Series: Messages of Hope

Matthew and Mark records Jesus saying “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” followed by a great cry in Luke ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’

The night He was betrayed; Jesus served a meal that transcends our day to day reality, receiving this meal, we declare unity with angels, archangels,

Here is your son: even in the agony of death, Jesus was concerned about his mother‘s welfare, He charged John to take such responsibility of taking care of her.

Jesus did not have an army – just a bunch of ordinary people who would desert him five days later. The people who shouted “Hosanna and blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” (Matt 21:9) would cry out “crucify him” five days later (Matt 27:22). The man who was decorated as “king of Israel” would be brutally crucified in five days. So, why is it called a “triumphal entry?”

Breathing is important. God calls us all to receive the breath of resurrected life that comes only from Jesus Christ. In Him is a breath for the weary and heavy-laden, for the crushed in spirit, for the despised and lowly. Today, we see how the world is in a lot of trouble and distress. The Lord gives breath and enters into our life and revitalizes us beyond all understanding. In Jesus is the breath of life that extends even beyond the problems of this world and even beyond death. Amen.