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Scripture: MATTHEW 21:6–1 Contributors: DEACON EDWARD AND ELDER LINDA MCFADDEN EMBRACING THE WAY OF THE CROSS “THE DISCIPLES WENT AND DID AS JESUS HAD INSTRUCTED THEM. THEY BROUGHT THE DONKEY AND THE COLT AND PLACED THEIR CLOAKS ON THEM FOR JESUS TO SIT ON. A VERY LARGE CROWD SPREAD THEIR CLOAKS ON THE ROAD, WHILE OTHERS CUT BRANCHES FROM THE TREES AND SPREAD THEM ON THE ROAD. THE CROWDS...

Scripture: John 12:23–26 Contributor: BETH SALAGUINTO DYING TO LIVE 23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates...

Scripture: Isaiah: 30:15 Contributor: DEACON CLETTA ROCHESTER-DUCKETT EMBRACING SURRENDER AND REPENTANCE This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One-of Israel says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, In quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. Isaiah: 30:15 (NIV) As believers in Jesus Christ we belong to the family of God. There are times in our Faith journey...

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 Contributor: DEACON CATHERINE BEASLEY EMBRACING A SPIRIT OF TRUST: MOVING FROM FEAR TO FAITH “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) Proverbs 3:5-6 instructs us to trust God completely. It urges believers to surrender to God and ackn...

Scripture: Ezekiel 36:26-27 Contributor: ELDER ELLASHIA SPAULDING AN INVITATION TO SURRENDER Scripture: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.” Ezekiel 36:26-27 Thought: Lent inv...

Scripture: John 20: 19-22 Contributor: DEACON KETIA BROWN RESURRECTION HOPE On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, “...

Scripture: Psalm 23 Contributor: DEACON SUSAN GROENEVELDT GUIDANCE, ABUNDANCE, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;...

Contributor: REV. DENNIS HENDERSON Scripture: Esther 4:15-16 (NKJV) Fasting with Purpose Queen Esther realized that her life and the lives of her people, the Jews, were in great danger. At the prodding and plotting of Haman, a wicked official in the king’s court, King Ahasuerus had issued a decree, and letters had been sent in his name into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and t...

Scripture: Proverbs 31:8–9 Contributor: ELDER ELAINE HINDS SPEAK UP AND TAKE ACTION! “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8–9 (NIV) My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, this charge was given to King Lemuel by his mother—but it is also God’s charge to us today...

Scripture: Mark 8:34-35 Contributor: ELDER IAN ANDERSON REID FRANCIS, SR.  EMBRACING SACRIFICIAL LOVE “He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, w...

Scripture: Psalms 119:67-72 Contributor: ELDER IVAN O’CONNOR EMBRACING RENEWAL AND GROWTH I used to wander off until you disciplined me; but now I closely follow your word. You are good and do only good; teach me your decrees. Arrogant people smear me with lies, but in truth I obey your commandments with all my heart. Their hearts are dull and stupid, but I delight in your instructions. My sufferi...

Scripture: Philippians 2:5–11  Contributor: SIS. DONNETTE WILLIAMS EMBRACING SACRIFICIAL LOVE Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself a...

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12 (NIV) Contributor: ANTHONY LUCKY EMBRACING THE WAY OF THE CROSS Scripture Verse: Isaiah 53:1-12 (NIV)   Centuries before the event (the crucifixion of Jesus Christ), the prophet Isaiah painted a portrait so vivid, so specific, that it reads like an eyewitness account. But it’s not a portrait of a conquering king riding majestically on a great white stallion. It’s a p...

Scripture: John 20:24-27 Contributor: Elder Lissa Nelson-Neal Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” A week late...

Scirpture: Jonah 3:10 Contributor: ELDER ROBERT LEWIS SURRENDER – THE GATEWAY TO MERCY When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.    Jonah 3:10 NIV Lent invites us to examine our hearts and ask: Where have we resisted God’s call? What habits, attitudes or patterns must wesurrender? Wha...

Scripture: Jonah 3:1–10  Contributor: ELDER ROBERT LEWIS THE POWER OF A SECOND CHANCE The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. Jonah began by going a day’s journey int...

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2 Contributor: APRYL REDWOOD WHAT’S GOT YOUR GAZE? Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV Have you ever noticed how easily your eyes get pulled in a hundred directions? One minute you’re ch...

Scripture: Romans 5:6-11 Contributor: ELDER ANDREA HOUSTON EMBRACING SACRIFICIAL LOVE - Agape Love "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died f...

Scripture: Luke 4:16-21 Contributor : Deacon Jerlene Crayton EMBRACING THE FAST THAT TRANSFORMS He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on his Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:  “The Spirit of the Lord is on m...

Scripture: JOHN 15:1-8 Contributor: DEACON CATHY BEASLEY EMBRACING RENEWAL AND GROWTH 1.“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[ a ] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.&n...

Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:2–3 Contributor: ELDER PAUL SAMMS EMBRACING WILDERNESS 2 And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and...

Scripture: Matthew 16:24-26 Contributor: PASTOR SCOTT WILLIAMS SO YOU WANT TO BE A DISCIPLE? 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to...

Scripture:Psalm 62:5-8 Contributor: E. Magalene McClarrin, CRE I WILL REST IN THE LORD “Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.” Psalm 62:5-...

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14 NIV Contributors: DEACONS STEVE AND TANYA MCCALLUM EMBRACING SURRENDER AND REPENTANCE To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you t...

Scripture: Romans 12: 1-2 Contributor: Deacon Chioma Okoro Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his...