by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Jul 18, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
But many who are first will be last, and the last first. – Mark 10:31 In the kingdom of God, things are not always what they seem. Jesus ends this teaching with a striking reversal that flips the world’s value system upside down. Those who appear to be...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Jul 17, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
…with persecutions… – Mark 10:30b Just as Jesus promises abundance in this life—brothers, sisters, homes, and lands—He inserts an unsettling phrase: “with persecutions.” The life of a disciple includes both blessing and hardship. It is easy to idealise the...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Jul 16, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
Receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands. -Mark 10:30a Jesus promises that whatever you give up for His sake, you will receive back a hundredfold, not only in heaven, but now in this time. What Jesus is...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Jul 15, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel…’ – Mark 10:29 Jesus answers Peter with divine assurance: no sacrifice made for His sake goes...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Jul 14, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
Peter began to say to him, ‘See, we have left everything and followed you. – Mark 10:28 Following Jesus is never casual. It is a total reorientation of life that may cost us deeply. Peter’s words reflect the raw honesty of a disciple who had truly left...
