Mark 10:35–45 (NASB95) 35 James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came up to Jesus, saying, “Teacher those for whom it has been prepared.” 41 Hearing this, the ten began to feel indignant with James and John So James and John power on, boldly insisting Jesus proclaim that they may sit, one on Jesus' right and But Jesus knows what James and John didn't, and what we often forget. Jesus says to John and James: You have no idea what you’re asking.

Faithlife.com Revelation 5:9-14 (NIV) CONTEXT: John has been taken into the heavenly throne room where Summary What a scene, in which John in a matter of moments goes from weeping in hopeless anguish that Many angels joined in, writes John, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand (See 1:6.) By means of the incense of their prayers the saints even now reign upon the earth.

FaithLife.com Psalm 67 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. guide the nations of the earth. 5   May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you. 6   Psalm 67 challenges us instead to seek blessing with God’s own outcome in view. This is the vision of Psalm 67 for the whole earth. And those people will join in worshiping the true and living God.

John spares us the logistic details here, not explaining if the spotlight moved from one individual to What's important in today's passage is another aspect that's conspicuously missing from John's account John tells of a second book: the book of life , and anyone whose name was not found written in the book If that we're the case, certainly John would mention those who passed the King's judgment. Those names written in the book of life are welcomed into the new heaven and new earth that John goes

the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, 22  beginning from John   Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles. -- Acts 6: 3-6 (NIV) CONTEXT: This is a portion of the text we read last week in which the office of deacon was Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 6  Today: John 1

John's utilization of adjectives increases, however, to describe what he sees next. The scene, John writes, is like a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband . Any groom or father of the bride can appreciate the words John conveys this vision to us with! But John really doesn't tell us anything about what life will be like. John simply reports what he's been told by the One who was seated on the throne: "Behold, I am making

John records Jesus offering the Samaritan woman living water (John 4:10) and then later on he tells whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them (John But the trees John sees are no ordinary trees. life , as awesome and amazing as it is, is not even the most significant aspect of what's revealed to John So we end our year together in the Belgic Confession the way that John ends scripture: Amen.

Heartlight.org Psalm 65 (ESV) To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas; 6 Psalm 65 argues that believers do not require a special reason to worship the Lord, so we should devote

Photo: Andreas Gücklhorn via Unsplash PSALM 67 For the choir director; with stringed Selah. 5 Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. 6 The earth has yielded its Summary Psalm 67 begins as a prayer asking for the most important thing anybody could ask for - that And the amazing thing that Psalm 67 reminds us of is that God grants both of these prayers! But it's one of Psalm 67's most humble words that comes to the forefront, a word that ought to change

Bible.com PSALM 63 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 1 O God with marrow and fatness [NIV: the richest of foods], And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips. 6 Summary David wrote this 63rd Psalm at one of life's low points, as he hid out in the wilderness of