Author: John Dunning

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

 Jesus’ suffering before men…

Luke 22:63-65 The soldiers beat Jesus

⁶³The people that were holding Jesus laughed at Him, and with their whips they took His skin off. ⁶⁴After they blind-folded Him, they hit Him in the face, saying,

 “As a prophet, tell us who hit You”,

 ⁶⁵and they said many things about Him that were blasphemous.

Luke 22:66-71 The Jewish leaders

⁶⁶At dawn, the religious leaders took Him for questioning, asking,

⁶⁷“Are You the Christ? Tell us”. 

And He answered, 

“You wouldn’t believe Me if I told you! ⁶⁸If I asked you a question, you wouldn’t give Me an answer. You’re not going to let me go anyway. ⁶⁹After this, the Son of man will sit as of right, with the power of God”.

⁷⁰They all said at the same time, 

“Are You then the Son of God?”

And He replied, 

“As you say.”

⁷¹They said,

 “What need is there of any more witnesses? We ourselves have heard Him speak”.

Chapter 23:1-25 The Jewish leaders, Pilate & Herod

And then they all got up and took Him to Pilate, ²and started saying things against Him like,

“We found this one turning people against the nation and telling them not to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is the Christ, the anointed king to be”.

³So Pilate asked Him,

 “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered, 

“You said it”.

⁴Then Pilate said to the chief priests,

“This man has done nothing wrong”.

⁵This made them speak more strongly, saying,

“He makes people excited, teaching all through Judea, from Galilee where He started, all the way here”.

⁶When they mentioned Galilee, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. ⁷As soon as he knew that He belonged to the area under Herod’s rule, he sent Him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem then. ⁸When Herod saw Jesus, he got excited as he had been wanting to see Jesus for a long time. He had heard about the things He had done and wanted to watch Him do some miracles. ⁹He used many words to ask Him questions, but He did not speak one word in reply.

¹⁰The religious leaders and writers used strong words to condemn Him, ¹¹choosing words to try to make Him look silly. So, then Herod and His soldiers didn’t know what to do, and so they made fun of Him too and put a royal-looking coat on Him, and sent Him back to Pilate. ¹²That day Pilate and Herod became friends. Before that they were enemies. ¹³Pilate then called together the chief priests and rulers of the people, ¹⁴and said,

 “You brought Him to me as if He was a trouble maker. I looked at Him myself in front of you and found He had not done what you said. ¹⁵When I sent you to Herod, he too found He had done nothing that He should die for. ¹⁶So, I will discipline Him and let Him go”. 

¹⁷(He was supposed to release someone at the feast). ¹⁸This made them all shout out at the same time,

“Get rid of this man and give us Barabbas”.

¹⁹(Who was being held in prison for things he had done against the government and murder.) ²⁰Pilate wanted to let Jesus go and so spoke to them again. ²¹This made them cry out, 

“Crucify Him, Crucify Him”. 

²²And he said a third time, 

“Why? What evil has He done? I do not find any reason to kill Him, so I will beat Him and let Him go”. 

²³They shouted out demanding that He be crucified. And so they got their own way ²⁴and Pilate ordered that their demands be met. ²⁵He let the man go free who was being held in the guard house for trying to get people to fight against the government, and for murder, but Pilot gave Jesus up to them, by ordering the sentence which they demanded.

—-Summary

Luke 23:14 “You brought Him to me as if He was a troublemaker. I looked at Him myself in front of you and found He had not done what you said. ¹⁵When I sent you to Herod, he too found He had done nothing that He should die for. ¹⁶So, I will discipline Him and let Him go”. 

Luke 23:22 “Why? What evil has He done? I do not find any reason to kill Him, so I will beat Him and let Him go”. 

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus?

Luke 22:67-69 “You wouldn’t believe Me if I told you! ⁶⁸If I asked you a question, you wouldn’t give Me an answer. You’re not going to let me go anyway. ⁶⁹After this, the Son of man will sit as of right, with the power of God”.

• Today’s Challenge

Jesus’ disciples ran away.

The Jewish leaders set Jesus up for execution. 

Herod & Pilate washed their hands of doing what they knew was right. 

Both Jews and Gentiles became guilty of Jesus’ tortuous execution. 

That covered everybody. 

Do any of those boxes apply today with us?

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn…

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

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A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 22:39-62 Jesus’ suffering begins — Jesus’ friends desert Him. 

39-46 Gethsemane Garden, Mount of Olives

³⁹And then He went as He normally did, to the Mount of Olives, followed by His disciples. ⁴⁰When He arrived, He said to them, 

“Pray that you don’t go entering into temptation”.

⁴¹He moved away about a stones throw, went down on His knees and prayed ⁴²aloud 

“Father, if you are willing, take this ordeal away from me. Anyway, not My will but Yours be done”. 

⁴³Then an angel arrived from heaven to strengthen Him. ⁴⁴The struggle in the contest was so intense that He prayed more earnestly. He was gushing big drops of blood, which fell to the ground. ⁴⁵After He got up from praying, He went back to the disciples and found that the sorrow had exhausted them. ⁴⁶He said to them, 

“Why are you so drowsy? Get up and pray that you don’t enter into a trial”.

47-53 Jesus is arrested.

⁴⁷While He was still speaking, a crowd and Judas, one of the twelve, suddenly arrived and came up to them. He went up to Jesus and kissed Him. ⁴⁸Jesus said to him, 

“Judas, are you going to give up the Son of Man, with a kiss?”

⁴⁹When those nearest Him saw what was about to happen, they said,

 “Lord, shall we use the sword?” 

⁵⁰Then one of them cut off the ear of the slave of the high priest. ⁵¹Then Jesus said,

“Don’t do that”,

and He touched his ear and healed him. ⁵²Then Jesus turned to the chief priests and temple guards and elders and said,

“You look as if you have come to arrest a robber, with your swords and sticks. ⁵³Every day when I was with you in the temple, you didn’t touch me. But your time is the time used by the powers of darkness”.

54-62 Peter Denies Jesus.

⁵⁴Then they took Him away to the high priest’s house and Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵After making a fire in the middle of the courtyard they sat down together where Peter joined them. ⁵⁶A maid saw him sitting facing the fire-light, and stretching herself directly at him, pointedly said, 

“This one was also with Him”.

⁵⁷Then he disowned Him, saying,

“I don’t know Him, woman.”

⁵⁸After a bit, a different person saw him and said,

“You are one of them”.

And Peter said,

“Man, it wasn’t me”.

⁵⁹After about an hour, yet another said,

“Truthfully, this one was with Him, and he is a Galilean!”

⁶⁰And Peter said,

“Man, I do not know what you are talking about”,

and while he was still speaking the cock crowed instantly.

⁶¹Just then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, who remembered that the Lord had said to him, 

“Before the cock crows today, you will deny knowing Me three times”,

⁶²and Peter went out and wept bitterly.

—-Summary

Luke 22:52-53 “You look as if you have come to arrest a robber, with your swords and sticks. ⁵³Every day when I was with you in the temple, you didn’t touch me. But your time is the time used by the powers of darkness”.

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

“Father, if you are willing, take this ordeal away from me. Anyway, not My will but Yours be done”. 

• Today’s Challenge

Luke 22:40 “Pray that you don’t go entering into temptation”.

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Click this link and pray along with the hymn… There is Power in the Blood

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GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

 Chapter 22:1-23 The Last Passover

Now the ‘Feast of Unleavened Bread’, (that is, bread without yeast), was near, called the Passover. ²And the chief priests and writers looked for a way to kill Him, because they were afraid of the people. ³Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, ⁴and he went to see the chief priests and captains, to discuss how he might be able to betray Him to them. ⁵They were so glad that they promised to give him money. ⁶And he agreed and looked for an opportunity to betray Him to them without the crowds present. ⁷Then the ‘Day Of Unleavened Bread’ came, when the Passover sacrifice must be killed. ⁸So, He sent Peter and John saying,

“Go and prepare the Passover for us, so we can eat”.

⁹And they said,

“Where do you want us to prepare it?” 

¹⁰And He said, 

“When you get to the city, a man will meet you, carrying a water container. Follow him into the house he is going to”. ¹¹Then say to this good house owner, ‘Where is the guest room where I will eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹²He will show you a large furnished upper room for you to make ready”.

¹³They found it just as He had said and got ready for the Passover. ¹⁴When the time for it had come, He reclined at the table with the twelve that He commissioned, ¹⁵saying;

“I have been wanting to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶I tell you I will not eat again until everything is fulfilled in the kingdom of God”.

¹⁷He took the cup, gave thanks and said, 

“Take this and share it with each other. ¹⁸I tell you that I will not drink wine until the kingdom of God comes”. 

¹⁹He took the bread, giving thanks, saying, 

“This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me”.

²⁰In the same way, after supper, He said, 

“This cup is the new covenant of my blood which I give for you. ²¹See for yourself the hand that is betraying me, is with me on this table. ²²The Son of man will go exactly as it was decided, but death comes to the betrayer”.

²³So they asked each other who it was who would do such a thing.

—-Summary Luke 22:27-30

“But I am here serving you! ²⁸You have been with me in my trials. ²⁹I am making a covenant with you just as my Father covenanted to give me a kingdom, ³⁰that you will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel”.

• Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

Luke 22:27-30

“But I am here serving you! ²⁸You have been with me in my trials. ²⁹I am making a covenant with you just as my Father covenanted to give me a kingdom, ³⁰that you will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel”.

• Today’s Challenge

Luke 22:19 “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me”.

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn… Break Thou the Bread of Life …

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

 Luke 21:20-38 Jesus prophecies the future…

20-24 Prophecy about Jerusalem “UNTIL the time of the Gentiles is fulfilled…”(v. 24)

²⁰“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. ²¹Then if you live in Judea, run to the mountains. Those who live in it should get out into the countryside. Those in the countryside should not try to enter. ²²These are the days when the justice and anger which were written about will be fulfilled.²³It will be terrible for those who are pregnant and breast-feeding, as there will be great distress in the land then, as anger will come onto the people. ²⁴They will be put to death by the sword and taken by force into other nations. Jerusalem will be taken over by the nations, until the time given to the Gentiles is fulfilled…

25-36 Prophecies AFTER ‘the time given over to the Gentiles, is fulfilled’…

²⁵… “There will be signs;

– in the sun, moon and stars,

– and on the earth, the nations will be full of distress and lack understanding.

– Even the waves of the sea will be roaring.

²⁶Men’s hearts will fail them for fear as they see these things happening on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.

²⁷THEN they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory! ²⁸When these things begin to happen look up and lift up your heads for your redemption is near”.

²⁹He told them a story with a meaning.

“Look at the fig tree and all the trees. ³⁰When they start to blossom you know that summer is near. ³¹In the same way, WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, you will know that the kingdom of God is about to appear. ³²So be it. I am saying to you this, that mankind will not die out before these things start to happen. ³³Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. ³⁴Watch out that you never do anything to excess, or get drunk, or worry so much about this life, that when that day comes, it catches you out unprepared. ³⁵As a trap snaps shut, it will come on all those living on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶So watch and pray that you will be counted worthy to escape all these things that are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man”.

 37-38 People were spiritually hungry to hear Him.

³⁷In the daytime He was teaching in the temple, and at night He went out and stayed at the Mount of Olives. ³⁸And all the people came early in the morning to hear Him in the temple”.

—-Summary

Luke 21:³⁶So watch and pray that you will be counted worthy to escape all these things that are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man”.

Today’s Verse… Who is Jesus? 

Luke 21:³³Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away

Today’s Challenge

Luke 21:³⁶So watch and pray that you will be counted worthy to escape all these things that are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man”.

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)

The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates

Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn… “Alleluia He is coming…”

GIVE GOD TIME 

Inspirational Radio… 

We have launched our new online discipleship radio station…. 

Our new discipleship radio station:- “Inspirational Radio”, has hour-long Bible readings, David Pawson sermons, testimonies, and classic hymns. Just follow the website links, to https://internetchristianradio.com/

A WORD IN YOUR EAR 

Luke 21:5-19 ‘The end is NOT near’. (v. 9).

⁵Some praised the beauty of the temple’s decorations, so He said, ⁶“As for all these things you are looking at, the days are coming when there will not even be one stone left on top of another, that will not be thrown down”. 

⁷And so they said to Him, 

“Teacher, when will this happen and what will the signs be that they are about to happen?”

⁸He replied, “Be careful that you don’t believe false claims. Many will come in my name saying, ‘I am Christ and the time is near’, but do not follow them. ⁹When you hear of wars and troubles, do not be dismayed, as these things must happen first. The end is not near yet.”

¹⁰He added, 

“Nation will fight against nation and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹Great earthquakes will be everywhere, along with famines, plagues, fearful sights, and great signs from heaven. ¹²But before all this happens, they will take you and treat you badly, handing you over to the religious leaders and guard houses and to governors and rulers all for my name’s sake. ¹³You will have to give your testimony. ¹⁴Don’t worry about what to say before it happens, ¹⁵because I will give to you a wise answer, which will leave your enemies speechless. ¹⁶ You will be betrayed by your own parents and brothers, and other family members, and some will be killed, ¹⁷and you will be hated by everyone for my name’s sake, ¹⁸but not one hair of your head will be left to perish. ¹⁹Your endurance will save your souls.”

—-Summary

Jesus said “Your endurance will save your souls”. (Luke 21:19.)

• Today’s Verse…Who is Jesus?

⁸He replied, “Be careful that you don’t believe false claims. Many will come in my name saying, ‘I am Christ and the time is near’, but do not follow them. ⁹When you hear of wars and troubles, do not be dismayed, as these things must happen first. The end is not near yet.” Luke 21:8 

• Today’s Challenge

Jesus said “Your endurance will save your souls.” (Luke 21:19.)

Prayer, Praise and Worship

“… He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:23. 

Jesus taught His disciples what we call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’; (Luke 11).

Listen here to Albert Malotte’s ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, 

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever;- Amen.

Prayer suggestions;-

1. The world. (ie ‘For those in authority.’)
2. The ‘suffering church.’ https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates
3. Your own situation. (Suggest ‘needs’ rather than ‘wants’.)

Pray along with this hymn… Crown Him with many crowns…