Passion Week Readings – Sunday March 25, 2018 – Sunday April 1, 2018

To download the readings: Passion Week Devotional 2018

Sunday, March 25^th, 2018 – Palm Sunday

Morning Reading – Psalm 118:19-26 & Zechariah 9:9

Noon Reading – Matthew 21:1-11 & Luke 19:28-44

Evening Reading – John 12:12-19 & Mark 11:1-11

Quote of the Day – “It is assumed that our Lord was displaying His meekness by riding upon this little donkey. That is not true. This little animal was ridden by kings. In our day it would be like riding into town in a Rolls Royce. The donkey was the animal of peace while the horse was the animal of war. When Jesus came into Jerusalem riding on this little animal of peace, He was offering Himself as King. In spite of the fact that He was doing that, the prophet says that He was humble. That is very important to see.” – Dr. J. Vernon McGee

 

Monday, March 26, 2018 –  Rejection Monday

Morning Reading – Psalm 2

Noon Reading – Matthew 21:10-17

Evening Reading – Luke 19:45-48 & Mark 11:15-19

Quote of the Day – “If a Gentile visited the temple and saw what the Jews were doing in the name of the true God, he would never want to believe what they taught. The Jews might not have permitted idols of wood and stone in their temple, but there were idols there just the same. The court of the Gentiles should have been a place for praying, but it was instead a place for preying and paying.” – Dr. Warren Wiersbe

Tuesday March 27^th, 2018 – Confrontation Tuesday

Morning Reading – Psalm 113 & Mark 11:27-33

Noon Reading – Luke 20:9–21:4

Evening Reading – Matthew 23

Quote of the Day – “By suspending judgment, these religious leaders showed that they really rejected John and Jesus as God’s messengers. Throughout their history most leaders of Israel repeatedly rejected God’s messengers, a point Jesus made in the following parable (Mark 12:1-2).”

– The Bible Knowledge Commentary

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 –  Preparation Wednesday

Morning Reading – Psalm 114 & John 12:20-50

Noon Reading – Matthew 24-25

Evening Reading – Matthew 26:6-16

Quote of the Day – “This incident provides a welcome relief, coming amid the treachery of the priests, the pettiness of the disciples, and the perfidy of Judas. When Jesus was at the house of Simon the leper in Bethany, a woman came in and poured out a flask of very expensive perfume on His head. The costliness of her sacrifice expressed the depth of her devotion for the Lord Jesus, saying, in effect, that there was nothing too good for Him.” – Dr. William McDonald

Thursday, March 29^th, 2018 – Maundy Thursday

Morning Reading – Psalm 115 & Matthew 26:17-30

Noon Reading – John 13-17

Evening Reading – Mark 14:12-25

Quote of the Day – “The order of the Passover meal was: 1) drinking a cup of red wine mixed with water (cf. Luke 22:17); 2) the ceremonial washing of hands symbolizing the need for spiritual and moral cleansing; 3) eating the bitter herbs, symbolic of the bondage in Egypt; 4) drinking the second cup of wine, at which time the head of the household explained the meaning of Passover; 5) singing of the Hallel (Pss. 113–118)—at this point they sang the first two; 6) the lamb was brought out, and the head of the household distributed pieces of it with the unleavened bread; 7) drinking the third cup of wine.” – Dr. John MacArthur

Friday, March 30, 2018  – Good Friday

Morning Reading – Psalm 22 and Mark 14:26-72

Noon Reading – Mark 15:1-41 & Matthew 27:1-56

Evening Reading – Luke 22:66-23:56 & John 18:28-19:37

Quote of the Day – “Pilate now subjects Jesus to the physical cruelty and sarcastic taunts of his soldiers, thinking this may satisfy the accusers. While the scourging and the twisted crown of thorns, the purple robe and the shouts of derision are all a mockery of Jesus’ kingship, yet at a deeper level, the kingdom level, He is being proclaimed King. It is part of John’s inspired genius that he makes it clear here that this humiliation in Pilate’s court is Jesus’ hour of glory. He is a King suffering for the salvation of His people.” – Dr. Robert Fredrikson

Saturday, March 31^st, 2018 – Silent Saturday

Morning Reading – John 19:38-42 & Matthew 27:57-66

Noon Reading – 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Evening Reading – Isaiah 53:1-12

Quote of the Day – “The soldiers who crucified Jesus apparently intended to bury Him with the wicked like the two criminals (John 19:31). However, He was buried with the rich, in the grave of a rich man named Joseph (Matt. 27:57-60).” – The Bible Knowledge Commentary

Sunday, April 1^st, 2007 – Resurrection Sunday

Morning Reading – Matthew 28:1-13, Mark 16:1-20 and John 20:1-18

Noon Reading – Luke 24:13-32

Evening Reading – Luke 24: 33-48 & John 20:19-31

Quote of the Day – “We do not know at what time Jesus arose from the dead on the first day of the week, but it must have been very early. The earthquake and the angel (Matt. 28:2-4) opened the tomb, not to let Jesus out but to let the witnesses in. “Come and see, go and tell!” is the Easter mandate for the church. – Dr. Warren Wiersbe

Proverbs 23:24 – The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. 25 Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.

50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 38 – Friday, March 23, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Read John 17:6-10 and answer the following questions.

 

1. What had Jesus done with reference to His disciples?

 

 

 

2. What did the disciples come to believe?

 

 

3. What is Jesus doing for them?

 

 

 

4. To whom do the disciples belong?

 

 

 

5. To whom do you and I belong?

 

 

Today’s Quote: “I have manifested Thy name” means “I have revealed the nature of God.” One of the ministries of the Son was to declare the Father (John 1:18). The Greek word translated “declared” means, “to unfold, to lead, to show the way.” Jesus did not instantly reveal the Father in a blaze of blinding glory, because His disciples could not have endured that kind of experience. Gradually, by His words and His deeds, He revealed to them the nature of God, as they were able to bear it” – Dr. Warren Wiersbe

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. – John 17:15

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…

Refiner of Silver

Mal_3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

“He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver,” but He knows how long, and like a true goldsmith He stops the fires the moment He sees His image in the glowing metal. – From Streams in the Desert.

This quote from that “Italian prophet Malachi” is decidedly fearful to me and at the same time eternally beautiful. Just the thought of standing before the Lord as He reads my heart, my mind, the intent of my actions unveiling every speck of hidden dross as I stand by that conveyor belt so aptly envisioned by Pastor Dave. Engraved in my memory through one of his sermons is in a word scary. This vivid picture is of my life’s deeds passing before me and being tested by the Lord’s incendiary glare where nothing is hidden and all worthlessness is reduced to ashes. Any and all good that remains is of His doing, never my own! The precious shards of Righteousness proceed to the Lord’s crucible where the final tests of purification result in His seeing His own image reflected in what has become my eternal soul. Scary because I know my imperfections and beautiful because only He can remove them forever. What can we say but “Well done good and faithfull servant.” This vivid picture is of my life’s deeds passing before me and being tested by the Lord’s incendiary glare where nothing is hidden and all worthlessness is reduced to ashes. Any and all good that remains is of His doing, never my own! The precious shards of Righteousness proceed to the Lord’s crucible where the final tests of purification result in His seeing His own image reflected in what has become my eternal soul. Scary because I know my imperfections and beautiful because only He can remove them forever. What can we say but “Well done Good and Faithfull Shepperd.”

Friday, March 23rd, 2018

8:00 P.M – “In His Presence, All Church Prayer Meeting”

7:30 P.M. – DIVAS and CHAMPIONS dinner

8:00 P.M. – DIVAS and CHAMPIONS, program for young women and men ages 13-18 years of age.

Saturday, March 24th, 2018

9:00 A.M. – 11;00 A.M. – Men of Impact Monthly Breakfast

Noon – 2:00 P.M. – Tutoring for students of PS 44

 

Sunday, March 25th, 2018

Palm Sunday

9:00 A.M. – Worship Celebration – “Thriving as a Believer in an Unbelieving World – Be Committing – 2 Peter 3:11-18″

10:15 A.M. – Angie’s Connection Café
Life Groups
Youth Life – Teens
THRIVE – Young Adults
BLAST – Adults

11:15 A.M. – Worship Celebration –“Thriving as a Believer in an Unbelieving World – Be Committing – 2 Peter 3:11-18″

Coming next Sunday

 

 

Our 11:15 A.M. Worship Service is streamed live at http://www.calvarychapelsi.org and facebook at @calvarychapelsi and is also carried live on 570AM The Mission and at http://www.wmca.com and http://www.iheartradio.com, beginning at 11:30 A.M.

The podcasts of our broadcasts of this timely series are available below from the latest to the earliest. The 6th and final message will be shared this coming Sunday, March 25, 2018

Be Confronting – 2 Peter 3:1-10

Be Clear – 2 Peter 2:10b-22

Be Cautious – 2 Peter 2:1-10a

Be Convinced – 2 Peter 1:12-21

Be Changed – 2 Peter 1:1-11

50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 37 – Thursday, March 22, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Read John 17:1-5 and answer the following questions.

 

1. Who is Jesus talking to and what is His first request?

 

 

 

2. How does Jesus describe eternal life?

 

 

 

 

3. How does this change your view of eternal life?

 

 

 

 

4. What does Jesus say about the work He was given to do?

 

 

 

5. What does Jesus mean by “the glory which I have with You”

 

 

Today’s Quote :“We now come to what is known as the High-Priestly prayer of the Lord Jesus. In this prayer, He made intercession for His own. It is a picture of His present ministry in heaven where He prays for His people ” – Dr. William McDonald

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. – John 17:15

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…

“He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver,” but He knows how long, and like a true goldsmith He stops the fires the moment He sees His image in the glowing metal.

In Judges 12:1-7 an interesting scenario develops (See full text below). The Ephraimites, decendants of Joseph and one of the 12 tribes of Israel were offended with Jephthah’s victory over the Ammonites. (v.1) The root of their bitterness is perhaps their despising of Jepthah or his people the Gileadites. They threaten to burn his house down for not calling on them to fight against the Ammonites whom Jephthah and his army routed handily (v.1).

It is very likely that the Ephraimites were upset that they didn’t get to share in the spoils, the reward for the victor. In this case the 20 cities the LORD gave Jephthah would yield a large amount of spoils (see 11:33) and make for a lot to brag about and some amazing war stories.

Sadly, the Ephraimites are like so many Christians I have met and like me sometimes. They wanted the rewards of victory without the battle, without the risk, without the wounds of war. They wanted to shout “we did it”when in reality they “watched it” waiting to see the results. If Jephthah had lost they’d be second guessing he and his army of misfits up and down the land of Israel.

They had in fact been asked to help. They had been invited to fight under the banner of the LORD their God but they had passed. Maybe they ignored the text. Maybe the email got lost in their spam but regardless they didn’t come running to help. They left Jephthah who sought to avoid war to fend for himself so he took matters into He and the LORD’s hands. Mightily the LORD won the battle for him (vs. 2-3).

The Ephraimites were now seeking to be opportunists. Jephthah ‘s army was no doubt exhausted from their battles with the Ammonites. The men of Ephraim now stand poised to fight with their large army against Jephthah and take what the LORD had given him. They thought there would be little resistence but Jephthah wouldn’t be bullied. The Ephraimites were also defeated badly. They lost 42000 men of their army and went home with more casualties than if they had actually fought with Jephthah against the Ammonites (see v. 6)

So…..I can’t share in the rewards of victory if I don’t join the battle and if I won’t join the battle I may in fact suffer greater losses than if I did.

I can’t celebrate a victory for a game I didn’t play.

JUDGES 12: 1-7 – The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”2 And Jephthah said to them, “I and my people had a great dispute with the Ammonites, and when I called you, you did not save me from their hand. 3 And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”4 Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”5 And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,”the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?”When he said, “No,”6 they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,”and he said, “Sibboleth,”for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell. 7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.

50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 36 – Wednesday, March 21, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Read John 17 and do the following:

 

1. Write a three or four sentence summary of the chapter.

 

 

 

2. Give the whole chapter a title.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Give each section below a one or two word title.

 

John 17:1-5 – __________________________

 

John 17:6-10 -__________________________

 

John 17:11-15 – _________________________

 

John 17:16-19 -_________________________

 

John 17: 20-26 – ________________________

Quote of the Day : “Although Matt. 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 have become known popularly as the “Lord’s Prayer,” that prayer was actually a prayer taught to the disciples by Jesus as a pattern for their prayers. The prayer recorded here is truly the Lord’s Prayer, exhibiting the face to face communion the Son had with the Father.” – Dr. John MacArthur

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. – John 17:15

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…