OUR DAILY BREAD : JESUS' LOVE FOR ALL

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March 2
Sunday


JESUS' LOVE
FOR ALL

READ:
John 1:17-24
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He, bearing His cross,
went out to a place
called the Place of a
Skull,... where they
crucified Him.
__John 19:17-18
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It was a bit unusual, but three times in one day I heard the same song. In the early afternoon, I attended a hymnsing at a home for the elderly. As part of her prayer at the end of our time together, Willie, one of the residents, said, "Sing with Me.' " In the evening, I attended a gathering with young people who sang it while pounding out the beat with their hands and feet. Later that evening, I received a text message on my phone with an audio recoding of my 2 1/2-year-old grandniece with a sweet little voice, singing, "I am weak, but He is sgrong.." People in their nineties, teenagers, and a toddler all sang that song that day.

After hearing that simple song three times, I began to think the Lord might be telling me something. Actually, He gave us all this message long ago: "I love you." We read in John 19 that He allowed people to put a crown of thorns on His head, mock Him, strike Him, strip Him, and crucify Him (vv.1-6). He had the power to stop them, but He said very little (v.11). He did it all for love's sake to pay for our sins and to rescue us from punishment.

How much does God love us? Jesus spread out His arms and was nailed to the cross. He died for us, then rose again. That's a precious fact for young and old. __Anne Cetas

``````````````````````Jesus loves me! This I know;``````````````````````
````````````````````````For the bible tells me so;```````````````````````
```````````````````````Little ones to Him belong;```````````````````````
```````````````They are weak but He is strong. __Warner``````````````````
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The truest measure of God's love is that
He loves without measure! __Bernard of Clairvaux

*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ John 17-24*****************************
17 And He, bearing His
cross, went out to a place
called the Place of a Skull,
which is called in Hebrew,
Golgotha, 18 where they
crucified Him, and two
others with Him, one on
either side, and Jesus in the
center.

19 Now Pilate wrote a title
and put it on the cross. and
the writing was: JESUS OF
NAZARETH, THE KING OF
THE JEWS. 20 Then many of
the Jews read this title, for
the place where Jesus was
crucified was near the city;
and it was written in
Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

21 Therefore the chief priests
of the Jews said to Pilate,
"Do not write, 'The King of
the Jews,' but, 'He said, "I
am the King of the Jews." ' "

22 Pilate answered, "What
I have written, I have
written."

23 Then the soldiers, when
they had crucified Jesus,
took His garments and
made four parts, to each
soldier a part, and also the
tunic. Now the tunic was
without seam, woven from
the tip in one piece.

24 They said therefore
among themselves, "Let us
not tear it, but cast lots for
it, whose it shall be," that
the Scripture might be
fulfilled which says: "They
divided My garments
among them, and for My
clothing they cast lots."
Therefore the soldiers did
these things.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Although history is obscure about many details of Pontius Pilate's life
and death, we do know that he served as the prefect, or governor, of
Judea for 10 years from AD 26 to 36. An artifact discovered in 1961
verifies his existence and underscores once again that the Bible can
be trusted.