Easter: 1 Peter 1:3 NIV “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” It's Easter week! There's candy, confetti, cute bunny ears, eggs, baskets, you name it. It's all fun, but there's more to our Easter celebration than that. Easter is about Jesus! A long time ago, when Adam and Eve were in the garden, they disobeyed God. Because of their disobedience, sin came into this world. It didn't just affect them, it affected all the people that would be on the earth! God is a perfect and just God. He can't have relationship with sin. We were in need of a Savior. God l
Palm Sunday: Matthew 21:9 NIV “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 heaven!” Imagine that your favorite person was coming to visit you. Someone who was super important. The coolest person ever. What would you do? How would you get prepared? How would you react? Would you clean everything? Would you make something special to eat? That's kind of how the people felt when they found out Jesus was going to be in Jerusalem. You can find this story in Matthew 21. Jesus told 2 of his disciples to get him a donkey and he made his way down the city. People were praising hi
Fear: 1 John 4:4 NLT “But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” Did you know there's a fear of being watched by a duck? Yup. It's called Anatidaephobia. Forget being a professional yo-yoer if you have Linonophobia. These people are afraid of string! Some people are afraid of all things yellow! It's called Xanthophobia. There's a lot of silly fears out there, but if we are all being honest we are all afraid of something. God wants us to give him our fears. the Bible says in 1 John 4:4 that greater is he that is in us than the one who lives in the world. Who
Patience: James 5:7 NLT “Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return…” What's your favorite amusement park ride? It’s so exciting imagining all the spins, turns, flips, until—you see a HUGE line to get on. It seems eternal! You start to think, “Oh no! I’m never going to be able to get on.” Have you ever felt that way? I think we all have and sometimes still do. It’s not always fun or easy to wait. God wants us to be patient. Having patience simply means that we wait without getting grumpy and upset. The bible tells us in James 5:7 that we need to be patient until Jesus comes back. That could be tomorrow, next month, or even years and years from now. All that waiti
