September 2001 Daily Devotionals

Saturday 1 September

Matthew 26:29

I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s kingdom."

Sunday 2 September

Matthew 26:31-32

"This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: "‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

Monday 3 September

Matthew 26:34

"I tell you the truth," "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times."

Tuesday 4 September

Matthew 26:36

"Sit here while I go over there and pray."

Wednesday 5 September

Matthew 26:38

"My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."

Thursday 6 September

Matthew 26:39

"My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

Friday 7 September

Matthew 26:40

"Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?"

Saturday 8 September

Matthew 26:41

"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

Sunday 9 September

Matthew 26:42

"My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."

Monday 10 September

Matthew 26:45

"Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Tuesday 11 September

Matthew 26:46

Rise, let us go! Here comes my betrayer!"

Wednesday 12 September

Matthew 26:50

"Friend, do what you came for

Thursday 13 September

Matthew 26:52

"Put your sword back in its place," "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Friday 14 September

Matthew 26:53-54

Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?"

Saturday 15 September

Matthew 26:55-56

"Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled."

Sunday 16 September

Matthew 26:64

"Yes, it is as you say," "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Monday 17 September

Matthew 26:75

"Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times."

Tuesday 18 September

Matthew 27:46

"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Wednesday 19 September

Matthew 28:9-10

"Greetings," "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

Thursday 20 September

Matthew 28:18-20

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Friday 21 September 2001

Mark 1:15

"The time has come," "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"

Saturday 22 September

Mark 1:17

"Come, follow me," "and I will make you fishers of men."

Sunday 23 September

Mark 1:38

"Let us go somewhere else — to the nearby villages — so I can preach there also. That is why I have come."

Monday 24 September

Mark 1:41,44

"I am willing," "Be clean!" "See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."

Tuesday 25 September

Mark 2:5

"Son, your sins are forgiven."

Wednesday 26 September

Mark 2:8-11

"Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. . . ." "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home."

Thursday 27 September

Mark 2:14

"Follow me,"

Friday 28 September

Mark 2:17

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Saturday 29 September

Mark 2:19-20

"How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

Sunday 30 September

Mark 2:21-22

"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."