🌊 Mark 11

Mark 11 is a real chapter from the New Testament. It starts, “When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a den of robbers!”” Mark 11 opens with these words: “When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,” The line to keep is Mark 11:3: “If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.”” Carry the word “anyone” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Mark 11:3: “If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Mark 11? Then try this: Read “If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.