Jesus Wants To Be Our Hero. No Fooling.

This Palm Sunday morning (also April Fool's Day in the USA) I preached on the seven sayings Jesus spoke while nailed to the Cross of Calvary. The message touched my own heart with deep-water emotion as I shared it with the congregation, especially when I repeated the fifth saying of Jesus on the Cross -- these two words -- "I thirst!" It had never before touched me as deep as it did this morning. Feeling abandoned by His Father, in complete vulnerability, almost like a little boy who was lost in the dark night of His soul, Jesus cried out, "I thirst."

When I arrived at home, one of my partners in Ministry, Pastor Joseph, our Worship Pastor sent me this e-mail message with a very touching song to listen to:

Subject: Great song that just caps off the day...

I heard this song on the way home from church.

Thought you’d like this.

-- Joseph

Click here: Abandon - Hero - YouTube

Jesus Paid It All. He Wants to Be Our Hero. No Fooling.

Grateful

Our Hero Has Won The Battle

Who is this Hero marching in His glorious uniform? "It's Mme, the LORD! I have won the battle, and I can save you!"
-- From Isaiah 63:1 (CEV)

Holiness unto The LORD!
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My Heart's Prayer As Easter Draws Near

Lord, during this season leading up to the celebration of Your Resurrection, You invite me to enter more totally into the mystery of Your suffering. I believe You are inviting me into a deeper desire that I might continue to know You with ever-increasing intimacy. As I journey on the way that You have charted for me, help me to embrace the burdens that I am to bear for my own good and more especially for Your glory. If I know my heart, I have died to the desire to choose my own way and to want what I want. The goal is not to be a hero but a servant like You, who Loves You. In Your marvelous and matchless Name I pray. Amen.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. -- Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

Count it all joy.
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