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Saturday: The Silence
“But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel.”— Luke 24:21, CSB It’s Saturday. The cross has already happened. The tomb is sealed. Jesus is dead. And the silence is deafening. The disciples are scattered. Confused. Afraid. Grieving. This...
Friday: Finished Means Finished
“It is finished.” — John 19:30, CSB Good Friday. The day that changed everything. In the quiet of the morning, Jesus, the Son of God, was condemned to death by crucifixion. He carried His cross through the streets of Jerusalem, bearing the weight of the world’s sin....
Thursday: Remembering the Master
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” — John 13:35, CSB It’s Thursday of Holy Week.The cross is just hours away. But before the nails, before the trial, before the garden…we find Jesus gathered at a table with His disciples....
Wednesday: The Silent Betrayal
“Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?’ So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him. And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity...
Tuesday: The Fig Tree—Faith that Bears Fruit
"Early in the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, 'May no fruit ever come from you again!' At once the fig tree withered." — Matthew...
Monday: Turning Over Tables—and Our Hearts
"Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. He said to them, 'It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of...
Palm Sunday: The Arrival of the King
"The next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They kept shouting: 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord — the King of Israel!'" — John...
Closer: Don’t Just Watch
“Now Moses took a tent and pitched it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who wanted to consult the Lord would go to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people...
Closer: Practicing God’s Presence
What if you could experience God’s presence not just in moments of prayer or worship, but in the mundane tasks of everyday life? Would your relationship with God grow deeper if you recognized His nearness in the simplest routines? This year at Hope Church, we’re...
Epiphany: A Closer Revelation
The word “Epiphany” means “manifestation” or “revelation.” In the Christian calendar, Epiphany marks the culmination of Christmastide and celebrates the revelation of Jesus as the Savior—not just for Israel, but for the whole world. Traditionally observed on January...
Spreading the Light
We can see throughout the Bible how God uses the contrast of light and darkness to tell us about Himself and what is good or evil. It starts in Genesis when God speaks light into existence. His light lives within all believers of our Lord Christ Jesus. The prologue in...
Be the Light in the New Year
Two thousand and twenty-four years ago, a brilliant star shone above Bethlehem in the darkness of a long night. It was a sign of the fulfillment of God’s very first promise to man—to crush the head of the serpent—and the greatest evidence of His longsuffering...