Today's "Moment with Mark" (96)
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have all of you, to sift you like wheat. But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. You have probably noticed that I am hanging around these verses from Luke's gospel over these few days. There is more here than I had…read moreToday's "Moment with Mark" (95)
Then he returned and found the disciples asleep. "Simon!" he said to Peter. "Are you asleep? Couldn't you stay awake and watch with me even one hour? (Mark 14:37-38 NLT) "Stand watch". That's pretty much what Jesus asked of these three disciples. To be with Him,…read moreToday's "Moment with Mark" (94)
"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine." (Mark 14:36 NLT) I need to return to this same verse we considered all too briefly yesterday. There's more truth and insight to be…read moreToday's "Moment with Mark" (93)
"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine." (Mark 14:36 NLT) In just a few hours Jesus will be made sin for us and His Father will seem to forsake Him. But even this close to that…read moreToday's "Moment with Mark" (92)
He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by. (Mark 14:35-3 NLT) There is an integrity about this prayer engagement that warms my heart and encourages me to be as open and as transparent as possible in prayer; especially is this the case when I am confronted…read more