Betrayal wasn't necessary in order for Jesus to be crucified, but it serves to confirm this generation is no better than that one.

Live it
Nothing is so disheartening as someone you call a friend saying something demeaning about you to someone else. But it will happen a million times today and to people of all ages. Children will come home from school crying because their best friend snubbed them and some adults will do the same in the privacy of their bedroom. Some will seek reprisal for those who shared private things with other people by sharing private things about them to someone else. And the computer social networks employed by youth and adults alike only serve to do it faster, more efficiently and globally.

Perhaps you've heard the old hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus?" One stanza says if we have a problem, we should take it to the Lord in prayer. Have you considered that the only person who can be trusted totally is the Lord? Everyone of us is born a failure to serve a wicked sin nature that has no conscience. Only through Christ can we be released from the chains of sin. But even then, it raises its ugly head now and then to remind us it's still there. It's not gone, but just subdued through the power of the Holy Spirit. Will we be loyal to our friends or act like Judas and let our inner frustrations get out long enough to hurt the ones we love?

Pray it
There is nothing so sweet as the fruit of spending time with You. For most of my life I thought prayer was "Having a Little Talk with Jesus," when in fact it's a deep time of listening and absorbing the Word while allowing the Holy Spirit to search my heart for anything that's come between us. You know my desire for more time with You, so I ask again today for that very thing.

Resources
Naaman: When God says seven, six won't do! (2000)
Are you a witness of what God has done in your life? (2002)
Has the Great Physician examined your heart and found you terminally stupid? (2003)
It's amazing that the God of love cares about terrorists who worship a god of hate. (2004)
Devotional (2005)
When we've been with God, people in need can usually tell. (2006)
When we depend on God, He directs people to depend on our prayers (2007)
God never stops working in us, even when we least expect it. (2008)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.

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