Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's Word with you, so let's get started.

Hey, welcome to our examination of Mark Chapter 14. Let's start with a recap. Mark's gospel moves swiftly

towards Jesus' arrest and trial. There is a powerful contrast between the woman who

anoints him with expensive oil and Judas who betrays him for 30 pieces of silver. Both would be

remembered for generations for very different reasons. Jesus proceeds to meet with

his disciples and institute the Memorial Supper. He announces that a betrayer would come from among

them, but he later tells them that, in the short term, they will all fall away. Peter, of course,

denies this vehemently. Following this, Jesus prays in the garden while Peter,

James, and John fall asleep a short distance away. Jesus is then arrested and accused of

blasphemy by Jewish leadership. In those moments, Peter falters in faith and denies Jesus three times.

Peter then weeps in sorrow. Let's consider some application from this well-known

event. The potency of this chapter is in the characters around Jesus. The woman anoints him

with costly oil, demonstrating service and her understanding of his sacrifice. Judas, on the other hand,

lets greed dominate his thinking. It has blinded him to true and selfless faith.

We would do well to study them both and decide who we want to emulate.

The rest of the chapter turns attention to Peter and his pride.

He said he would never desert Jesus.

While he certainly had a stronger faith than Judas,

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