by Laura Trahan | Apr 16, 2022
Introduction Silent Saturday was a day of Sabbath rest for the disciples. A day of grief and confusion as they watched their rabbi, their teacher, their master, their savior suffer an excrutiating death of crucifixtion. The women who had come with him from Galilee...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 15, 2022
Introduction Good Friday. The day started with an arrest and ended with a brutal execution. In between were two trials, one religious and one secular, was charged with blasphemy, among other things. When you understand Jesus’ response to the questions of the...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 14, 2022
Introduction Thursday during Holy Week is one of the most beautiful days of the week. The compassion of Christ as He interacts with his disciples for what would be some of the final moments before his excrutiating death on the cross gives us just a beautiful picture...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 13, 2022
Introduction As the day draws near to Christ’s death on the cross, Jesus again warns his disciples of his upcoming death. When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days nthe Passover is coming, and the Son of...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 12, 2022
Introduction But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. -James 3:17 As Jesus knew the end was near, He did a lot of teaching and sharing on this day. I often think about the...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 11, 2022
Introduction Jesus Cleanses the TempleAnd Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 10, 2022
Palm Sunday starts the week Christians refer to as Holy Week. It is the last week Jesus was physically alive on earth and it leads up to his death on the cross, his burial and ressurection. As we reflect on his love for us this week, the scriptures will lead us in our...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 9, 2022
Introduction And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 8, 2022
Introduction Holy week starts in two days. As we meditate next week on the horrors that Jesus experienced as we continue our journey to the cross, I thought it might be good to reflect on his reasons for withstanding those horrors. I have heard the love and grace of...
by Laura Trahan | Apr 7, 2022
Introduction Living under the New Covenant allows us to experience more freedoms living with the Holy Spirit through the salvation of Christ. Freedoms such as freedom from condemnation, guilt, sin, death, the old covenant, and blindness to the gospel. It also includes...