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For our devotion this week, we are going to spend each day walking with Jesus. Instead of posting one blog on Monday, I\u2019ll post every morning this week. It may be a challenge, and it may take time, but I want you to commit to reading my blog each day this week in remembrance of our Lord and Savior. Every day I am going to post a blog that describes a \u201cday in the life\u201d of Jesus Christ during the week of Easter. Each day will remind you of what happened as Jesus prepared for His death.<\/p>\n
Walking by His side and imagining what He was going through will help us all have a deeper connection with our Savior and a better understanding of what Easter is really all about.<\/p>\n
I look forward to this journey and growing closer to Him every day.<\/p>\n
Beginning with\u00a0Palm Sunday, we’ll walk the steps of\u00a0Jesus Christ visiting each of the major events that occurred during our Savior’s week of\u00a0passion.<\/p>\n
On the Sunday before His death, Jesus began his trip to Jerusalem, knowing that soon he would lay down his life for the sins of the world. Nearing the village of Bethphage, he sent two of his disciples ahead to look for a donkey with its unbroken colt. Jesus instructed the disciples\u00a0to untie the animals and bring them to him.<\/p>\n
Then Jesus sat on the young donkey and slowly, humbly, made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, fulfilling the ancient prophecy in\u00a0Zechariah 9:9<\/p>\n
\u201cRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! The crowds welcomed him by\u00a0waving palm branches\u00a0in the air and shouting “Hosanna to the Son of\u00a0David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”<\/p>\n On Palm Sunday, Jesus and his disciples spent the night in Bethany, a town about two miles east of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n Read More:<\/strong><\/p>\n Today, we continue tracing the footsteps of Jesus, as Monday morning he returned with his disciples to Jerusalem. Along the way, Jesus cursed a fig tree because it had failed to bear fruit. Some scholars believe this cursing of the fig tree represented God’s judgment on the spiritually dead religious leaders of Israel. Others believe the symbolism extended to all believers, demonstrating that genuine, living faith is more than just outward religiosity. True faith must bear spiritual fruit in a person’s life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When Jesus arrived at the Temple he found the courts full of corrupt money changers. He began overturning their tables and clearing the Temple, saying, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.” (Luke 19:46)<\/p>\n On Monday evening Jesus stayed in Bethany again, probably in the home of his friends, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.<\/p>\n Read More:<\/p>\n Bible Story – Jesus Clears the Temple of Money Changers<\/p>\n Monday’s events are recorded in Matthew 21:12\u201322, Mark 11:15\u201319, Luke 19:45-48, and John 2:13-17.<\/p>\n Lord we thank you taking these steps to secure our salvation. We thank you for enduring what we could not do ourselves. As we walk with you through Holy Week, I pray that you will give us a better understanding of all that you are, remind us of your love, renew our passion.<\/p>\n We praise you and thank you.<\/p>\n In Jesus Name,<\/p>\n Amen.<\/p>\n May God Bless you and Show you His Grace Every Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For our devotion this week, we are going to spend each day walking with Jesus. Instead of posting one blog on Monday, I\u2019ll post every morning this week. It may be a challenge, and it may take time, but I want you to commit to reading my blog each day this week in remembrance of … Continue reading Footsteps of Jesus: Tour Through Holy Week<\/span>
\nShout\u00a0in triumph<\/em>, O daughter of Jerusalem!
\nBehold, your\u00a0king is coming to you;
\nHe is\u00a0just and\u00a0endowed with salvation,
\nHumble, and mounted on a donkey,
\nEven on a\u00a0colt, the\u00a0foal of a donkey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Day 2: Jesus Clears the Temple<\/strong><\/h1>\n