May
Seven days from now (May 24, 2026), the Holy Spirit will fall on the disciples at Pentecost. But today they don't know that. They're in the upper room, still waiting, still praying, still trusting Jesus's promise that "in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 1:5). It
May
In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength. You keep striving when I'm inviting you to rest. You keep performing when I'm calling you to trust. Stop the frantic effort. Your strength comes from trusting Me, not from trying harder.
May
Father, Jesus ascended yesterday. Today the disciples are back in Jerusalem, waiting for the promised Spirit. They're in the gap between ascension and Pentecost, between promise and fulfillment, between command and empowerment. I'm in my own gap too - between what you've promised and what
May
Yesterday Jesus ascended to heaven. Today the disciples are back in Jerusalem, as commanded, waiting for the promised Spirit. The ascension changed everything and nothing simultaneously. Jesus was gone, but his presence through the Spirit was coming. The mission was commissioned but not ye
May
This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go. He went up visibly. He'll come down visibly. The ascension guarantees the return. What I've promised, I'll fulfill. He's coming back.
May
Jesus, today you ascended to the Father forty days after rising from the dead. You went up before the disciples' eyes, visibly and physically returning to claim your throne. You didn't disappear - you were exalted to the highest place, given the name above every name, crowned as Lord over
May
Today is Ascension Thursday, forty days after Easter Sunday. On this day in AD 30 (or possibly AD 33), Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, completing the sequence that began with incarnation. He came down at Christmas, lived among us for thirty-three years, died on Good Friday, rose on Easter
May
I exalted Jesus to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at His name every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord. He's enthroned. He's reigning. He's Lord over all.
May
Jesus, tomorrow you'll ascend to the Father. The disciples don't know yet that tomorrow is the last day of your physical presence. They're spending tonight having ordinary conversations, not realizing these are the final hours. Only later will they wish they'd savored every moment, asked e
May
Tomorrow is Ascension Thursday (May 14, 2026). Tonight is the eve of Jesus's departure, the last evening he spent with his disciples before returning to the Father. They didn't know it was the last evening - Jesus had said "in a few days" the Spirit would come, but he hadn't specified when
May
I am good to those whose hope is in Me, to the one who seeks Me. I am good to those who wait for Me. Waiting isn't punishment - it's positioning. You're not being delayed; you're being prepared. Good things are coming to those who wait for Me.
May
Jesus, two days from now you'll ascend to the Father. Your last command was to wait - not to act immediately but to pause for promised power. This challenges my action-oriented approach. I want to do something, start something, accomplish something. But you told them to wait in Jerusalem f