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Who's In Charge?

Who’s In Charge? | Lent Devotion

Who’s In Charge? Daily Devotion for Lent | Saturday, March 23 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!” John 7:46 The crowd of soldiers and officers who came to arrest Jesus must have been disconcerted. Jesus wasn’t behaving like anyone they’d captured before. To begin with, He stepped forward to meet them, instead of hiding in the darkness. “Who are you looking for?” He asked. When they answered, “Jesus of Nazareth,” He calmly identified Himself: “I am…
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Unnecessary

Unnecessary Daily Devotion for Lent | Sunday, March 11, 2018 Read Mark 14:43-50. And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture Me?” (Mark 14:48) They must have been the most unnecessary objects in the garden that night—all those swords and clubs the crowd brought with them to arrest Jesus. As if He were going to resist arrest. As if He were an earthly king, someone climbing to the top…