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As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he took his twelve disciples aside and told them in private: We are now on our way to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses. They will sentence him to death, and then they will hand him over to foreigners who will make fun of him. They will beat him and nail him to a cross. But on the third day he will rise from death. 

Matthew 20:17-19 - CEV

Jesus told His disciples exactly what was going to happen in Jerusalem.  If these followers of Jesus had listened to what Jesus said, they would have known what was going to happen.   But they did not listen!  So they were confused and suffered as they watched Jesus nailed to a Cross and buried in the ground!

As you listen to Jesus speaking today through His Word, do you really hear what He is saying, or are you like the disciples who heard the Words and yet could not believe that Jesus meant what He said?

So as you open your Bible today ask the Lord to help you open your mind as well to actually hear what He is saying!  You may have read a verse many times over the years and yet never really listened to what the Lord is saying in it!  

"Lord Jesus, help me today to hear clearly what You are saying to me.  Open my ears and my heart to hear Your Word like never before.  May Your Holy and Righteous Name be praised now and forever.  Amen."