Devotion for May 13, 2011 – Easter as a season rather than a day
Today's Scripture Reading
John 20:18
18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.
18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.
8:1 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
10:1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Several people have asked if I believe that this, May 21, 2011, is the day when Jesus is coming to take home all those who believe in him. One of our values at DisciplesNet is trying to see beyond overly simplified two sides of things. … Read the rest “Who Knows the Hour or the Day?”
139:1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
16:1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Please hold the people of Japan in prayer as they deal with the aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunamis. As those tsunami waves travel to other parts of the globe, please hold all who have been or may yet be affected in prayer and meditation.… Read the rest “Rev. Den would like prayers for the people of Japan”