1) KNOWING THE HEART OF GOD
What would you do if you had seven days to live? Go on vacation? Pray? Eat all your favorite food? The last hours of Jesus’ life are rooted in the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Discover how this week begins just as it ends.
2) HUCKSTERS, HYPOCRITES, AND THE MOUTH OF BABES
“It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.” What did Jesus long to do personally for His people when He cleansed the temple?
3) FINAL QUESTION(S)
Matthew 21-25 along with the other gospels portray 26 different events that took place on this one day. What is the common theme, and what does Jesus want to reveal through these activities?
4) RISKY LOVE . . . SOMETHING REMEMBERED
Here we have profound moments of risky love and extravagant abandon. What is the full meaning of Mary’s act of immortalized love? What is it that matters most to Jesus?
5) RAISING PROTEST, ACCEPTING ULTIMATUM
The upper room experience with the disciples shows that Jesus had more in mind than just washing dirty feet. In this act of service, we can catch a glimpse of cleansing and its full meaning for each of us. Do you see the real portrait of yourself and your need for cleansing?
6) BEYOND DANCING DUST
“Let not your heart be troubled. . . I will not leave you as orphans . . . I will come to you.” In saying goodbye to His disciples, Jesus also describes the abiding experience He wants with each of us. Are you willing to choose that which will enable you to have a deeper journey of intimacy with Him?
7) CAN’T THERE BE ANOTHER WAY?
In the most emotional moments of His final hours, Jesus prayed while sweating great drops of blood–for Himself, for His disciples, and for you and me. If you would know Jesus, ponder His prayers. Discover how the final battle was won in Gethsemane.
8) YOUR CHOICE
During Jesus’ trial, as a King, He was in control of each questioner’s destiny. He is now in control of your destiny. What will you do with the King Jesus whose kingdom is not of this world?
9) THE GUY WITH THE DONKEY
Self-sacrificing love and how it is expressed through people. Discover what the man with the donkey, Mary Magdalene, the widow with two mites, along with Joseph and Nicodemus have in common as contrasted with Judas. Let the two words “For Jesus” take on special meaning in your life.
10) DYING BANKRUPT
At the time of Christ’s death on the cross, Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus came “out of the closet” to boldly do for their dead Master’s burial what the poor disciples could not do. Because of his understanding of the cross and the great sacrifice made by his Savior, Nicodemus became poor in this world’s goods to sustain the gospel when the disciples were scattered by persecution. Will your personal boldness allow you to live in bankruptcy giving all for your God and for the church that God loves?
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