Tag: Palm Sunday

Reflections on Passion Week – A 21-day Devotional

March 7, 2024 / Palitha Jayasooriya / 0 Comments

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Our 21-day Devotional, “Reflections on Passion Week, is now available on Amazon Kindle. It would be a very useful tool to be used in small groups and devotional groups, and for personal reflection during this Season. Get your copy today from the Kindle Store on this link.

Palm Sunday Sermon – A Colt, a Command, and a Cleansing (Mark 11)

February 17, 2023 / Palitha Jayasooriya / 0 Comments

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Introduction to Sermon Outline:

Draw a comparison between a royal wedding and Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem as King on Palm Sunday. What are the similarities you see? What are the differences?

This sermon outline is based around 3 events that are connected to the Palm Sunday story.

1. Palm Sunday is symbolized by a colt (Mark 11:1-10)

*Jesus sent two disciples to a nearby village where they would find a colt that no man had ridden. (verse 1-2)

* They were to untie the colt and bring it to Jesus. If anyone were to ask what they were doing, they were to say that the Lord needed it and would return it shortly. (verse 2-6).

*It is noteworthy that Jesus was going to return the colt to its owner (verse 3).

* Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the colt in the midst of praise (verse 7-10), fulfilling an Old Testament prophecy confirming that He was Messiah and King. This is what the prophet Zechariah said.

“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9)

* Highlight that Jesus’ kingship began with humility and sacrifice

Application from point 1 :

This Palm Sunday is Jesus the king of your entire life? If not, allow Him to be so.

Illustration: Share the moment when Jesus became your Savior.

Devotional: Responding to God (Palm Sunday)

March 12, 2018 / Palitha Jayasooriya / 0 Comments

We are glad to bring you ‘Responding to God – Lessons from Palm Sunday’. This 4 Day Devotional Plan for Palm Sunday is now available on YouVersion . Click here to start reading. The Reading Plan shows 4 practical ways we can honor God during the season that leads up to Palm Sunday.

Devotional for Palm Sunday: The Lord Needs It

April 8, 2017 / Palitha Jayasooriya / 2 Comments

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A Devotional For Palm Sunday:

After finishing schooling, I found employment as an Executive in a company that sold electronic products and vehicles. I had hopes of building a career in the secular world until the Lord began to place His call upon my life. His call grew over time to the point that I knew my future was not in secular employment, but in full-time Christian Ministry. Therefore, after 6 years of employment, I obeyed His voice, resigned from my job and gave my future into the hands of the One who called me. I have never regretted that decision. In fact, I wonder where my life might have taken me, if I hadn’t obeyed His voice.

Sermon: The Tragic Side of a Triumphant Event ( A Sermon for Palm Sunday -Luke 19)

March 4, 2015 / Palitha Jayasooriya / 0 Comments

Palm Sunday Sermon: The tragic side of a triumphant event

Introduction

I read a story about a plainly dressed man who went into a church in the Netherlands one Sunday and took a seat near the pulpit. Soon a woman came along and curtly told the man that he was seated in ‘her seat’. She then asked him to leave the seat. The man apologized and apparently moved away to a pew reserved for the poor, from where he took part in the service.