People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us.’23:30 Hos 10:8. 31For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?

“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”

“Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” 43And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Lord God my Father,

Keep me safe from my sin nature, help me to see you as you reveal yourself. Give me a heart for others on your terms, not mine and show me the path to paradise to follow.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. 21But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!

But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.

“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. 16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

Lord God my Father,

Give me the desire to hear only Truth, keep me from compromise. Help me to be firm in your way and sensitive to the ways of the world. Help me to act on the desires you place on my heart and strength to stand for your way when it may be hard. Protect me from my hypocrisy.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.

Lord God my Father,

Give me discernment to only listen to your Truth and not fall to deceit.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“Abba, Father,”14:36 Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”

Lord God my FAther,

Everything is possible with you but help my desires to follow your nature and keep me from asking for my desire but for yours alone. Protect me from deception.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen