Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
A 360 degree look around 9 And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!” 11 And [Jesus] entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
Dear Christian Friends, we want to see Jesus! We can imagine crowds and calls and jostling and ‘down in front!’ and peering heads and standing on tiptoes, maybe climbing trees or looking out of windows or getting up on rooftops if you want to see the 4 celebrity pass by. Children on shoulders would get […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. 21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. 22 The stone that the […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!” (Mark 11:9,10 ESV) I was surprised to read this week that yesterday – the Saturday before Palm Sunday – […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
We want to see Jesus! Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
What you see is only a hint at what you get! Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor George Samiec
Skit: Not Quite What I Expected “I didn’t expect this!” When we lived in Mount Isa, our eldest three children met the then prime minister, Bob Hawke. They met him, shook hands, talked to him, got his autograph, and came back to us saying, ‘Dad, he’s so short!’. The PM wasn’t what they expected. Sometimes […]