Mark 10:46-52 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” I love Bartimaeus’ reaction to Jesus’ invitation: Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus. (v. 50) I’m sure it’s been said by dozens of preachers, “That’s how we need to respond to Jesus. When He calls us, …
Monthly Archives: August 2019
August 21 / Matt. 20:29-34
Matthew 20:29-34 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more… (v. 31) Why were the onlookers so harsh to the two blind men, sternly telling them to be quiet? Was this behavior typical? Was this part …
August 20 / Luke 18:31-34
Luke 18:31-34 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” Jesus had already predicted His death and resurrection at least three times (Luke 9:22-27; Matthew 17:22-23; Mark 9:30-32), but this time His prediction follows His raising Lazarus from the dead. I would think that, having heard it so many times and …
August 19 / Mark 10:32-45
Mark 10:32-45 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. (v. 32a) That “…they were amazed…” seems to me a reasonable reaction, especially if …
August 18 / Matt. 20:17-28
Matthew 20:17-28 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” It doesn’t seem so strange to me that James and John (in Mark) and their mother (in Matthew) would ask to sit on Jesus’ right hand and left hand. But what makes it really strange is that in doing so they …
August 17 / John 11:45-57
John 11:45-57 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” Now he <Caiaphas> did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also …
August 16 / John 11:38-44
John 11:38-44 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” I’ve often wondered how tightly sealed these 1st-century tombs could have been. When Martha said in verse 39, Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days, I wonder that there would not already …
August 15 / John 11:28-37
John 11:28-37 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” Yes, I regularly see things in our readings that I had not seen before, but a lot of those items seem too trivial to discuss. But one item stuck out this morning to me: “…secretly…”. When she had said this, she …
August 14 / John 11:17-27
John 11:17-27 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. (vv. 25-26) I’m trying to understand these statements. The phrases, “though he …
August 13 / John 11:1-16
John 11:1-16 Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” I went online to ask whether this Mary who anointed our Lord with oil (v. 2) was the same Mary who was a noted sinner. I’ll get to that in a minute. But first, one of the online links asked a …