Holy Week Blessings~This week I thought that we would honor Christ and prepare our hearts and minds for Ressurection Sunday. We will break away from our walk through the Bible, and follow Christ on His walk leading to the Cross.I would encourage you to keep walking through the Bible. We will leave the passage for today's Scripture on top.
Good Morning~Sunday, Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, through the Mount of Olives. This is a modern day picture of the Mount of Olives. This may have been the spot where Jesus told His disciples to go into town and find a donkey. This picture is taken from Bibleplaces.com. Click on the picture to see more pictures of the Mount of Olives.
Scripture Reading
SundayThe Triumphal Entry
1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once." 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 "Say to the daughter of Zion,'Behold, your king is coming to you,humble, and mounted on a donkey,and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" 10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?" 11 And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee." - Matthew 21:1-11
Monday
Jesus Curses The Fig Tree (Matthew 21:18- 19)
Jesus Cleanses The Temple
12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers." - Matthew 21:12- 13
Thought for the Day
If you follow your Jewish Christian roots, at sundown, is the start of Passover week. This is a week where in their houses they would clear out ALL leaven (Yeast) and burn it. For this week they would not eat anything made with yeast. Yeast in the Bible is symbolic as sin.
I would encourage you this week to see if you have any "Yeast" in your life. The funny thing with yeast is that any little amount changes the entire dough (Your life) mixture. Examine this Holy Week and see if there is anything that you are hanging onto that is effecting your relationship with Christ.
Closing Prayer
Father as I go into this week I pray that I can even fathom the courage, love and sacrifice You did for me, little old me. I pray that I can shine for You this week and bring a lost heart to You. THANK YOU Father for loving us that much.
I love You and
I pray In Your Name,
Amen.
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2 comments:
You know how you can read passages over and over and see something new every time you read them, I have and still have that to happen and I hope it never stops. The reason I ask is in these passages is something that was overlooked by me for years. Once I saw it I had to ask the question as to why He told disciples to bring both ass and colt as He could only ride one. This is found in:
Matthew 21:2 Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
If you would like some of my findings on this let me know and I will answer trivia later. Maybe someone else out here will answer.
IN CHRIST
Ecc.3
Donna / Agranny3
I guess I will have to go ahead and at least answer the trivia.
Bible Trivia
The LORD told Samuel that people see outward beauty, but HE sees their:
d) Hearts
Found in the last sentence of the passage below
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
COMMENTS on passage:
1. "for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;"
Man sees only what is on the outside, the Lord sees within; only the part of the body that is visible to the eyes is seen by man, but the inward qualifications and endowments of the heart are seen by the Lord:
2. "but the Lord looketh on the heart;"
He knows what is held within the heart , what wisdom and prudence, justice and integrity, mercy and goodness, and other princely qualities within.
The Jewish writers conclude that the heart of Eliab was not right; it could have been, full of wrath, pride, envy… which disqualified him for government, (1Samuel 16:6)
I close with this:
This was an exhortation to godly thinking. God was telling Samuel, "Your natural inclination is to only judge on outward appearance. But, I GOD, can judge the heart that you can't see. So LOOK TO ME! and don't be so quick to judge a person only on their outward appearance." Samuel needed to know his natural inclination to judge the outward appearance, but he didn't have to give into it. He could SEEK the LORD and SEEK God's heart and mind when looking at people.
This was written to Samuel but was not meant only for him, it is meant for every generation to come. Yes that means us and those after us.
IN CHRIST
Ecc.3
Donna
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