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Come to Christ, the King of Peace

We’re longing for, we hungering for a better world. Everybody knows it, believer or not, the world is broken. We’re like a fish out of water, gasping for air, we know that this is not what it’s supposed to be. So even our grief is an expression of faith.

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Crowds and Disciples

When Christianity is easy, it is hard. When Christianity is hard, it is easy.” Hear it again: crowds change nothing; disciples change the world. What will Palm Sunday cost you tomorrow?

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The King on a Donkey

Every person needs help, home, and hope. Jesus offers you all three. No matter who you have been in this story. God rode a donkey on Palm Sunday to prove it.

And now Jesus asks me to love him enough to be his donkey. To carry him to the fickle, prideful, cowardly people who need him. To tell his story, and share his love in mine. The donkey doesn’t matter—only the One it bears.

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