Daily Devotion Text

December 23, 2020

Mark 15- 2020-12-23

By gracepoint In Devotion Text, Mark with Comments Off on Mark 15- 2020-12-23
  • Journal

    Please use one of the prompts below to get your journaling started.

    • Explore your fears and what’s behind them.
    • Write about a relational conflict you are experiencing.
    • List out all that you are grateful for.
    • Recall a significant reaction, conversation or event.

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  • Bible Text: Mark 15:33-41

    33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

    40 There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

    Mark 15:34

    • Reflect on Jesus’ suffering. Even more painful than the physical torture of crucifixion, Jesus endured relational separation from his Father, with whom he had been in fellowship for eternity – all this in order to redeem humanity.
    • Jesus quotes directly from Psalm 22. Take some time to read Psalm 22. How can the sentiments and conclusion of this psalm help us in times of despair?

    Mark 15:38

    • What is the significance of the temple curtain being torn in two?

    •  Prayer 

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