If someone sins against a neighbor and is given an oath to swear, and comes and swears before your altar in this house, then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding them according to their righteousness.… Continue reading Do You Ever Pray About Prayer? (1 Kings 8.31–43)
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Unlimited: Jesus Rebukes The Eleven | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Jesus Rebukes the Eleven Sep 17, 2024 1280 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen (Mark 16:14, NIV). Mark continues to recount the list of the initial eyewitnesses to the… Continue reading Unlimited: Jesus Rebukes The Eleven | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Intended To Laugh | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Intended to Laugh Sep 19, 2024 1033 God… has anointed you with the oil of gladness (Hebrews 1:9, NKJV). We think of our Lord as a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and thereby we think rightly. We would never find comfort in a man who knew only laughter. Thus we’re not told about the… Continue reading Unlimited: Intended To Laugh | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: The Women At The Cross | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: The Women at the Cross Sep 4, 2024 1383 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph and Salome. In Galilee, these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to… Continue reading Unlimited: The Women At The Cross | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: A Secret Admirer | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: A Secret Admirer Sep 5, 2024 1714 It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So, as evening approached,Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body (Mark 15:42-43, NIV). When criminals were crucified, part… Continue reading Unlimited: A Secret Admirer | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: The Centurion’s Testimony | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: The Centurion’s Testimony | Good News Unlimited And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God” (Mark 15:39, NIV)! We know that the squad of soldiers assigned the task of actually crucifying Jesus consisted of four soldiers, because the… Continue reading Unlimited: The Centurion’s Testimony | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: With A Loud Cry | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: With a Loud Cry Sep 1, 2024 1493 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last (Mark 15:37, NIV). While the people mock and ridicule him, Jesus was accomplishing the salvation of the world. These next brief words seem to raise a universe of questions. Yet they represent the heart of the Gospel, the centre of… Continue reading Unlimited: With A Loud Cry | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: No More Barrier | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: No More Barrier Sep 2, 2024 2292 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom (Mark 15:38, NIV). Mark told us that Jesus breathed his last. You might expect a deep spiritual reflection or a pause for contemplation. But that is not Mark’s way. He was a man of dramatic action.… Continue reading Unlimited: No More Barrier | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Darkness Covered The Land | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Darkness Covered the Land Aug 29, 2024 1172 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon (Mark 15:33, NIV). After Jesus was on the cross for three hours, something very dramatic happened. It showed that this was no ordinary death. This was no ordinary man. While people have tried to explain… Continue reading Unlimited: Darkness Covered The Land | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Seeing Is Believing | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Seeing is Believing Aug 27, 2024 1318 Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe (Mark 15:32, NIV). Those at the Cross threw Jesus’ claims back in his face as he died in agony! How painful that must have been for Jesus! Those at the… Continue reading Unlimited: Seeing Is Believing | Good News Unlimited