“Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36  In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus asked His disciples to “stay here and watch with Me”, but when He returned, He found them asleep and cautioned them “Watch and pray, lest…

“but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” I Peter 1:19 The Lord Jesus is that unblemished and spotless lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world and gives us spiritual life in return for spiritual death. He willingly identified Himself with our sin and voluntarily offered up His own sinless…

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 15:13 Jesus spoke these words to his disciples just a few hours before he was arrested. And the next day, which we celebrate today as Good Friday, he laid down his life for us all. He gave up his life willingly on the cross to…