Here we are! A week before one of the most blessed of celebrations in my world and hopefully in yours, too.
Today is what is typically called Palm Sunday and the first of Holy Week, the week of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. As my t-shirt says, "A lot can happen in three days..." That t-shirt will be enjoyed this Easter week while I am here at home sheltered in place. It will be a different sort of Holy Week this year....no planning of Easter morning church sunrise service, no full house for Easter breakfast, no typical Easter service.....but in spite of that, the celebration will not be diminished in my life. If anything can be said for this year's conditions, it can be said that the thrill of Jesus will be even more magnified in my life.
No typical organized celebration can change the joy in MY heart for MY Jesus, what HE did for me, and what HE still does for me TODAY. I will rejoice in HIM!
I invite you to use this week to read scriptures in the gospel leading up to the magnificent morning of the resurrection. To me, the scriptures NEVER get old.
Check back daily this week for some word of rejoicing. I'm yet undecided as to the format of the blog posts for this Holy Week but I pray each one will give you hope and joy.
If necessary that you dust off your Bible, I encourage you to do so or as technology will allow nowadays, read these online. You will find the four gospels tend to on occasion be a bit different in details, but the story is the same wonder that it always has been.
So this week, consider......
Jesus rides into Jerusalem.....Matt 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 12:12-19
The Last Supper with the twelve....Matt. 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:3-39; John 13
Sold out....Matt 26: 1-16; Mark 14:1-2, 10-11: Luke 22:1-6
In the Garden....Matthew 26:36-56; Mark14: 32-52; Luke 22:39-53; John 17, 18:1-11
Guilty?.....Matthew 26:57-75; Mark14:53-72; Luke 22:54-71; John 18:12-27
A Dark Day....Matthew 27:1-66; Mark 15:1-47; Luke 23; John 18:28-42
The Tomb....Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20
Today is what is typically called Palm Sunday and the first of Holy Week, the week of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. As my t-shirt says, "A lot can happen in three days..." That t-shirt will be enjoyed this Easter week while I am here at home sheltered in place. It will be a different sort of Holy Week this year....no planning of Easter morning church sunrise service, no full house for Easter breakfast, no typical Easter service.....but in spite of that, the celebration will not be diminished in my life. If anything can be said for this year's conditions, it can be said that the thrill of Jesus will be even more magnified in my life.
No typical organized celebration can change the joy in MY heart for MY Jesus, what HE did for me, and what HE still does for me TODAY. I will rejoice in HIM!
I invite you to use this week to read scriptures in the gospel leading up to the magnificent morning of the resurrection. To me, the scriptures NEVER get old.
Check back daily this week for some word of rejoicing. I'm yet undecided as to the format of the blog posts for this Holy Week but I pray each one will give you hope and joy.
If necessary that you dust off your Bible, I encourage you to do so or as technology will allow nowadays, read these online. You will find the four gospels tend to on occasion be a bit different in details, but the story is the same wonder that it always has been.
So this week, consider......
Jesus rides into Jerusalem.....Matt 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 12:12-19
The Last Supper with the twelve....Matt. 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:3-39; John 13
Sold out....Matt 26: 1-16; Mark 14:1-2, 10-11: Luke 22:1-6
In the Garden....Matthew 26:36-56; Mark14: 32-52; Luke 22:39-53; John 17, 18:1-11
Guilty?.....Matthew 26:57-75; Mark14:53-72; Luke 22:54-71; John 18:12-27
A Dark Day....Matthew 27:1-66; Mark 15:1-47; Luke 23; John 18:28-42
The Tomb....Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20
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