My freind Eric preached today that we must follow Jesus to the cross during Holy Week. The old life must go, and the new life can begin. What will we crucify to become the new person that God wants us to become?
Holy Week can be a time life rushes so fast. Jesus did a lot before he got to the cross.
Jesus withered a fig tree and cleaned out the Temple on next first day there (Mark 11.11-25). His actions were symbolic and loaded with meaning. A fig tree that cannot bear fruit for its master is destined to wither. A temple that is no longer a house of prayer gets off track, focused on the means and ends of this world.
Pray that the Lord will gives us new commitments to prayer and to bearing fruit. Jesus said that we can even doubt, if we will only believe that the words we say have real power. That is hope for the season!
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