Matthew 10:29-31 (NIV) – 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

The question I want to ask you today is “Do you value yourself?” Do you see that your existence on this planet matters? Sadly, some us say no. The truth is, we’ve all been there at some point. It is usually when things look the bleakest and hope seems to have disappeared.  At these times, not only do we feel hopeless and helpless, but we feel worthless as well. And finding any value is very hard. Now what we didn’t realize then, and we may have a tough time believing it now, is that we always have value and worth.

SILENCE of SATURDAY:

Lamentations 3:28 (ESV) – Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him; Psalm 46:10 (ESV) – “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Jesus is silent on Saturday. His body is anointed and placed in Joseph’s tomb.  He spoke many words all during Holy Week. He would liberate the slaves of death on Sunday.  But on Saturday, Jesus is silent. So is God.  He made himself heard on Friday.  He tore the curtains of the temple, opened the graves of the dead, rocked the earth, blocked the sun of the sky, and sacrificed the Son of Heaven.  Earth heard much of God on Friday. Nothing on Saturday.  Jesus is silent.  God is silent.  Passion week discussions tend to skip Saturday.  Friday and Sunday get the focus.  The crucifixion and resurrection command our thoughts but let us not miss God in the silence.

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. John 13:1

Passion Week, which is also known as Holy Week, starts on Palm Sunday and continues until Resurrection Sunday. It covers the major events of Jesus’ last days on earth before His crucifixion and resurrection. It is a great week to slow down and observe the last moments of Jesus’ life.

MAUNDY – THURSDAY: “Dirty Feet and The King’s Meal”

John 13:1-9 (MSG) – Washing His Disciples’ Feet – 1-2 Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world to go to the Father. Having loved his dear companions, he continued to love them right to the end. It was suppertime. The Devil by now had Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, firmly in his grip, all set for the betrayal. 3-6 Jesus knew that the Father had put him in complete charge of everything, that he came from God and was on his way back to God. So he got up from the supper table, set aside his robe, and put on an apron. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, drying them with his apron. When he got to Simon Peter, Peter said, “Master, you wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You don’t understand now what I’m doing, but it will be clear enough to you later.” 8 Peter persisted, “You’re not going to wash my feet—ever!” Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you can’t be part of what I’m doing.” 9 “Master!” said Peter. “Not only my feet, then. Wash my hands! Wash my head!”

WEDNESDAY: “Pieces of Silver & Perfume”

Zechariah 11:12-13 (AMP) – 12 I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, do not.” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver as my wages. 13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter [as if to the dogs]—that magnificent sum at which I am valued by them!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

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Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. John 13:1 Passion Week, which is also known as Holy Week, starts on Palm Sunday and continues until Resurrection Sunday. It covers the major events of Jesus’ last days on earth before His crucifixion and resurrection. It is a great week to slow down and observe the last moments of Jesus’ life.

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