The Ways of Jesus

Holy Week

3 Weeks

Holy Week explores the significant events leading up to and including the resurrection of Jesus. Each service—Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday—focuses on key aspects of Jesus' mission and message. This series aims to deepen believers' understanding of Jesus’ journey to the cross and the transformative power of His resurrection.


Holy Week - Series Summary

Holy Week explores the significant events leading up to and including the resurrection of Jesus. Each service—Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday—focuses on key aspects of Jesus' mission and message. This series aims to deepen believers' understanding of Jesus’ journey to the cross and the transformative power of His resurrection.

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Palm Sunday - The Way of Harvest

The Way of Harvest is a Palm Sunday message that invites the congregation to share in Jesus’ compassionate heart for the “harvest”—people who are seeking purpose, healing, and guidance. Drawing from Matthew 9:35-38, this message emphasizes Jesus’ call for more workers in His field, highlighting the need for believers to be present and active in their communities. The message encourages congregants to “see, feel, and pray” as Jesus did, recognizing that they can be the answers to their own prayers for the world’s brokenness by stepping into action.

Key Themes and Message Breakdown
  • The Compassion of Jesus: In Matthew 9, Jesus shows deep compassion for the “harassed and helpless,” calling us to respond with empathy and grace.
  • The Call to Pray: Jesus instructs His disciples to “pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest” for more workers, aligning with God’s desire for willing laborers.
  • Becoming the Answer: Just as Jesus sent His disciples out, we are encouraged to serve those in our neighborhoods and workplaces.
  • Preparation through Surrender and Seeking God: The message concludes with a call for spiritual preparation through surrender and discipline.
Key Goals:
  • Cultivate a compassionate heart like Jesus, seeing people’s needs with empathy.
  • Encourage an active prayer life that moves believers toward engagement in God’s mission.
  • Inspire the congregation to be present in their communities, offering hope and support.
  • Reinforce the importance of personal spiritual discipline and readiness for the work God calls us to.

This message calls believers to embrace the way of the harvest by embodying the love and purpose of Jesus, becoming workers in His field and carriers of hope in a world that is ready for His touch.

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Good Friday - The Way of the Cross

"The Way of the Cross" is a Good Friday message that invites the congregation to journey through the sacrificial path Jesus took to the cross. This message explores the historical and spiritual weight of crucifixion, a punishment feared and brutal, yet embraced by Jesus in obedience to God’s plan. Jesus’ invitation to “take up their cross” challenges His followers to live in the tension of personal sacrifice and divine purpose. This message serves as a reminder that, though the path is difficult, Jesus walks with us, shouldering the heaviest burdens alongside us.

Key Themes and Messages
  • Denying Oneself: Jesus demonstrates the ultimate act of self-denial in the Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:42), encouraging believers to yield to God’s will.
  • Taking Up One’s Cross: Jesus calls us to take up our crosses daily (Luke 9:23), symbolizing our individual struggles and sacrifices.
  • Following Jesus: To follow Jesus means to walk with Him wholeheartedly, trusting His guidance even through difficult terrain (Matthew 10:38).
Key Goals:
  • Embrace Self-Denial by surrendering personal desires to God’s will, reflecting Jesus' example.
  • Accept Personal Crosses with Faith, facing struggles as opportunities for growth and alignment with Christ.
  • Commit to Following Jesus’ Example, carrying our crosses with assurance that He walks with us every step of the way.
  • Prepare for Heartfelt Communion, honoring Christ’s sacrifice as the King who carried our burdens.

Through this Good Friday message, believers are invited to remember Jesus' love and ultimate sacrifice, courageously embrace their journey of faith, and approach communion as a tribute to the Savior who bore the cross on their behalf.

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Easter Sunday - The Way of Resurrection

This Easter message, "The Way of Resurrection," celebrates the power of Jesus’ resurrection, which changes our inheritance from sin and separation to forgiveness, relationship with God, and new life. It contrasts “that one guy” Adam, whose actions brought sin and death, with “that one guy” Jesus, whose sacrifice brought forgiveness, conquered death, and offers eternal life.

Key Themes and Messages
  • The Contrast of Inheritance: Based on Romans 5:12, 15, 18-19, and 21, this theme highlights the shift from sin to grace and new life through Jesus.
  • The Gift of Eternal Life: Romans 6:23 emphasizes that Jesus’ resurrection is a present reality and future hope.
  • New Life in Christ: From 1 Corinthians 15:22, this theme shows that Jesus' resurrection brings new life to all who belong to Him.
  • Jesus as the Resurrection and Life: John 11:25-26 invites believers to trust Jesus' power over death as both a historical and personal promise.
  • Confession and Salvation: Romans 10:9-10 emphasizes the personal response to Jesus’ invitation, making Easter a moment for transformation.
Key Goals:
  • Help the congregation understand humanity’s inheritance of sin through Adam and our new inheritance through Jesus.
  • Emphasize the significance of Jesus’ resurrection as both a historical event and a personal invitation to eternal life.
  • Invite participants to accept Jesus’ offer of forgiveness, relationship, and new life, making Easter personal and transformative.

This Easter, the message invites all to recognize that Jesus’ resurrection isn’t just a past event but a present opportunity for each person to embrace a new inheritance and life in Him.

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