Begin to joyfully praise God. 4/27/15

Pray for Napal

Day 117 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Luke.19

Luke 19:28-48
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.

37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”[a]
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”

Jesus at the Temple
45 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’[b]; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[c]”


47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

April 27th  “Into” and “in”

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes into Him should not perish but have eternal life.” JOHN 3:16
The preposition “into” shows how God becomes our source when we believe. This preposition even shows us the meaning of becoming a Christian. Based on John 3:16, our understanding of becoming a Christian is “whoever believes in Him.” And many times, because of the way the gospel is presented, it issues in a kind of believing in Christ, but it is still objective: “Yes, I believe that story.” And people do get saved, but they are left with a deficiency in their realization. The words that the Lord spoke in John 3:16 were according to the divine economy of God’s operating from within man. Thus, He did not say “whoever believes in Him.” He used the preposition into: “whoever believes into Him should not perish but have eternal life.” This means that I move from being outside this Person into this Person. Paul also uses the preposition into when telling the Roman believers about their baptism: “Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus . . .” (Rom. 6:3).The very words “into Christ Jesus” show us that from the beginning we have merged and become one spirit with another Person, another life, another source. The preposition “in” reveals that I am in Christ. That is my position. My position is in Christ. And then Colossians says, “Christ in you.” That is His position. His position is in me. I have a position, and He has a position. Many times we say, “Thank You, Lord, I am in You. I am outside the reach of condemnation. You are my righteousness.” And we rejoice. But we also need the other side — Christ in you. That is His position. He is saying to us, “How am I in here? Are you letting Me live in here? Do I have freedom in here?” This is His position. We are in Christ, and Christ is in us. We have a position in Him. He has a position in us.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Ariana, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Blanca is in rehab….improving.

National
Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zplX5FDDuH0
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