HOLY WEEK BASKET & SCRIPTURE

Saturday:  Read Psalm 22.  Place a cloth or blanket over your Holy Week basket.

Sunday:  Read Matthew 28:1-10.  Remove the cloth and add Easter lilies or other fresh flowers to the basket. 

DEVOTIONS
            Let’s review.
            On Sunday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem in a parade.
On Monday, Jesus confronted fruitless faith in the temple.
On Tuesday, [...]

HOLY WEEK BASKET
Place a cross and three large nails in your Holy Week basket.
 
SCRIPTURE
Read Luke 23:32-43
 
DEVOTIONS
            On Friday, Jesus died.  He was betrayed, arrested, tried, grilled with questions, beaten, mocked, scourged, forced to carry his cross, nailed through his wrists to the cross beams, nailed through his feet to a foot rest, and left suspended [...]

HOLY WEEK BASKET
Place a piece of bread, a bowl, and a towel in your basket.
SCRIPTURE
Read John 13:1-5 and Matthew 26:26-29.
DEVOTIONS
            On Thursday, Jesus memorably connected the old and new covenants.  The first three gospels have abbreviated versions of that evening; John has five chapters (13-17).  In John’s gospel, Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, a task [...]

HOLY WEEK BASKET
Place 30 coins in your basket.
SCRIPTURE
Read Matthew 26:14-15.
DEVOTIONS
On Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem to shouts of praise. On Monday, he confronted fruitless faith in the temple. On Tuesday, he sealed his fate in confrontations with the religious leaders.
On Wednesday, Jesus remained out of sight while Judas betrayed him.

HOLY WEEK BASKET
Place pictures or symbols from a wedding in your basket
 
SCRIPTURE
Read Matthew 22:1-10.
 
DEVOTION
             What do we learn from Jesus on Tuesday?
            First, Jesus knows what it’s like to have a long day.