Jan 2
“I’m telling you, God turns pages, and in his sovereign hand, in his mighty hand, he can turn pages and change everything in a moment”
Do we sulk in defeat or surrender to the victory of Jesus on the cross? God is weaving a new narrative in our lives. It might be hard for us to turn the page or write a new chapter. However, nothing is impossible through Jesus. God wants to turn a page that will completely and utterly change the trajectory of your life from this moment into eternity.
Scripture References
8.Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
4.“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. 5.Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the Lord— 6.the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. 7.But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”8.Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. 9.Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.” 10.Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.11.When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12.He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: 13.“Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”
27.all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
5.Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. 6.Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
4.As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.5.Every valley shall be filled in,
every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
the rough ways smooth.6.And all people will see God’s salvation.’ ”3:6 Isaiah 40:3-5
14.The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
24.This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.25.Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
13.When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
9.And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.10.You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign5:10 Some manuscripts they reign on the earth.”
22.I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23.The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24.The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25.On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. 26.The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27.Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
18.I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19.And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
16.Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
8.Record my misery;
list my tears on your scroll56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin—
are they not in your record?
Jesus Before Pilate
1.Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
2.“Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
3.The chief priests accused him of many things. 4.So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
5.But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
6.Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7.A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8.The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
9.“Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, 10.knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11.But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.
12.“What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.
13.“Crucify him!” they shouted.
14.“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
15.Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
16.The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. 17.They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. 18.And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” 19.Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. 20.And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
The Crucifixion of Jesus
21.A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22.They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 23.Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24.And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
25.It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26.The written notice of the charge against him read:
the king of the jews.
27.They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. 28.15:28 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Luke 22:37. 29.Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30.come down from the cross and save yourself!” 31.In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! 32.Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
The Death of Jesus
33.At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34.And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).15:34 Psalm 22:1
35.When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
36.Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
37.With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
38.The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39.And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,15:39 Some manuscripts saw that he died with such a cry he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”
40.Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,15:40 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph; also in verse 47 and Salome. 41.In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
The Burial of Jesus
42.It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, 43.Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 44.Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45.When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46.So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47.Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
56.The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57.But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1.The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind2.to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,3.and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.
30.He must become greater; I must become less.”3:30 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 36.
7.For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2.Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.