Holy Week Daily Devotion | Day 5 - For When I Am Afraid

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Pray

  • Thank Jesus that He is bigger than the biggest storm, earthquake, hurricane, landslide, or tsunami.

  • Thank Jesus that He is willing and able to demonstrate Himself more powerful than these things.

  • Thank Jesus that He is big enough to sovereignly use these things for our growth into His image.

  • Spend a few moments casting your anxieties on Him because He cares for you. What is causing fear in your heart? Take that to Jesus.

Additional Reading

  • Psalm 22

Holy Week Daily Devotion | Day 4 - For When I Feel Sad

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Pray

  • Praise God for how He is the Creator of the all the universe and every star and planet.

  • Praise God that He loves us so much that He would take it upon Himself, in Christ, to redeem lost humanity.

  • Thank Jesus that, upon His return, He will wipe away every tear and end death, mourning, crying, and pain (Revelation 21:4).

  • Ask God for the help of the Holy Spirit to remind you of truths of Scripture in moments and seasons of sadness.

  • Pray, “Come, Lord Jesus. Amen” (Revelation 22:20).

Additional Reading

  • Mark 5:21-43

  • Psalm 34:17-19

Holy Week Daily Devotion | Day 2 - For When I Feel Lonely

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Pray

·      Ask the Lord to make you aware of His continual presence with you.

·      Ask the Lord to increase your desire for hospitality and community.

·      Ask the Lord to bring two people to mind who you can reach out to today through a phone call or text message.

·      Thank the Lord that He has given us the Holy Spirit, through which He has poured out His love on us (Romans 5:5).

·      Thank the Lord that He has given us the local church, specifically The Church at Greer Station, where we get to be in relationship with followers of Jesus.

 

Additional Reading

·      Psalm 25:16-21

·      Psalm 68:5-6

·      Romans 12:10-13

·      1 Peter 2:9-10

Holy Week Daily Devotion | Day 1 - For When I Face Trouble

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Read John 16:33.

Pray the following:

  • Thank the Lord for this promise. There is help is learning that what you experience isn’t uncommon or unexpected.

  • Express your troubles to the Lord. What disturbs you right now, big or small? Cast those anxieties on the Lord because He cares for you.

  • Ask God for help entrusting those to Him.

  • Thank God for Jesus, who experienced trouble. We can take heart because we have One that has gone before us.

  • Thank God that Jesus has overcome the world, and that, in Christ, we too will overcome the world.