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Subscribe to this bloggerBorn and raised in New York City, I attended college and graduate school there majoring in Russian Studies, and later served in CIA and in private sector, living, traveling, and working abroad.
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"Lay down your life for me?"
April 03rd, 201205:12 AM ETScripture: Peter said to (Jesus), "Why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." "Lay down your life for me?" answered Jesus. "In all truth I tell you, before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times." John 13:37-38 Prayer: Day 42—Instead of thinking in retrospect how Peter denied Jesus, let me consider, accept, and... -
"What do I do with the man you call king of the Jews?"
April 01st, 201208:49 AM ETScripture: The chief priests, however, had incited the crowd to demand that (Pilate) should release Barabbas for them instead. Then Pilate spoke again, "But in that case, what am I to do with the man you call king of the Jews?" They shouted back, "Crucify him!" Mark 11:11-13 Prayer: Day 40—Let me see myself as Barabbas and reflect on the freedom... -
The scattered children of God
March 31st, 201208:22 AM ETScripture: One of them, Caiaphas, the high priest that year, said, "You do not seem to have grasped the situation at all; you fail to see that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people, rather than that the whole nation should perish." He did not speak in his own person, but as high priest of that year he was prophesying that J... -
In my anguish
March 30th, 201206:35 AM ETScripture: I called to Yahweh in my anguish, I cried for help to my God; from his Temple he heard my voice, my cry came to his ears. Then the earth quaked and rocked, the mountains' foundations shuddered, they quaked at his blazing anger. Psalm 18:6-7 Prayer: Day 38—Oh, do I hear the power of prayer in David's words addressed to the Yahweh. Help... -
Before Abraham ever was, I am.
March 29th, 201206:38 AM ETScripture: The Jews then said, "You are not fifty yet, and you have seen Abraham!" Jesus replied: "In all truth I tell you, before Abraham ever was, I am." John 8:57-58 Prayer: Day 37—These verses are so familiar; each time I read them, they seize my attention and I am astounded. Help me to yield to this stunning truth. Response: The reaction t... -
The truth will set you free
March 28th, 201206:22 AM ETScripture: To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said: "If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples; you will come to know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32 Prayer: Day 36—Let me not read these words as if carved on a monument, but rather as they are written on my heart. Response: Consider the declarati... -
You will know that I am He
March 27th, 201206:19 AM ETScripture: So Jesus said: "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am He and that I do nothing of my own accord. What I say is what the Father has taught me; he who sent me is with me, and has not left me to myself, for I always do what pleases him." John 8: 28-29 Prayer: Day 35—Reading these verses, I hear the word ins... -
The throne of David
March 26th, 201206:48 AM ETScripture: (B)ut the angel said to her, "Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God's favor. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob forever and his rei... -
Writing it on their hearts
March 25th, 201209:00 AM ETScripture: "No, this is (a new) covenant I shall make with the House of Israel when those days have come," Yahweh declares. "Within them I shall plant my Law, writing it on their hearts. Then I shall be their God and they will be my people. There will be no further need for everyone to teach neighbor or brother, saying, 'Learn to know Yahweh!' No, ... -
They all went home
March 24th, 201209:32 AM ETScripture: One of them, Nicodemus—the same man who had come to Jesus earlier—said to (the chief priests and the Pharisee), "But surely our Law does not allow us to pass judgment on anyone without first giving him a hearing and discovering what he is doing?" To this they answered, "Are you a Galilean too? Go into the matter, and see for yourself...
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