Seasonal

My Conquering King, the scriptures foretold of a Messiah who would suffer for the sins of all people.  When You came to fulfill that prophesy, most could not comprehend what was happening.  When I first heard the story of Your Father sending You … to suffer and die in my place for my sins … … Read more

O Suffering Christ, during the season of Lent, teach me how to open my heart to understand the depth of Your love which You expressed in the suffering and loneliness You felt on Your journey to Calvary.  Help me grasp the magnitude of the agony which You experienced so I can experience the true joy … Read more

Most Kind and Gentle Lord, while I go about each day dealing with earthly things, You chose to leave the comfort of Your heavenly home in order to come down to earth to offer Yourself as a sacrifice for me.  You came to give me a message of hope and salvation … something I desperately … Read more

O Benevolent Lord, I humbly bow before You.  In Your love and mercy, You have redeemed me from the powers of sin and eternal death.  You have done for me what I could not do for myself.  You have released me from the grip of my enemy and made for me an eternal home.  I … Read more

Most Devoted Savior, I rejoice in the fact that my salvation is the product of justice and mercy uniting on Your cross on Calvary.  In Your Father’s system of justice, a blood sacrifice was necessary to atone for sins.  The blood of rams, goats and birds were offered as the price to cover a year’s … Read more

Most Faithful Lord, I rejoice in Your promise to never leave or forsake me.  I wish I could say I have returned the favor to You.  For I know that I do abandon You when I follow the leading of sin and the ways of the world.  Through Your death, You have set me free … Read more

O Glorious and Triumphant Savior, how tenderhearted and forgiving You are to me.  So often, when I think about Your passion and suffering, the words bruised, derided, cursed, defiled and killed come to mind … but these words fall far short of what really happened to You.  You were not bruised … You were beaten … Read more

Most Understanding God, I am in awe as I consider Your words proclaiming “herein is love” and in coming to understand that You loved me so much that You ordained that Your Only Son would be made a sacrifice for my sins … and, He loved me so much that He was willing to undergo … Read more

I am thankful, My Savior, that when You came to earth You did so to bring healing to Your people.  We were broken and could not fix ourselves.  By obeying Your Father’s command, You willingly paid the price to make me whole again.  Through the wounds You bore in Your body … the evil beating … Read more

O Precious Lamb of God, while it would have virtually been impossible for a mortal man to have endured the scourging You did and make it to a cross to be crucified … You endured both.  And, through the miracle working power of the Holy Spirit, You were given a regenerated body and newness of … Read more