We have taken time to make you a devotional for this Holy Week so that you may foster intentionality in your time with Jesus. Every day this Holy Week come here to find a story and some questions for you to engage with, while in your personal study
Holy Week Devotional
Good Friday
Jesus was taken to the high priest, Caiaphas. Jesus’s disciple Peter denied that he knew Him. Jesus was questioned by the governor, Pilate, and by the king, Herod. He was condemned to die on the cross. Jesus was crucified. A rich man named Joseph placed Jesus in His tomb. Jesus’s mother, Mary and Mary Magdalene visited the tomb.
See John 19
1.Jesus is flogged, crowned with thorns, and dressed in a purple robe while being mocked as “King of the Jews,” In what areas of your life have you resisted Jesus’ Kingship? How might you surrender to Him?
2. Even in agony, Jesus sees his mother and the beloved disciple, entrusting her care to him with the words, “Woman, behold, your son” and “Behold, your mother.” How does this moment of tenderness and provision amid suffering, model love and responsibility for you in your relationships or family?
3. Jesus says, “I thirst,” fulfilling Scripture, then declares, “It is finished,” bows his head, and gives up his spirit. What does the completion of his work on the cross mean for your sense of striving, guilt, or unfinished business in life? How does it free you to rest in grace rather than earn God’s righteous standing?
4. The soldiers pierced his side, and blood and water flow out. Is it hard to believe that all sins—past present and future—have been paid for? Reflect on areas of your heart that still feel “unclean” or distant from God. How does the cross address that fully and finally?
5. As they lay Jesus in the tomb, everything seems final and hopeless. In what “tomb” moments of your life—loss, disappointment, or waiting—can you hold onto the hope that God’s story in your life, doesn’t end?
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Welcome to Easter at Hillcrest. We are glad you are joining us! We invite you this Easter season to slow down. While the world wants to do more and find our joy and satisfaction in a myriad of other things, we are taking time to slow down and be intentional. We pray that the Holy Spirit will work in your life to reveal how you can more fully “be still, and know that I am God” this easter season.
We invite you to use all the resources available on this page to help aim your worship to King Jesus. The suffering servant who paid it all, so that we would have life in abundance!
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Maundy Thursday - April 2
Jesus said to His disciples during the Passover meal that one of them would betray Him. Then to help them remember Him, He gave them the sacrament for the first time. We encourage you to eat together as a family or a Life Group and share stories of what God has done in the last year. Then close your night with a reading from a passage out of John 13 - 17 and take a moment of silence as you sit in the reality of Christ’s betrayal.
Good Friday - April 3
Jesus was taken to the high priest, Caiaphas. Jesus’s disciple Peter denied that he knew Him. Jesus was questioned by the governor, Pilate, and by the king, Herod. He was condemned to die on the cross. Jesus was crucified. A rich man named Joseph placed Jesus in His tomb. Jesus’s mother, Mary and Mary Magdalene visited the tomb.
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Easter Sunday - April 5
We have been in Romans where we've seen how God gives us a righteousness we can't earn. It's all grace! A gift that cost everything. Isaiah 53 describes Jesus, rejected and crushed for our sins, pierced for our failures. Victory through apparent defeat. "By his wounds we are healed." He took our punishment so we could be forgiven and enjoy relationship with God again.
Maybe that's you who needs that healing and forgiveness that is offered in Jesus. This Easter, come explore the sacrifice that changes everything and the resurrection that brings real hope.
Whether you're new, returning, or just curious, you're welcome at Hillcrest and we'd love to celebrate with you!
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