Preparing Your Heart for Easter

Here’s a basic outline of our nine-week study.

Week 1: Matthew 21: The Triumphal Entry and Jesus at the Temple

Week 2: Matthew 22: The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Week 3: Matthew 25: The Parables of the Ten Virgins, the Talents

Week 4: Matthew 26: Jesus anointed (Plus article, “Lent for the Non-Liturgical”)

Week 5: Matthew 26: Judas betrays Jesus and The Lord’s Supper

Week 6: Matthew 26: Peter’s denial, Jesus arrested, and the Sanhedrin

Week 7: Matthew 27: “What’s your excuse?”--Jesus before Pilate

Week 8: Matthew 27-28: The Crucifixion & The Resurrection (Mark 16 and Luke 24)

Week 9: John 11:25 ff.: Evidence for the Resurrection

“Bath and Soul”

from Bev Bradley

When most people get dressed for the day, they are careful not only to look good, but to smell good as well. They diligently spray on, rub on, or slap on various fragrances. They may spend a small fortune for a trendy new scent just so they are more appealing. Maybe they smell fragrant to others, but how do they smell to God? (Keep reading; this really is Biblical!)

Though we spend time in front of the mirror, do we look into “the mirror” (God’s Word) for our soul? Are we also taking care to “groom” our soul? What preparations are we making for getting our soul ready to go out and serve others?

In 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 there is an explanation of how we are like a perfume to others. “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.”

Would you like to join me in planning to do “a beautiful thing,” wafting a lovely fragrance to God this week? It will be fun to concentrate on our soul-fragrance. And, as an afterthought, a lot cheaper than shopping at “Bath and Body”!

 

“Preparing your Heart for Easter”

February 3 Tues.@ 3:45pm New Ladies Bible Study with Beverly Bradley.
Meeting at Linda Rockenbach’s home (398-3480) 3630 Sandy Street, Logandale

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