by MJR | Apr 16, 2025 | Genuine Hope
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:28 This afternoon, I finished up a little project I have been working on for the last couple of weeks. It was not without difficulty and the pain of...
by MJR | Apr 14, 2025 | Genuine Hope
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. John 19:28-29 In the passage above, we read...
by MJR | Apr 14, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:45-46 Have you ever...
by MJR | Apr 11, 2025 | Genuine Hope
…Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said...
by MJR | Apr 10, 2025 | Genuine Hope
One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the...
by MJR | Apr 9, 2025 | Genuine Hope
“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” Luke 23:24 When I think of last words, I often think back to the last conversation I had with my Dad. He called on the night before his death and I tear up just a little thinking about the goodness of...