PrayerBits
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Sunday
Scripture lesson: Matthew 16:21-28 Instant Gratification or...
Time to reflect: Most of the world wants comfort, glory, honor, etc now, not “in the sky, by and by.” But Jesus reminds us that sometimes it is better to suffer not and to enjoy God's grace and glory later.
Moving through the day: Think of some time when you compromised what you knew was right in order to gain some temporary benefit.
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!"
Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
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