From Graves to Gardens: “Psalms to Palms"

Sermon Notes: Sunday, March 28, 2021 From Graves to Gardens: “Psalms to Palms”   Psalm 118: 25-27  25 Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success! 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you. 27 The Lord is God, and he has made his light shine on us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar.   John 12: 12-16 <p>12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!” 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: 15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” 16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.</p> Colossians 1:20 NIV <p>20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.</p>   BLESSING May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God the Father, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit - go with you now and always. AMEN.   DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS  Week of March 28-April 3 FROM GRAVES TO GARDENS: “Psalms to Palms”   Monday Zechariah 9:9 Tuesday Luke 2:21-35; 19:45-48 Wednesday Psalm 31 Thursday Psalm 69 Friday Psalm 22 Saturday Psalm 88   PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK: (From John 12:13 NIV) Hosanna! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.   OBSERVATION (“What?”) What is one thing that I observed in the passage?   IMPLICATION (“So What?”) What does that mean for me and my life?   APPLICATION (“Now What?”) What am I going to do about it?