DYP! Love this community... I'm preaching this Sunday for Palm Sunday and working on a few key points. Palm Sunday, triumphant entry counterbalanced with Luke 9:22-26 where Jesus says, "deny yourself, pick up your cross, and follow me" 1. Solidifying the TENSION at the front of the message 2. Vulnerable examples and illustrations 3. Clarity on next steps in the room and the days following. Here are my thoughts, what comes to mind for you? Any advice you have? Brief summary: Tension: we all have areas of our life where we have desire without discipline... lip service without lifestyle, celebration without surrender. Scripture: we see this on Palm Sunday -- HOSANNA -- to abandonment Luke 9 Jesus says, "if you want to be my disciple, deny yourself, pick up your cross, and follow me" Closing with having everyone come forward with a piece of paper they received and nail it to the cross. This is a 30-year-old tradition at our church.