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04/05/2026

Jesus lives the tomb is empty!! Sunday:

Matthew 28:5–6 & Mark 16:6: Angels announce that Jesus is not in the tomb, having risen just as he said.

Luke 24:5–6: The messengers declare, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!".

John 20:18: Mary Magdalene announces to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord!".

HAPPY EASTER!!

04/04/2026

Holy Saturday

Matthew 27:65-66: “'Take a guard,' Pilate answered. 'Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.' So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard”.

Luke 23:56: “Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment”.

John 16:20: “Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy”.

04/04/2026

Good Friday & Crucifixion

John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Isaiah 53:5: "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed."

Jesus says "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" Luke 23:34

John 19:30: "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."

Romans 5:8: "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

1 Peter 2:24: "He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."

04/03/2026

Maundy Thursday:
The Last Supper

Jesus washes his disciples feet and institutes the Lord's Supper.

John 13:34: Jesus gives a new commandment: "Love one another. As I have loved you".

Luke 22:19: Jesus breaks bread, stating, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me".

04/02/2026

Holy Wednesday, or Spy Wednesday.
Focuses on Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 26:14-16: "Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests and asked, 'What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?' So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over."

Matthew 26:21–25:
21 And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

22 They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”

23 Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

25 Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?”

Jesus answered, “You have said so.”

03/31/2026

HOLY TUESDAY
This day was the most teaching-intensive day of the last week Jesus was on earth.

On Faith (Matthew 21:21-22): Jesus teaches on faith through the fig tree.

The Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:37-39): Jesus identifies loving God and neighbor as the greatest commandments.

On Readiness (Matthew 24:42-44): Jesus tells his disciples to be prepared for his return.

03/31/2026

Holy Monday
Cleansing the Temple

Matthew 21:12-13: Jesus enters the temple courts and drives out those buying and selling, saying, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it 'a den of thieves'".

Mark 11:18: The chief priests and teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him.

03/30/2026

PALM SUNDAY
Entering Jerusalem.

Matthew 21:5: "Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a c**t, the foal of a donkey.’"

Luke 19:41-42: "As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes’".

John 12:13: "They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna!’ ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ‘Blessed is the king of Israel!’"

03/30/2026

As we go into the Holy Week I feel this is a good verse to focus on for the whole week. I will share a different verse for each individual day.

01/06/2026

What ifs has seemed to be the theme for our ladies group the last few months!!!

Lord, silence the what-ifs that spin in my mind, the endless scenarios, the catastrophic possibilities, the fears that multiply faster than I can counter them.

What-if thinking steals my peace, robs me of today's joy, and keeps me trapped in futures that will likely never happen.

Teach me to recognize when my mind starts spiraling into what-ifs and to interrupt that pattern by anchoring myself in what is true right now.

The what-ifs are loud and convincing, painting vivid pictures of disaster, but they're not prophecies, they're anxieties masquerading as preparation.

Help me replace what-if with what is, trading speculation for present reality, fear for faith, imagined disasters for current blessings I'm missing while I worry.

Remind me that You have given me a spirit not of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind, and that sound mind rejects the tyranny of what-if thinking.

Give me the discipline to take every anxious thought captive, to speak truth over fear, to silence the what-ifs with the promises of who You are and what You've done.

Let my mind be still today, quieted from the noise of what-ifs, fixed instead on You, trusting that whatever comes, You'll be there, and that's enough.

In Jesus' name,

Amen.