You can watch LIVE via Pastor Darrell's Ustream by clicking HERE.
HANDOUT:
One of the biggest killers of spiritual life: ________________________ with God. What can we learn about sticking with Jesus from the Palm Sunday story?
1. Jesus ____________________________.
Matthew 21:1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.
3 If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 "Say to the Daughter of Zion, 'See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.
God is _______________________________. This means:
Psalm 115:3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.
2. The crowd thought they _______________________.
8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna in the highest!"
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"
11 The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."
The people were on the verge of believing Jesus was their Messiah; but they misunderstood what the Messiah was supposed to do. The crowds thought Jesus was coming to _________________________________.
3. Jesus looked like he was _______________________.
12 Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
13 "It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
4. Then Jesus completely ________________________.
15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.
16 "Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him. "Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read, "'From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise'?"
17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
To the crowd, this was a huge _________________________.
When God doesn’t follow your plan, you have two choices:
>>>> You can get _________ and _________ from Him…If you get mad at Jesus, the Devil is always there to give you a ____________________. HERE – I will give you what __________________.
>>>> Or you can __________________________________.
Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
The key word is __________________________________.
