Day3
Mark14:41-42
“Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!””
Mark 14:41-42 NIV
Cross references
Mark 14:35; Mark 9:31; Matthew 26:45–46; no Luke 22:45–46
Are you still sleeping?
I love my sleep!
Sometimes before I get out of bed in the morning, I am planning when I will be able to take a nap later in the day(naps rarely happen, but I still long for more sleep time)
There is a time for everything. Ecclesiastes 3.
As we watch the political climate change in our world, it is clear that the season for resting and sleeping is over and we must rise up and stand fast with our armor on and pray.
Jesus is coming soon!
The question is not, "Are you ready?” But rather, "Who are you getting ready?”
This world needs Jesus, your coworkers need Jesus. Your friends, your family, strangers on the street all need Jesus.
David did not run at his enemy with his mouth shut! 45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,(AV) but I come against you in the name(AW) of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.(AX) 46 This day the Lord will deliver(AY) you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses(AZ) of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world(BA) will know that there is a God in Israel.(BB)
We need to declare who our God is! Speak to your giant today! Declare your victory by confessing scripture out-loud over your circumstances!
Declare the love of Jesus to everyone you meet!
Go forth into battle, but remember you are fighting from victory!
The battle is the Lord’s and we have already won!
Wake up an fight!
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