Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done – Luke 22:42
Someone has said that these words of Jesus are the most difficult—and most important—words that we can learn in any language: not my will, but Thine, be done.
To say these words sincerely and from the […]
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man – Luke 2:52
This statement is a summary of eighteen years in Jesus’ life, from the time he was twelve years old until the narrative picks back up at age thirty.
This was a time of relative obscurity, but it was the majority of […]
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet – John 13:14
What a shocking scene this is! Even the disciples, who had watched Jesus touch lepers and heal cripples and eat with sinners, were unprepared for this parting command and example.
The night before Jesus’ horrible […]
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost – John 19:30
Here is lesson number six from Jesus on the cross: the most important thing in your life is God’s will for your life; you are not finished until you can say, […]
I must be about my Father’s business – Luke 2:49
Jesus lived in perpetual awareness that his Father had a purpose for his being here, and that he must therefore be constantly about his Father’s business.
What is the driving motivation of your life? Whose “business” are you usually and primarily concerned with? Are you mostly working […]
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