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(First 100 days of 2023, day 82, March 23 )

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Passage
Mark Chapter Eleven

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

• Mark 11
  • Mk 11:1-11 Triumphal Entry
  • Mk 11² and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
  • and they did
  • Mk 11 ⁷ Then they brought the donkey to Jesus and threw their robes on it, and He sat on it.
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  • Mk 11⁹ Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:
    • Hosanna!
      He who comes in the name
      of the Lord is the blessed One!^[b]
    • The coming kingdom
      of our father David is blessed!
      Hosanna in the highest heaven!
  • Mk 11¹¹ And He went into Jerusalem and into the temple complex. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
  • Mk 11:12-14 Cursing the Fig Tree
  • Mk 11¹⁴ He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples heard it.
  • Mk 11:15-19 Tables Turned
  • Mk 11¹⁷ Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations?^[c] But you have made it a den of thieves!”
  • Mk 11:20-26 Two Lessons from the Fig Tree
  • Have Faith
  • Mk 11²⁰ Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.
  • Mk 11²² Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.
  • Mk 11²⁴ Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received^[e] them, and you will have them.
  • Forgive and be forgiven
  • Mk 11²⁵ And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your wrongdoing. [²⁶ But if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing.]”^[f][g]
  • Mk 11: 27- 33 By Whose Authority
  • Priests, Scribes and Elders ask – by what Authority
  • Jesus asks “by what authority did John baptize?”
  • Priests, Scribes and Elders fear the people – “we don’t know.”
  • Mk 11:33 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 21

A good place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Mark 11:24
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• Mk 11²⁴ Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for—believe that you have received^[e] them, and you will have them.
• THEREFORE I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for – believe that you have received them and you will have them.
• Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for – believe that you have received them, and you will have them.
• Therefore I TELL you, all the things you pray and ask for – believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus cleansing the Temple Coloring Page – SuperColoring

Jesus Clears the Temple – ColoringHome

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.  Some thoughts to dig deeper.

1. Why did people put branches and stuff on the path before Jesus as he entered Jerusalem?
   1.  GotQuestions talks about the significance of the triumphal entry.
2. What is the point about cursing the fig tree?
   1. The Gospel Coalition has a great explanation about what we can learn from the fig tree.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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• Naomi’s Heart Ministries
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