Day 62 - Numbers 29-30 & Mark 9:30-50
... he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. (Mark 9:31-32 ESV)
Another timely text. Two days after Ash Wednesday, these words of Jesus remind us of the season of Lent. The destination of Lent is precisely what Jesus was attempting to prepare His disciples for.
Many today, like the disciples, do not understand the crucial importance of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. Maybe you are little confused too. Please take time for the next 40-plus days to prepare for the Lenten destination. Lutheran Hour Ministries has an excellent Lenten devotional booklet you can either download or read on-line on a daily basis. Here is the link: http://www.lhm.org/lent/
Go to dark Gethsemane,
All who feel the tempter’s pow’r;
Your Redeemer’s conflict see.
Watch with Him one bitter hour;
Turn not from His griefs away;
Learn from Jesus Christ to pray.
(When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Lutheran Service Book, Concordia Publishing House, 2006, #436, stanza 1)
Lord, please bless my annual Lenten journey to Mt. Calvary. Grant that I may be blessed as I focus my eyes on Jesus and His cross. Amen.
Pastor David Paape
Daily Bible Reading Chart
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