ASHAMED OF ME AND MY WORDS / MARK 8:38

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(KJV) Mark 8:38

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

ASHAMED OF ME AND MY WORDS / MARK 8:38

Jesus sees the world system and society in which we live as an “adulterous and sinful generation.” Most of humankind are unfaithful to God’s purposes for their lives and are outright rebellious against Him. When Christ returns, He will reject those people who are more concerned about how people view them than how God views them (Matthew 7:23; Matthew 25:41-46; Luke 9:26; 13:27).

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  1. DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS / MARK 8:34
  2. GET BEHIND ME SATAN / MARK 8:33
  3. HIS SIGHT WAS RESTORED / MARK 8:25
  4. YEAST / MARK 8:15
  5. I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2
  6. CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
  7. FOLLY / MARK 7:22
  8. MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
  9. MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
  10. THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
  11. THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
  12. FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
  13. COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
  14. ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
  15. LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
  16. JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
  17. JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
  18. JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
  19. A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
  20. JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
  21. EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
  22. TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
  23. A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
  24. PARABLES / MARK 4:2
  25. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
  26. THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
  27. HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
  28. LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
  29. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
  30. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  31. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  32. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  33. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  34. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  35. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  36. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  37. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  38. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  39. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  40. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  41. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  42. Guided By Grace About

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS / MARK 8:34

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(KJV) Mark 8:34

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS / MARK 8:34

To deny self means to put aside our own selfish desires in order to follow Christ and serve His purposes, whatever the cost. The cross of Christ is a symbol of suffering (1 Peter 2:21; 4:13), death (Acts 10:39), shame (Hebrews 12:2), ridicule (Matthew 27:39), rejection (1 Peter 2:4) and self-denial (Matthew 16:24). A follower of Christ who takes up his or her cross is making a deliberate choice to deny his or her own selfish interests and way of life (Luke 14:26-27) and to boldly identify with Christ. That person’s own identity gets so connected with that of Jesus that the person’s own reputation cannot be separated from his or her relationship with Christ. This kind of identification with Christ Jesus requires a commitment in four areas of struggle and suffering for the sake of Christ.

  1. We struggle in a lifelong battle against sin (Romans 6; 1 Peter 4:1-2) and must willingly endure suffering by crucifying (putting to death, not feeding, becoming unresponsive to) our own sinful desires (Romans 6; 8:13; Galatians 2:20; 6:14; Titus 2:12; 1 Peter 2:11, 21-24).
  2. We struggle in a war against Satan and the demonic powers of evil and must be willing to suffer rejection and hardship in order to promote Christ’s purposes on earth (2 Corinthians 10:4-5; 6:7; Ephesians 6:12; 1 Timothy 6:12). In the process, we will experience spiritual opposition and hostility (2 Corinthians 6:3-7; 11:23-29; 1 Peter 5:8-10), and we will face the resistance and persecution as we stand against false teachers who corrupt the true message of Christ (Matthew 23:1-36; Galatians 1:9; Philippians 1:15-17). 
  3. We suffer hatred and ridicule from the world (John 15:18-25; Hebrews 11:25-26) because of our devotion to Christ and His standards of truth and right (1 Corinthians 1:21-27). People will strongly oppose us because our example and testimony – which must be conveyed with love and humility – expose the evil of their beliefs, behaviors and lifestyles (John 7:7). 
  4. Like Jesus, we may also suffer ridicule and persecution from religious people or ungodly leaders (Mark 8:31; Mark 8:15).

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  1. GET BEHIND ME SATAN / MARK 8:33
  2. HIS SIGHT WAS RESTORED / MARK 8:25
  3. YEAST / MARK 8:15
  4. I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2
  5. CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
  6. FOLLY / MARK 7:22
  7. MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
  8. MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
  9. THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
  10. THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
  11. FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
  12. COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
  13. ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
  14. LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
  15. JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
  16. JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
  17. JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
  18. A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
  19. JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
  20. EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
  21. TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
  22. A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
  23. PARABLES / MARK 4:2
  24. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
  25. THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
  26. HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
  27. LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
  28. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
  29. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  30. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  31. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  32. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  33. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  34. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  35. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  36. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  37. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  38. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  39. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  40. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  41. Guided By Grace About

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

GET BEHIND ME SATAN / MARK 8:33

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(KJV) Mark 8:33

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

GET BEHIND ME SATAN / MARK 8:33

Peter’s reaction shows that suffering and rejection had no place in his view of the Messiah (Savior, Christ) at this point. Peter’s attempt to save Jesus from suffering and dying (Mark 8:32) was presenting the same temptation and point of view that Satan laid before Jesus at the beginning of His ministry (Matthew 8:4-10; Matthew 8:4; Matthew 8:10).

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  1. HIS SIGHT WAS RESTORED / MARK 8:25
  2. YEAST / MARK 8:15
  3. I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2
  4. CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
  5. FOLLY / MARK 7:22
  6. MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
  7. MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
  8. THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
  9. THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
  10. FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
  11. COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
  12. ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
  13. LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
  14. JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
  15. JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
  16. JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
  17. A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
  18. JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
  19. EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
  20. TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
  21. A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
  22. PARABLES / MARK 4:2
  23. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
  24. THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
  25. HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
  26. LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
  27. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
  28. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  29. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  30. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  31. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  32. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  33. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  34. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  35. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  36. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  37. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  38. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  39. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  40. Guided By Grace About

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

HIS SIGHT WAS RESTORED / MARK 8:25

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(KJV) Mark 8:25

After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

HIS SIGHT WAS RESTORED / MARK 8:25

This healing in Bethsaida is the only instance of a gradual cure by Jesus. It teaches that not every healing happens instantly. A person’s gradual healing can be difficult to understand. Yet we can still be honest about our needs and situations, never exaggerating what Christ has done to make ourselves seem more important.

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  1. YEAST / MARK 8:15
  2. I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2
  3. CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
  4. FOLLY / MARK 7:22
  5. MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
  6. MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
  7. THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
  8. THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
  9. FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
  10. COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
  11. ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
  12. LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
  13. JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
  14. JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
  15. JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
  16. A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
  17. JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
  18. EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
  19. TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
  20. A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
  21. PARABLES / MARK 4:2
  22. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
  23. THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
  24. HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
  25. LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
  26. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
  27. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  28. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  29. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  30. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  31. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  32. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  33. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  34. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  35. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  36. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  37. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  38. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  39. Guided By Grace About

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

YEAST / MARK 8:15

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(KJV) Mark 8:15

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

YEAST / MARK 8:15

Yeast is a microorganism that ferments sugars and other carbohydrates, causing various reactions. A tiny amount of yeast will spread throughout the entire batch of bread dough, making it rise. Yeast also ferments wine, making it alcoholic and intoxicating. In the New Testament, “yeast” is usually a symbol for evil or corruption (Matthew 13:33; Matthew 16:6; Matthew 16:11; Luke 12:1; 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 5:9; Exodus 13:7).

  1. The yeast of the Pharisees refers to their religious traditions, which caused them to set aside God’s true commands and close their spiritual eyes to portions of His Word and what He desires (Mark 7:5-8). 
  2. The yeast of Herod (Herod Antipas was the ruler in Galilee) represented a worldly mindset that resisted God and demanded a sign from Jesus (Luke 23:8) to prove He was God. This was similar to the attitude of the Sadducees (Matthew 3:7). Followers of Christ must always be on guard against those who preach or teach human ideas or traditions that change the message of Christ as revealed in the Bible. Accepting such views will cause people in the church to lose their devotion to Christ and may cause them to turn against Him and His Word.

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  1. I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2
  2. CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
  3. FOLLY / MARK 7:22
  4. MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
  5. MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
  6. THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
  7. THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
  8. FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
  9. COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
  10. ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
  11. LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
  12. JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
  13. JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
  14. JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
  15. A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
  16. JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
  17. EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
  18. TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
  19. A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
  20. PARABLES / MARK 4:2
  21. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
  22. THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
  23. HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
  24. LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
  25. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
  26. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  27. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  28. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  29. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  30. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  31. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  32. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  33. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  34. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  35. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  36. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  37. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  38. Guided By Grace About

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2

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(KJV) Mark 8:2

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2

Jesus always looked with compassion (Mark 6:34) on the needs and suffering of humanity (Mark 1:41). Throughout the Gospels (the accounts of Jesus’ life given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), the writers often mention Jesus’ compassion as the motive for His miracles and healings. Jesus still has a deep compassion for human needs and hurts, and He continues to show it by taking care of our needs – often in miraculous ways that are greater than our understanding. In times of troubles, we can always come to Him in prayer with the assurance that we will receive grace, mercy and help (Matthew 6:31-32; Hebrews 4:14-16; 7:25).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
  2. FOLLY / MARK 7:22
  3. MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
  4. MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
  5. THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
  6. THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
  7. FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
  8. COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
  9. ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
  10. LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
  11. JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
  12. JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
  13. JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
  14. A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
  15. JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
  16. EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
  17. TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
  18. A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
  19. PARABLES / MARK 4:2
  20. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
  21. THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
  22. HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
  23. LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
  24. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
  25. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  26. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  27. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  28. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  29. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  30. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  31. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  32. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  33. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  34. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  35. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  36. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  37. Guided By Grace About

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

A FOOLISH SHEPHERD / ZECHARIAH 11:15-16

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(KJV) Zechariah 11:15-16

And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

A FOOLISH SHEPHERD / ZECHARIAH 11:15-16

Once again, Zechariah used a shepherd’s equipment, but this time to act out the role of a godless and cruel shepherd, who used his equipment to hurt the sheep rather than help them (Zechariah 11:4-17). The symbol of the foolish shepherd will be fulfilled in the end-time antichrist (Ezekiel 34:2-4; Daniel 11:36-39; John 5:43; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10; Revelation 13:1-8).

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  1. BREAKING THE BROTHERHOOD / ZECHARIAH 11:14
  2. THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER / ZECHARIAH 11:12
  3. REVOKING THE COVENANT / ZECHARIAH 11:10-11
  4. I WILL NOT BE YOUR SHEPHERD / ZECHARIAH 11:8-9
  5. TWO STAFFS / ZECHARIAH 11:7
  6. FLOCK MARKED FOR SLAUGHTER / ZECHARIAH 11:4-6
  7. PASTURE THE FLOCK / ZECHARIAH 11:4-17
  8. ASSYRIA’S … EGYPT’S / ZECHARIAH 10:11
  9. JUDAH … JOSEPH / ZECHARIAH 10:6-8
  10. FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4
  11. DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2
  12. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  13. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  14. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  15. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  16. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  17. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  18. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  19. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  20. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  21. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  22. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  23. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  24. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  25. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  26. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  27. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  28. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  29. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  30. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  31. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  32. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  33. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  34. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  35. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  36. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  37. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  38. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  39. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  40. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  41. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  42. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  43. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  44. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  45. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  46. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  47. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  48. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  49. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  50. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  51. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  52. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  53. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  54. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  55. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  56. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  57. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

BREAKING THE BROTHERHOOD / ZECHARIAH 11:14

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(KJV) Zechariah 11:14

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

BREAKING THE BROTHERHOOD / ZECHARIAH 11:14

Part of God’s judgment was to bring confusion and destroy Israel’s unity, as the nation would eventually splinter into hostile factions or divisions.

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  1. THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER / ZECHARIAH 11:12
  2. REVOKING THE COVENANT / ZECHARIAH 11:10-11
  3. I WILL NOT BE YOUR SHEPHERD / ZECHARIAH 11:8-9
  4. TWO STAFFS / ZECHARIAH 11:7
  5. FLOCK MARKED FOR SLAUGHTER / ZECHARIAH 11:4-6
  6. PASTURE THE FLOCK / ZECHARIAH 11:4-17
  7. ASSYRIA’S … EGYPT’S / ZECHARIAH 10:11
  8. JUDAH … JOSEPH / ZECHARIAH 10:6-8
  9. FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4
  10. DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2
  11. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  12. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  13. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  14. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  15. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  16. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  17. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  18. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  19. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  20. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  21. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  22. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  23. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  24. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  25. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  26. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  27. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  28. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  29. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  30. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  31. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  32. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  33. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  34. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  35. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  36. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  37. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  38. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  39. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  40. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  41. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  42. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  43. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  44. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  45. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  46. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  47. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  48. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  49. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  50. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  51. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  52. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  53. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  54. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  55. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  56. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER / ZECHARIAH 11:12

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(KJV) Zechariah 11:12

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER / ZECHARIAH 11:12

Zechariah, still representing the Messiah, asked the leaders to pay him what they thought his services were worth. They insulted him by offering him the price of a slave (Exodus 21:32). Thirty pieces of silver was also the price paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:3-10; Matthew 27:3; Matthew 27:5; Matthew 27:9-10).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. REVOKING THE COVENANT / ZECHARIAH 11:10-11
  2. I WILL NOT BE YOUR SHEPHERD / ZECHARIAH 11:8-9
  3. TWO STAFFS / ZECHARIAH 11:7
  4. FLOCK MARKED FOR SLAUGHTER / ZECHARIAH 11:4-6
  5. PASTURE THE FLOCK / ZECHARIAH 11:4-17
  6. ASSYRIA’S … EGYPT’S / ZECHARIAH 10:11
  7. JUDAH … JOSEPH / ZECHARIAH 10:6-8
  8. FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4
  9. DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2
  10. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  11. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  12. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  13. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  14. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  15. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  16. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  17. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  18. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  19. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  20. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  21. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  22. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  23. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  24. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  25. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  26. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  27. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  28. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  29. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  30. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  31. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  32. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  33. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  34. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  35. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  36. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  37. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  38. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  39. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  40. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  41. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  42. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  43. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  44. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  45. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  46. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  47. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  48. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  49. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  50. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  51. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  52. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  53. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  54. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  55. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

REVOKING THE COVENANT / ZECHARIAH 11:10-11

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(KJV) Zechariah 11:10-11

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

REVOKING THE COVENANT / ZECHARIAH 11:10-11

God had made a pledge to hold back other nations from attacking Israel, but His people had broken their covenant relationship with God by rejecting His promises, defying His laws and being unfaithful to Him. Zechariah boldly describes God removing His protection and Israel being destroyed and scattered. This occurred in A.D. 70 when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem.

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  1. I WILL NOT BE YOUR SHEPHERD / ZECHARIAH 11:8-9
  2. TWO STAFFS / ZECHARIAH 11:7
  3. FLOCK MARKED FOR SLAUGHTER / ZECHARIAH 11:4-6
  4. PASTURE THE FLOCK / ZECHARIAH 11:4-17
  5. ASSYRIA’S … EGYPT’S / ZECHARIAH 10:11
  6. JUDAH … JOSEPH / ZECHARIAH 10:6-8
  7. FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4
  8. DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2
  9. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  10. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  11. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  12. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  13. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  14. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  15. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  16. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  17. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  18. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  19. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  20. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  21. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  22. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  23. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  24. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  25. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  26. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  27. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  28. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  29. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  30. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  31. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  32. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  33. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  34. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  35. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  36. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  37. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  38. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  39. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  40. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  41. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  42. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  43. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  44. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  45. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  46. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  47. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  48. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  49. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  50. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  51. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  52. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  53. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  54. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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