I know nothing of your usual weekend routines, but if they are anything like my family’s, they can be consumed with stuff. I would like to encourage you to try something different in light of Holy Week, Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday (Easter). We will not be having extra services at BBC, but that should in no way keep your family and friends from meditating on the enormous value that the events surrounding these days have brought us.
Imagine the last week of Jesus’ earthly ministry. You, along with friends, family or whomever the Lord has placed in your life may sit together and read, study or pray concerning the overwhelming pressure on Christ, the anticipation of angels, the plotting of the devil or the confusion of Jesus’ disciples. The pending crucifixion of the Son of God was such a mysterious event that “none of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Cor. 2:8).
You may want to read, study and pray concerning the night in which He was betrayed by Judas Iscariot with a kiss (Luke 22:47-48), the denial of Peter (Luke 22:54-61), the trials of Jesus (Luke 22:63-23:25) and the cross (Luke 23:26-49).
This, of course is to prepare our hearts for the Resurrection of the King. Whether you are in fellowship at Bible Baptist Church or elsewhere, my prayer is that your hearts are leaping with the anticipation of singing praises, embracing souls, inviting the unchurched and living the implications of The Resurrection.
He is Risen….we may live.