Intro: During Holy Week, seven staff members from Cypress Creek Christian Church will reflect on the same passage of scripture from Luke’s Gospel. Today, it is Jan Nash… Scripture: Luke 23:33-34 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what
Intro: During Holy Week, seven staff members from Cypress Creek Christian Church will reflect on the same passage of scripture from Luke’s Gospel. Today, it is Tami Nelson… Scripture: Luke 23:33-34 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what
Intro: During Holy Week, seven staff members from Cypress Creek Christian Church will reflect on the same passage of scripture from Luke’s Gospel. Today, it is Sheila Gillette… Scripture: Luke 23:33-34 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not
Intro: During Holy Week, seven staff members from Cypress Creek Christian Church will reflect on the same passage of scripture from Luke’s Gospel. Today, it is Rev. Clara Lewis… Scripture: Luke 23:33-34 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know
Scripture: Matthew 26:12 By pouring this ointment on my body she has prepared me for burial. Thought for the Day: After Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), he found himself in the home of Simon the leper. While visiting, a woman entered the home with a jar of expensive ointment. She poured it over Jesus’ head, and the disciples were offended by the act. They tried to
Scripture: Mark 14:1-2 It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.” Thought for the Day: Though the scriptures often focused specifically on the religious authorities, in fact, there
Scripture: 1st Corinthians 12:26-27 If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. Thought for the Day: Notice how the scriptures say, “If one member suffers, all suffer together…” It does not say that members of the body cause other members to suffer. In a recent
Scripture: 1st John 1:4 We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. Thought for the Day: Tonight (Tuesday evening), I am writing this devotional so my joy may be complete. My joy tonight is connected to our church’s Prison Ministry, and the breath-taking impact we are having on the lives of women who are incarcerated. I am blessed by those who give so much
Scripture: Ephesians 4:22-23 You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Thought for the Day: For those who did not see it, I clothed myself on
Scripture: Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. Thought for the Day: In the English translation of the Hebrew, there are some words and phrases that have lost their meaning. I had never quite understood what it meant ‘to walk before’ God. Even as a metaphor, I wasn’t