26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 26:58 But Peter followed him afar off to the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 26:60 But found none: yes, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able
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26:36 Then comes Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder. 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 26:38 Then said he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry you here, and watch with me. 26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I
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The C-141 Starlifter had just returned from a cargo run. My husband, Jeff, an airman 1st class, checked the life support equipment—the oxygen masks, the parachutes. All in working order, nothing out of place. Except for something odd left behind on one of the seats. A crocheted white cross, three inches long. It didn’t belong to any of the crew. No one knew how it got there. Jeff brought it home for me. He thought it would provide some comfort. I’d been five months pregnant with our first child, Aurora, when we left our home in West Virginia and moved
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01/14/24 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (Psalm 119:105, NIV) Recently, I’ve noticed that handwritten letters are back en vogue via a trend called, “Open When…” envelopes. The premise is this: you write letters for various occasions such as “Open When You’re Feeling Sad,” “Open When You’re Missing Me,” “Open When You Need Encouragement,” “Open When You’re Mad at Me,” “Open When You Need to Know How Awesome You Are,” “Open When You Can’t Sleep” etc. And in each envelope is a handwritten note featuring inside jokes, shared memories, favorite quotes and other
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Thwack! The 5 x 7 wooden picture frame fell from my desk onto the growing pile of garbage on the floor of my home office. One of the slats popped off. Just as well. There was no photo inside—the old box frame had belonged to my grandmother, Bom Bom, and it had started falling apart years ago. I should have tossed it earlier, but I couldn’t. It reminded me of her. It was May 10th, Bom Bom’s birthday, the first since she’d passed away the previous summer. I wanted nothing more than to call her and tell her how much
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I heard cheers from the not-so-distant finish line. Brushed elbows with the runners clustered around me. But I couldn’t see a thing. Not really. All I saw were multicolored, human-sized blurs bobbing up and down on the gray streak of road, funneling into a pitch-black void ahead—the long tunnel into Nissan Stadium, home of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and, for me, the final lap of the 13-mile Tom King Classic Half Marathon in Nashville. I’d made it this far, no easy task when you’re legally blind. I squinted for any sign of my running partner, my guide up until now.
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01/13/24 “Powerful testimony!” Admin In the early part of my acting career, I thought that if I could become a star, it would fill the emptiness I felt in my heart—but it did not. There were other goals that I set for myself—money, security, cars and houses—but each time a goal was achieved, I would say, “There must be something more.” And on to the next target. More money changed nothing. Pretty, young actresses were momentary distractions. But nothing could ward off the depressions I fell into, sometimes for months at a time. A new picture or play
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01/13/24 An afternoon in the park with my family caused me to wonder what it would be like to hear God’s voice with my own ears. It was the second day of our Michigan vacation and there was rain. Not serious rain, but a half-hearted drizzle. A day on the pontoon wasn’t going to happen, so my husband Lonny and our 5 boys decided to rent kayaks at a nearby park. I chose to spend the afternoon on the dock with a book. “Call us in at four,” Lonny said. “We need to get the kayaks back on
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26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where will you that we prepare for you to eat the passover? 26:18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples. 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 26:21 And as they
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? Jesus talking about the signs of the last days.
10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, where he himself would come. 10:2 Therefore said he to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. 10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 10:4 Carry neither purse, nor money, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 10:5 And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace
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7:1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 7:2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and ready to die. 7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. 7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they sought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 7:5 For he loves our nation, and he has built us a synagogue. 7:6 Then Jesus
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12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they stepped one on another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware you of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 12:3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed on the housetops. 12:4 And I say to you my friends,
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2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word to them. 2:3 And they come to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 2:4 And when they could not come near to him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed
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Https://renner.org What are the signs that we are living in the last days? How do we survive the crazy times we are living in right now? In this 15-part series, Rick Renner dives into the Greek New Testament to show you how to navigate these stormy end-time waters. Join Rick at the whiteboard as he visually opens key secrets to clearly show what the Bible says about the crazy times we are living in.
01/04/24 An Old Testament conquest reported in the Book of Kings has been verified using new technology. The Second Book of Kings described the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael, king of Aram, and new research backs up that claim. Read More: Bible Proof: Researchers Verify Book of Kings Event Using ‘Breakthrough’ Tech
01/03/24 Two Assembly of God missionaries are sharing multiple firsthand testimonies of Muslims coming to the Christian faith after encountering Jesus Christ in their dreams. James Bradford, the lead pastor at Central Assembly in Springfield, Missouri, and missionary Dick Brogden told Assemblies of God News that God is answering the prayers of Christians who are praying for Muslims. They admit any Islamic country is a dangerous place for a Christian and there are few opportunities for open evangelism. But they report Muslims are meeting Jesus in their dreams and converting to Christianity at an alarming rate. “I would even say it’s the
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01/02/24 I love it when God shows up at unexpected times. I had one of those God-moments recently on a trip my husband and I made to visit our son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. They live on the Gulf Coast of Florida, so visits to them mean lazy days at the beach, enjoying God’s handiwork in the form of powder white sand and turquoise and green water that’s so clear you can see to the bottom. It looks like a postcard as colorful sailboats drift past. On some of our trips we take a boat and head over
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I’m sure we’ve all found random numbers and letters scribbled on the money in our wallets. The kind of thing you ignore when dishing out a few bucks for coffee. Maybe, though, we should be paying closer attention. This week I came across an ABC News story about 86-year-old Peter Bilello and his wife, Grace. The Connecticut couple was married for 50 years and had two children and four grandkids. When Grace was diagnosed with cancer in 2001, Peter never left her side. One day, in 2009, an idea popped into Peter’s head. He pulled out two dollar bills.
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I gripped the ship’s wooden railing and breathed in the salty ocean air. My husband Jeremy and I were on a week-long cruise of the St. Lawrence Seaway with several stops in Nova Scotia. Next up: Sydney, a bustling port city. Maybe Ian still lives in the area, I thought. Maybe I’ll finally see him again. Wishful thinking. I pulled out a folded paper printout from my pocket. There was only one “Ian Vance” in Nova Scotia, according to Canada’s national directory. But was it my cousin? I wasn’t sure. I hadn’t seen him in more than 45 years. Read More:
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I listened to the ocean breeze rattling the windows of our duplex while I sorted files in our home office. I was on task number seven of the day’s to-do list. Late spring was a busy time for the employment recruiting business my husband, Richard, and I ran, and I needed to keep up with the work. I still had to schedule interviews, respond to a few e-mails and cook dinner by the time Richard got back from doing his work. It was already 7:00 p.m. I liked this time of year on the Outer Banks. There were
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https://renner.org In this five-part series, Rick walks you through important decisions you need to make regarding your diet, fitness, finances, relationships, and your walk with God. These decisions will affect everything else in your life. If you do well in these areas, your whole life will go well. But if you do not do well in these areas, your entire life will be troubled. Making right decisions about these five categories is imperative for you to live a blessed life.
Tim Chey and co-host Annie Sims hit 27 countries in search of people who found God in difficult, ungodly situations.
‘The Islands” was released theatrically in 2019 and is about a courageous queen in Hawaii who found Christ in 1821 and changed the course of history for Hawaii. The film took several months to produce and all thanks to the several hundred cast and crew who participated in beautiful Kualoa Ranch in Hawaii and to all the historians and translators and most of all to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hi Everyone, we filmed ‘David and Goliath’ in North Africa and finished it in studios in London. Young David was the direct line to the Messiah so his battle with Goliath had huge implications.
Story: A down-in-out law student sues the devil for $8 trillion and devil shows up with nine of the greatest lawyers to defend him in a trial of the century. The film stars Malcolm McDowell, Tom Sizemore, Corbin Bernsen, Rebecca St. James, et al. The Bible is clear we are not to be ignorant of the schemes of the devil, yet over 51% of Christians do not believe the devil exists.
The Genius Club’ is about 7 geniuses who come together on Christmas Eve to try to solve the world’s problems in one night under the threat of a nuclear bomb.