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?’ Jesus answered him, ‘You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from …
22410.5 No Greater Love
Today’s Reading: John 19:12-16 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Now it was the day of the preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, ‘Behold your King!’ They cried out, ‘Away with him, away with him, crucify him!’ Pilate said to them, ‘Shall I crucify your King?’ The …
22410.6 Honor Your Parents
Today’s Reading: John 19:17-27 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold your son!’ Then he said …
22410.7 It Is Finished
Today’s Reading: John 19:28-30 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), ‘I thirst’…When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” * * * * * Jesus knew death was …
22410.8 Jesus Was Dead
Today’s Reading: John 19:31-37 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “When they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.” * * * * * Pilate had agreed …
22410.9 The Body Is in the Tomb
Today’s Reading: John 19:38-42 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had been laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.” * …
22410.1 Be Strong and Courageous
Today’s Reading: John 18:12-18 Hearing God’s Voice for Today: “Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest, but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high …