Series: The Parade Part 1: Who is This?

Sermon Text: Matthew 21:1-17

Supplemental Text: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=29 

Message Reflection Questions 

1. Begin with silent prayer to center your heart.

2. Read Matthew 21:1-17. If reading with a group, consider making it interactive and giving out parts. If reading alone, read the quotations aloud.

3. Allow the story to invite you to praise along with the crowd: Give praise to Jesus for who he is and what he has done.

4. Now allow the story to invite you to pray along with the crowd. The cry “hosanna” means “Save!” Pray: “God will you save __ from ___.”

5. What are things in our lives that crowd out praise and prayer in our daily lives?

6. Why do you think that Jesus went right to the temple after his Palm Parade?

7. Name some of the differences between the way the religious leaders and the sick and the children responded to Jesus. 

8. How do we prevent our hearts from becoming indignant to Jesus like the religious leaders? How do we keep our hearts open to Jesus like the sick and the children?

9. Close in prayer around this question: What is God inviting me to “clear out” so that my life will be a life of prayer and praise?  

Daily Lenten Readings

We are in our Lenten Series. You can find each entry at www.stillnaz.com/lent2023 or pick up a physical copy at either campus.  

Helpful Instructions for reading

1. Start with silence. Relax in God’s presence. 

2. Thank God for something that happened in the last 24 hours.

3. Read the verses slowly.  Ask: 

a.  What does this teach me about God?

b.  What does this teach me about humanity?

c.  What does this teach me about how to pray and live?

4. Finish in prayer for yourself, your family, your neighbors, your co-workers, your church. Pray through the nations at www.prayercast.com/nations.html. 

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