#18 PASCHAL FAST ~ HE+ GAVE His+ Back To The SMITERS ~ Matthew 27 ~ # 18 Lenten Meditation ~ 3rd Hour Prayer Station

 SIMON the CYRENE

  CARRIES THE CROSS-BAR

 We remember the scourging HE+ unjustly received from Pilate’s hand. . .

#17 PASCHAL FAST ~ For HIS+ HUMILIATION Which HE+ Endured ~ Matthew 26 ~ # 17 Lenten Meditation ~ 3rd Hour Prayer Station

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  For the humiliation HE+ endured for our sakes, we give YOU thanks . . .

#16 PASCHAL FAST ~ I AM ( HE+ ) ~ John 18:3-8 ~ # 16 Lenten Meditation ~ 3rd Hour Prayer Station

HE+ said, " I +  AM  "

  AND THEY went backwards and  FELL TO THE GROUND. 

 

#15 PASCHAL FAST ~ Great Drops of BLOOD ~ Luke 22:44 ~ # 15 Lenten Meditation ~ 3rd Hour Prayer Station

 GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD

# 14 PASCHAL FAST ~ CHRIST OUR PASSOVER LAMB+ ~ 1 Corinthians 5:7 ~ #14 LENTEN MEDITATION 2022

⁷ Purge out therefore the old leaven, 

that ye may be a new lump, 

as ye are unleavened. 

For even CHRIST our Passover 

is sacrificed for us:

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#13 Paschal FAST ~ About My+ FATHER'S Business ~ # 13 Lenten Meditation ~ Luke 2:49 ~ 3rd Hour Prayer Station

 

And HE+ said unto them, 

How is it that ye sought ME+? 

Wist ye not that  

 I+ must be about My+ FATHER'S business? 

 Luke 2:49

# 12 PASCHAL FAST ~ JESUS WEPT ~# 12 Lenten Meditation, 2022 ~ John 11:35

 JESUS wept.

John 11:35

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Who+ in the days of HIS+ flesh, when HE+ had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto HIM that was able to save HIM+ from death, and was heard in that HE+ feared .  . . Hebrews 5:7

+  +  +

Once at the grave of Lazarus; once in the Garden of Gethsemane.

 

What made HIM+ cry ? 

DEATH.

#11 PASCHAL FAST ~ PERFECT through SUFFERINGS ~ Lenten Meditation # 11, 2022

For it became HIM, for WHOM are all things, and by WHOM are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory,

to make the CAPTAIN+ of their Salvation

PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS.

Hebrews 2:10

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Are we perfect ? NO. But our CAPTAIN+ is . . . and was . . . even in the days of His+ flesh.

HE+ was made PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS.  Yes, “sufferingS”  is indeed plural.

All people suffer; the human heart knows its own sorrow, no matter of how someone’s life looks to others on the outside. 

ALL Suffering has the hidden blessing of perfecting us

in our walk with CHRIST JESUS.

# 10 PASCHAL FAST - TOUCHED with the Feeling of our INFIRMITIES ~ # 10 Lenten Meditation- 2022 ~ Hebrews 4:15

 

 And HE+ went a little farther,

AND FELL ON HIS+ FACE,

and prayed, saying,

O My+ FATHER, if it be possible, let this cup pass from ME+:

nevertheless not as I+ will, but as THOU wilt.

Matthew 26:39

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YES, our dear LORD JESUS fell on His+ Face , crying and pleading for that cup – His+ Crucifixion -- to be passed away from HIM+.

⁷ Who+ in the days of His+ Flesh, when HE+ had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto HIM WHO was able to save HIM+ from death, and was heard in that HE+ feared;

Hebrews 5: 7

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The PROMISE is that we will not suffer death eternal but will live forever.

It is NOT PROMISED that we can escape all suffering living on planet earth, in this fallen, cursed-laden world.

But there is another PROMISE:

# 9 PASCHAL FAST ~ Strong Crying and Tears ~ Lenten Meditation # 9 ~ 2022 ~ Matthew 26:39

 

 

 Blowing the Shofar on Passover

³⁹ And HE+ went a little farther, and fell on His+ Face,

and prayed, saying,

O My+ FATHER,

if it be possible, let this cup pass from ME+:

nevertheless not as I+ will,

but as THOU wilt.

Matthew 26:39

+  +  +

Our LORD JESUS CHRIST knew at the sound of the Shofar on Passover morning that HE+ was going to be The Passover LAMB+ of GOD this time.  

This FINAL time, HE+ would become the Last and Final Passover Sacrifice that the earth would know.  HE+ would put to rest the need for all future Passover Lambs being slaughtered. HE+ was the last and great --- and SUFFICIENT --- Sacrifice for the human race.

FATHER, Glorify Thy Name ~ #8 PASCHAL FAST ~ #8 Lenten Meditation 2022 ~ John 12:28

 

#8 PASCHAL FAST ~

Lenten Meditation # 8, 2022

FATHER, GLORIFY THY NAME.

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Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

FATHER, GLORIFY THY NAME.

Then came there a voice from Heaven, saying,

I have both glorified it,

and will glorify it again.

John 12:27-28

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This is the Divine Reason WHY The LORD JESUS came to His+ Hour. 

It was to GLORIFY His+ Heavenly FATHER.

This is the “cause” that we embrace as well: to GLORIFY our Heavenly FATHER.

We glorify HIM when we submit to HIS Will.

Never do we forget that we too learn OBEDIENCE through the things that we SUFFER .

For THIS CAUSE Came I+ unto THIS Hour ~ #7 PASCHAL FAST ~ #7 Lenten Meditation ~ John 12:27

 

  PASCHAL FAST ~

Lenten Meditation # 7, 2022

. . . but for THIS CAUSE came I+  unto this hour. 

John 12:27

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Now is My+  Soul  troubled and what shall  I+   say? ‘FATHER, save ME+ from this hour ?’  but for this cause came  I+ unto this hour. 

+  +  +

When we are going through life’s HARD times of sorrow, of sickness, of struggles within and without, let us apply His+ Words to us:

 . . . For THIS CAUSE came I unto this hour.

For THIS REASON --- to endure the struggle, to experience this sickness, to walk that deep, dark valley of heart-ache --- The LORD has allowed THAT “CROSS” to enter into our life. .  . 

. .  . Our little life.   It means SO MUCH to HIM+.

And WHAT Shall I+ Say, 'FATHER, Save ME+ from This Hour ? ' ~ # 6 PASCHAL FAST - # 6 Lenten Meditation ~ John 12:27

 

 

 

#6 PASCHAL FAST ~

Lenten Meditation # 6, 2022

“ . . .and what shall  I+  say?

‘FATHER, save ME+ from this hour ?’  . . .”

Now is My+ Soul Troubled . . . #5 PASCHAL FAST ~ #5 Lenten Meditation ~ John 12:27

 

 

Now is My+  Soul  troubled

and what shall  I+  say?

‘FATHER, save ME+ from this hour ?’

but for this cause came  I+   unto this hour. 

Did The FATHER Actually FORSAKE HIS Beloved, Obedient, Only-Begotten SON+ in the Hour of His+ Greatest, Darkest NEED ?

 

 

DID the FATHER FORSAKE HIS OBEDIENT SON+ ?

#4 PASCHAL FAST  

# 4 ~ Lenten Meditation -2022

 

ELOI ! ELOI ! Lama sabachthani ?

MY+ GOD, MY+ GOD,

why hast THOU forsaken ME+?

And at the ninth hour JESUS cried with a loud voice, saying, ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI? which is, being interpreted, MY GOD, MY GOD, why hast THOU forsaken ME+? Mark 15:34

 

SO IT SEEMED ! But it only "seemed" so.