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"
- Solidifying the TENSION at the front of the message
- Vulnerable examples and illustrations
- 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.