Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Jesus, remember me. 5/6/15

Pray for Napal, and peace in Baltimore, and that the Prince of Peace would reign in the United States and in the world.

Day 126 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Luke.23
Luke 23:26-56

The Crucifixion of Jesus
26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
    and to the hills, “Cover us!”’[a]
31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[b] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

38 There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.

39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[c]”

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The Death of Jesus
44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[d] When he had said this, he breathed his last.

47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus
50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman


May 6th Receiving the sonship is instantaneous

“To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the sonship.” GALATIANS 4:5
When we are redeemed, we receive the sonship. Receiving the sonship simply means receiving the Son with all that He is and all that He has accomplished. We were redeemed to receive the sonship as a gift given by grace. The sonship is not something we work for or grow into. To receive the sonship is instantaneous when we receive Christ and are born again. It is not something we receive after a long process of being dealt with by God, or something we receive as a reward for work we have done.
What is the sonship? Galatians 4:6 tells us: “And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, Abba, Father!” In other words, the sonship is the formation of Christ in us. He has been sent into my heart — not just into my spirit, but into my heart. Here it is not a matter of Him growing into my heart. Nor is it Him taking over my heart little by little. He has been sent (aorist tense / punctiliar action) into my heart. He has been instantly formed in me through regeneration. The moment the Lord is formed in me through regeneration, I immediately begin crying, “Abba, Father.” And my crying “Abba” is synchronized with His crying “Abba,” and vice versa (Gal. 4:6 and Rom. 8:15). This crying is my direct participation in the sonship, which includes the Son’s very own relationship with the Father. My orientation is the Son with the life of the Son (1 John 5:20). When I am weak, when I am “out of it,” when I cannot make it, my focus is no longer on myself. I am now inwardly aligned with Christ. This is what it means to handle everything with Christ. I am one with Him. I am loving Him. Christ has been formed in my heart as the object of my love and attention.
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=3KihE0j5qe8
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