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Lord, thank you for this word today. Thank you for your continued love and support. I pray that I would not get complacent in my walk with you. That I would not let times of peace make me soft. I pray that I would not become a “Sunday Follower” but an “Everyday Follower” of you …

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Journal entry from today:

Mark 15:15 – Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged and handed him over to be crucified.

Talk about giving into peer pressure. Pilate didn’t want to do this. He tried to get the crowd to ask for Jesus to be released. The crowd wasn’t going for it. Pilate didn’t have to go with the majority. He could have spared Jesus. Doing so might have meant a loss of power and possibly his life. He was more concerned about himself and more concerned about pleasing the crowd over anything else.

This isn’t much different than the world we live in now. So often we can get caught up in making decisions based on what others think. We get focused on pleasing man rather than pleasing God. In doing so, we are just like Pilate. We are putting Jesus up on that cross ourselves.

Today, think about that as you make decisions. Ask yourself if those decisions are pleasing to God. Be someone who is seeking God’s approval over anything else.