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Saturday, November 23, 2024: Scripture – John 18:37b
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Prayer Focus: In this verse, we read, “Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” As…
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Friday, November 22, 2024: Scripture – John 18:37a
“Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Prayer Focus: We don’t know if Pilate is being genuine here, or if he is just trying to get some facts straight in order to wash his hands of this mock trial. Does he really want to understand who Jesus is? Or is he just trying to…
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Thursday, November 21, 2024: Scripture – John 18:36a
Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” Prayer Focus: Jesus is trying to tell Pilate that they are speaking two…
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024: Scripture – John 18:35
Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?” Prayer Focus: Pilate goes on the defensive. Its almost as if he himself is on trial here instead of Jesus. He is trying to keep Jesus’s compassion for him…
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024: Scripture – John 18:34
Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” Prayer Focus: Jesus is on trial for his life, and yet, EVEN NOW, he is still ministering to others. When he asks Pilate this question, he is trying to interact with Pilate’s authentic self. In his question Jesus is…
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Monday, November 18, 2024: Scripture – John 18:33
Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Prayer Focus: Usually when someone is on trial, there is a formal reading of the charges against them. When Jesus is brought before Pilate, Pilate does not know what to charge him with. It’s as if Pilate…
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Sunday, November 17
Scripture – Hebrews 10:30-31 30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Prayer Focus: God does not call us to be people of vengeance. God calls…
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Saturday, November 16
Scripture – Hebrews 10:28-29 28 Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.” 29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified,…
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Friday, November 15
Scripture – Hebrews 10:26-27 26 For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins 27 but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Prayer Focus: We are sinners in need of grace.…
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Thursday, November 14
Scripture – Hebrews 10:24-25 24 And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Prayer Focus: I find the language here so interesting –…