"20 Questions-A Lenten Series"

 

“Who Cleaned Up After the Donkey?”

 

Text- (Luke 19:33-38) As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"  They replied, "The Lord needs it." They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.  When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!"
      "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" (New International Version)

 

 

“How Can You Act Like Jesus?”

Text- (John 20:10-18) Then the disciples went back to their homes, but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?" "They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him." Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' "Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her. (New International Version)

 

 

“What Did We Miss?”

Text- (John 20:29-31) Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed, blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Jesus did many other things in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (New International Version)

 

Oh, For Pete’s Sake!”

Text- (Acts 9:36-43) Down the road a way in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, "Gazelle" in our language. She was well-known for doing good and helping out. During the time Peter was in the area she became sick and died. Her friends prepared her body for burial and put her in a cool room.

Some of the disciples had heard that Peter was visiting in nearby Lydda and sent two men to ask if he would be so kind as to come over. Peter got right up and went with them. They took him into the room where Tabitha's body was laid out. Her old friends, most of them widows, were in the room mourning. They showed Peter pieces of clothing the Gazelle had made while she was with them. Peter put the widows all out of the room. He knelt and prayed. Then he spoke directly to the body: "Tabitha, get up."

She opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up. He took her hand and helped her up. Then he called in the believers and widows, and presented her to them alive.

When this became known all over Joppa, many put their trust in the Master. Peter stayed on a long time in Joppa as a guest of Simon the Tanner. (The Message-Eugene H. Peterson)

 

 

“What Are You Doing In Jesus’ Prayer?”

Text (John 17:23, 25-26) I'm praying not only for them But also for those who will believe in me Because of them and their witness about me. Father, I want those you gave me To be with me, right where I am, So they can see my glory, the splendor you gave me, I have made your very being known to them—Who you are and what you do—And continue to make it known, So that your love for me Might be in them Exactly as I am in them. (The Message-Eugene H. Peterson)

 

“Last But Not Least”

Text- (John 17:20a, 24) “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message.” “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.” (New International Version)

 

 

"Another Friend"

 

Text- (John 17:20a, 24) “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message.” “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.” (New International Version)

 

 

 

(A Memorial Day Weekend story)

“Lesson Learned Little”

 

Text-(Psalm 104:33-34) I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord. (New International Version)