A Devotion for Holy Week
The hope of Easter brightens the darkness of Good Friday.
The hope of Easter brightens the darkness of Good Friday.
No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did.—Luke 13:3 (CEB)
Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”—2 Chronicles 1:10 (NIV)
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.—Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.—Habakkuk 2:20 (NIV)
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.—Proverbs 3:27 (NIV)
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.—Psalm 27:14 (NIV)
Although difficult, forgiveness has the power to contribute to a strong faith.
For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.—Luke 12:12 (NIV)
Jesus wept.—John 11:35 (NIV)
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.—1 John 4:16 (NIV)