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Devotional Making Disciples

Setting your mind

“You are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man” (Mark 8:33 ESV).

This. After Christ reveals what is to come.

Suffering. Death. Then resurrection.

And Peter rebukes Him. Having just called Him the Christ. Now denying the truth spoken by that very One, the Word of God?

Not Peter’s best move. And his Master’s words must shake him to the core. “Get behind Me, Satan.”

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Devotional Memoir

Untraceable ways

The shifting in our souls comes unbidden. Change is on the way. Undefined and unexplained. Untraceable.

Yet we know.

This surprises. Perplexes. How do we leave the incomplete? People we love? Those yet to turn and follow Christ? 

We bring questions and loose ends before Him. Wrestle in prayer. Wanting specifics, really.

Silence.

Mystery and wonder. Image by Benjaminrobyn Jespersen on Unsplash.