Holy Week Devotionals: Good Friday
March 29, 2024
Holy Week Devotionals: Easter Sunday
March 31, 2024By Associate Pastor of Youth and Missions/Outreach Lindsey Odom
Summary of Scripture Passage: Every Christian is familiar with the Easter story: Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. But what did Jesus do on Saturday? Today, on Holy Saturday, we live in an in-between time. We are between the sadness and despair of Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday and the joy of Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday. Our tendency might be to jump from Good Friday to the joy of Easter, but stay in this moment. Take time to pause and reflect.
Pray:
Jesus, the light that no darkness can overcome, even as the sun rises, the night refuses to relent. We huddle together, afraid, bereft and unsure what to do next. All we can do is cling to each other, assure one another that we heard you correctly, that you did say on the third day you would be raised, that you said plainly that you would not abandon us. Help us to hold fast to your words even when we see no evidence of their truth. Help us to put our hope in you despite our despair and doubt. Amen.
