Readings for Lent and Easter Ezekiel 34:11-12 ================ [10-11] Those self-centered shepherds are My enemies! As far as I am concerned, they are no longer shepherds. They will not help themselves to My sheep any longer. I will recover My flock from those corrupt shepherds. I will snatch My sheep from their mouths! My sheep […]

John 19:1-37 ============ [19:1] Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. [2] The soldiers twisted thorny branches together as a crown and placed it onto His brow and wrapped Him in a purple cloth. [3] They drew near to Him, shouting: Soldiers (striking at Jesus): Bow down, everyone! This is the King of the Jews! […]

Lent Devotional – The Day Before Easter Today’s Old Testament Reading: Job 14:1-14 "Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble. They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure. Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment? […]

John 21 ======= [21:1] There was one other time when Jesus appeared to the disciples-this time by the Sea of Tiberias. This is how it happened: [2] Simon Peter, Thomas (the Twin), Nathanael (the Galilean from Cana), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. Simon Peter (to disciples): [3] I am going […]

Readings for Lent and EasterZechariah 9:9 ============= [9] Cry out with joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout jubilantly, O daughter of Jerusalem! Look-your King is coming; He is righteous and able to save. He comes seated humbly on a donkey, on a colt, a foal of a donkey.

Readings for Lent and EasterRomans 8:18-25 ============== [18] Now I'm sure of this: the sufferings we endure now are not even worth comparing to the glory that is coming and will be revealed in us. [19] For all of creation is waiting, yearning for the time when the children of God will be revealed. [20] […]

Readings for Lent and EasterMatthew 21:1-16 =============== After a great parade, Jesus and His disciples walk into the temple area, and what He sees enrages Him. He sees moneychangers, buying and selling. He sees men sitting on benches, hawking doves to those who have come from the countryside to make a sacrifice. He sees that […]