#HappyEaster: Never, Never again be Afraid!
“Do not be afraid!” Always allow your joy to be greater than your fear! Nothing in your life should be stronger than His joy.
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#Lent2016, Good Friday
The Man Who had turned over tables … held little children on his lap … calmed the storms … and raised the dead … was now bleeding in agony.
#Lent2016, Maundy Thursday
Text: Matthew 26:31-75 Jesus took three disciples with Him to the Garden of Gethsemane. Peter, James and John had been with Him on the Mount of Transfiguration, and Jesus needed them to stand with Him in prayer. But while Jesus prayed … they slept. While Jesus sweat great drops of blood … they snored. While Jesus …
#Lent2016, Holy Wednesday
Text: Matthew 26:17-30, Exodus 6:6-7 This was the third Passover meal Jesus had eaten with His disciples. The Passover meal was organized around drinking four cups of wine, each representing the four-part promise of redemption in Exodus. The first cup remembered the promise “I will bring you out”. God, the Father, brought the Israelites out of Egypt …
#Lent2016, Holy Tuesday
Text: John 12:1-6, Matthew 26:14-16, Psalms 41 The unanswerable word “Why?!” echoes within my soul as I read the tragic account of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas. Why? Judas had spent three years with Jesus! He had seen Him heal bodies, touch broken lives and raise the dead. Judas had heard the Gospel of love. Why? Judas …
#Lent2016, Holy Monday
Text: Mark 14:1-9 Jesus loved people. He loved the sick and the lame … the prostitute and children. Jesus loved His band of brothers … the 12 whose lives had become so intrinsically a part of His own. Jesus also loved a particular family who had celebrated with Him, had often taken care of Him while …
#Lent2016, Palm Sunday
Text: Luke 19:28-41, Isaiah 55:6-12 “Hosanna!” was the word that began the most explosive 7 days in all of eternity. Never would there be a week, nor a word, that would so profoundly impact every life in recorded history. It was Passover week in Jerusalem and nearly 2.5 million people were crowding the streets of this ancient …
#Lent2016, Day 39
Text: John 19:1-37 “Day 39: The Cross” Re-read today’s passage slowly and prayerfully, engaging your imagination as each scene unfolds. What do you see, hear, feel, smell, in each scene? What is all this meant to mean to you? Allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you through the story of Christ’s death for you today. …
#Lent2016, Day 38
Text: John 13:1-15, Philippians 2:6-7 “Day 38: The Washing” The NIV translates verse 1: “Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.” In this unexpected act of foot washing, Jesus was communicating something profound about the nature of divine love. Love is not simply what Jesus …
#Lent2016, Day 37
Text: Matthew 26:1-5, Matthew 26:14-25 “Day 37: The Plot” Even when Jesus’ life was slipping away from him, he remained remarkably in control. He predicted his arrest and crucifixion before the religious leaders met to conspire against him. He knew that Judas, one of his trusted apostles, would betray him. How disturbing that must have been to …