Palm Sunday, Luke 19:29-44 Cross Creek Community Church, Pastor Dave Martin - March 29, 2015

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Defining Moments have altered and forever sealed into our memory & lives the facts of how things can change in a moment of time…

Celebration Sunday Prayer…

Celebration Sunday Offering… Coins 2,636.68 Cash/Checks 63,917.00 Faith Promises 36,867.00 Total, Building for Life 103,420.68 PLUS: Regular Tithe/offering 12,538.30 (+ Individuals who were absent or moved)

1. Defining Moments in Serving the Lord.

Luke 19:29-35 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 "Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.'" 32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" 34 They replied, "The Lord needs it." 35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.

Defining Moments Serving the Lord. Galatians 5:13 13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.

2. Defining Moments in Worshiping the Lord.

Luke 19:36-40 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" 40 "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

John 4:24 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

Romans 12:1 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.

3. Defining Moments in Recognizing the Lord.

Luke 19:41-44 41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you."

(Study - 1Jn 4:10, 1Co 1:18, 1Pet 3:18, Mt 13:15, Eph 5:17) John 3:16-17 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (Study - 1Jn 4:10, 1Co 1:18, 1Pet 3:18, Mt 13:15, Eph 5:17)

4. Defining Moment in Receiving the Lord Personally.

John 1:10-13 10 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. 11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. 12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

Defining Moments… Be absolutely sure of your salvation in Jesus!

Defining Moments… Be absolutely sure of your salvation in Jesus! Be evaluating life’s moments through the lens of scripture!

Defining Moments… Be absolutely sure of your salvation in Jesus! Be evaluating life’s moments through the lens of scripture! Be living worthy of your calling, reaching your world for Christ!

(Next two weeks read Mt 27 & 28 daily)