it's Easter ... Palm Sunday

Easter week or holy week is happening right now. Yesterday we observed the triumphant entry of Jesus remembering the time Jesus entered Jerusalem just five days before He was crucified.

At this point He is celebrated and praised as the Christ and king. On Friday He will be accused and cursed as a criminal sentences to death. Making this a week wrought with irony, confusion and struggle.

John 12:12-13 NLT

The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors 13 took palm branches and went down the road to meet him. They shouted, “Praise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hail to the King of Israel!”

The person praised is Jesus. He is the first and the last. He is one for us and going ahead of us. He is the one for whom we live. He is the one who brings the glory of a good, good father.

Jesus is the one. He is the real Hope Hero that we should be looking for. Some say a savior never came. Some say they aren’t worth saving. Jesus says I came to seek and to save YOU and anyone who will come to me. This one they celebrated on Palm Sunday is the one they will yell “crucify him” on Friday. Now, there is irony. The savior of the world that sought people for eternity is the same one they sought to get rid of but only temporarily.

Palm Sunday. It is the day in the Easter season, in the Lent observance, that we remember for the praise God, for the exalting of His son and for the entrance of Jesus into the great city of God’s people. But what we ought to be looking for, exalting before all and asking that He enter our lives.

Jesus is the son of God, come in the flesh to save the world. Over the last three years of His life Jesus has poured out love and has given out blessings, He has healed the sick and raised the death, He has shocked the masses and shook the religious, He has made a difference and changed the world forever.

This is the Jesus we have to celebrate and share with others. Help people see Him, meet Him and celebrate just who the one sent from heaven truly is.

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

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