31 Day Daily Devotional SERIES for the Garden of the Heart: DAY 12

 DAY 12

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, 

there they crucified him, and the malefactors, 

one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, 

and the disciple standing by, whom he loved,  

he saith unto his mother, 

Woman, behold thy son!  

Then saith he to the disciple, 

Behold thy mother! 

Luke 23:34/John 19:26,27

 

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all......And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; 

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, 

and bear a son, 

and shall call his name Immanuel.

.....which being interpreted is, God with us. 

For before the child shall 

know to refuse the evil, 

and choose the good...

For unto us a child is born,  

unto us a son is given: 

and the government shall be upon his shoulder: 

and his name shall be called 

Wonderful, 

Counsellor, 

The mighty God, 

The everlasting Father, 

The Prince of Peace.

....and the virgin's name was Mary. 

And she brought forth her firstborn son, 

and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, 

and laid him in a manger...

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east...

And when they were come into the house, 

they saw the young child with Mary his mother, 

and fell down, and worshiped him...

Genesis 3:14,15/Isaiah 7:14,15/Matthew 1:27/Isaiah 9:6/Luke 1:27/2:7/Matthew 2:1,11

 

DAILY REMINDER

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, 

and have not LOVE, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, 

and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, 

and have not LOVE, I am nothing. 

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not LOVE, it profiteth me nothing.

LOVE suffereth long, and is kind; 

LOVE envieth not; 

LOVE vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, 

is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 

And now abideth faith, hope, LOVE, these three; 

but the greatest of these is LOVE.

 And from Jesus Christ, ....Unto him that loved us, 

and washed us from our sins in his own blood,...

1 Corinthians 13:1-5,13/Revelation 1:5

 

 

"The mother of Jesus looked on with agonizing suspense....And now

the hammer and nails were brought, and as the spikes were driven through the tender flesh and fastened to the cross, the heart-stricken bore away from the cruel scene the fainting form of the mother of Christ.  

The eyes of Jesus wandered over the multitude that had collected together to witness His death, and He saw at the foot of the cross John supporting Mary, the mother of Christ. She had returned to the terrible scene, not being able to longer remain away from her Son.
The last lesson of Jesus was one of filial love. 

He looked upon the grief-stricken face of His mother, and then upon John; said He, addressing the former: "Woman, behold thy son!" Then, to the disciple: "Behold thy mother!" John 19:27.  

The perfect example of Christ's filial love shines forth with undimmed luster from the mist of ages. 

*While enduring the keenest torture, He was not forgetful of His mother, but made all provision necessary for her future."

Story of Redemption p.222 E.G.W.

 

 Closing Thought for the Day

The Creator--born of His own Creation

Only a God could pull that off

But Remember, 

the next time He comes

He won't be a baby

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; 

and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 

His eyes were as a flame of fire, 

and on his head were many crowns; 

and he had a name written, 

that no man knew, but he himself. 

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: 

and his name is called The Word of God. 

And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, 

that with it he should smite the nations: 

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: 

and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

I am Alpha and Omega, 

the beginning and the end. 

I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Revelation 19:11-16/21:6