Friday, March 26 You are the ones who have stuck with me in my trials.​—Luke 22:28.

[Áine]

Friday, March 26

You are the ones who have stuck with me in my trials.—Luke 22:28.

 

Throughout Jesus’ challenging ministry, the faithful apostles proved to be real friends to Jesus. (Prov. 18:24) Jesus valued such friends. During his ministry, none of his fleshly brothers put faith in him. (John 7:3-5) At one point, his relatives even thought that he had gone mad. (Mark 3:21) By contrast, Jesus could say the words of today’s text to the faithful apostles on the night before his death. The apostles occasionally disappointed Jesus, but he looked past their faults and saw that they had faith in him. (Matt. 26:40; Mark 10:13, 14;John 6:66-69) On the last night with them before he was executed, Jesus said to these loyal men: “I have called you friends, because I have made known to you all the things I have heard from my Father.” (John 15:15) Without a doubt, Jesus’ friends were a great source of encouragement to him. w19.04 11 ¶11-12

 

 

Memorial Bible reading: (Daytime events: Nisan 12) Luke 22:1-6;Mark 14:1, 2, 10, 11

Edited March 26, 2021 by Anniebea

[Vinnie]

@Anniebea Is this a duplicate of Thursdays or supposed to be Fridays?  We could comment on Thursdays again but it might be a challenge to come up with something different, lol

Edited March 26, 2021 by Vinnie

[Áine]

7 minutes ago, Vinnie said:

@Anniebea Is this a duplicate of Thursdays or supposed to be Fridays?  We could comment on Thursdays again but it might be a challenge to come up with something different, lol

Yea sorry about that I'll change it ... good catch 

[Vinnie]

Jesus went through trials. We too go through trials. Jesus had good friends to support him. Jesus didn't go through his trials totally alone. We too can rely on good friends to encourage us and  help us and stick with us  in our struggles and trials.

[Sister Twister]

Jesus own family did not support him , our spiritual brothers can become closer than fleshly family and be there for us .

 

A reminder to always be good and loyal friends to our spiritual family as they may not have the support of fleshly family and we need each other to face our trials .

[Alexa]

Jesus had friends that he shared the truths about Jehovah and they live with it. Jesus encourages them by appreciating what they had done and naming them as his friends.