MARCH 26 - JESUS PREPARES HIS DISCIPLES
READ Mark 10
Jesus prepares His disciples for His death.
INSIGHT
If there is anything between you and the Lord, He will pinpoint it and ask you to give it up. He wants total commitment-nothing less. That does not mean you cannot be committed to other things. It just means that He wants nothing to be higher on your priority list than He is. A husband must be committed to his wife and children. A professional must be committed to his or her job. But all must be committed to the Lord first. The rich young ruler learned this in a very painful lesson. We can learn from his experience: Put the Lord first.
PRAYER
As an expression of your commitment to the Lord, offer Him this psalm of praise:
My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.
When I think of you as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on you during the night watches
because you are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
I follow close to you; your right hand holds on to me
(Psalm 63:3-4, 6-8).
Pray this passage of confession to the Lord:
You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
you are not pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God
(Psalm 51:16-17).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pause to pray to the Lord this affirmation of your faith in Him:
And that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me, until that day (2 Timothy 1:12).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:
Offer this closing prayer to the Lord:
May you, the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after we have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle us. To you be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Based on 1 Peter 5:10-11).
Jesus prepares His disciples for His death.
INSIGHT
If there is anything between you and the Lord, He will pinpoint it and ask you to give it up. He wants total commitment-nothing less. That does not mean you cannot be committed to other things. It just means that He wants nothing to be higher on your priority list than He is. A husband must be committed to his wife and children. A professional must be committed to his or her job. But all must be committed to the Lord first. The rich young ruler learned this in a very painful lesson. We can learn from his experience: Put the Lord first.
PRAYER
As an expression of your commitment to the Lord, offer Him this psalm of praise:
My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.
When I think of you as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on you during the night watches
because you are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
I follow close to you; your right hand holds on to me
(Psalm 63:3-4, 6-8).
Pray this passage of confession to the Lord:
You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
you are not pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God
(Psalm 51:16-17).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pause to pray to the Lord this affirmation of your faith in Him:
And that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me, until that day (2 Timothy 1:12).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:
- Greater commitment to Christ
- The work of evangelism in the Middle East
- Your activities for the day
Offer this closing prayer to the Lord:
May you, the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after we have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle us. To you be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Based on 1 Peter 5:10-11).
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