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Salvation Friday, March 20, <strong>2015</strong> Help Me! READ: Luke 19:1-10 KEY VERSE: So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way. –Luke 19:4 (NLT) “Help me, help me, help me!” is one of the best prayers there is, author Anne Lamott says. She’s right. Zacchaeus gets this, too. He does whatever it takes to meet Jesus. He doesn’t repent at first. But he makes sure to encounter Jesus, even if others see. In doing so, he gets clear about his sin and surrenders. I learned the hard way. A personal crisis that kept deteriorating forced me to say, “Help me, help me, help me!” And to do it without caring who saw. I learned firsthand more about salvation. As Christians, we truly are saved and being saved at the same time. And each time we surrender, we get clearer that the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost. –Rev. Yvonne D. Hawkins LOOKING WITHIN: What am I trying to handle on my own? What’s that doing to my life? What scripture and promise from God can help me to surrender, confess and repent? Holy Spirit, I worship you for being my counselor. You guide me into all truth. Thank you for revealing the truth of my sins, but also the truth of salvation through Jesus. Help me to let you help me – again. Amen. 36
Redemption Saturday, March 21, <strong>2015</strong> Land of the Free READ: Luke 4:14-21 KEY VERSES: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” -Luke 4:18-19 (NIV) “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This well-known quote by poet Emma Lazarus, memorialized on the Statue of Liberty, has welcomed people who are homeless, disadvantaged or immigrant to America, the land of the free, for more than a century. Even today, these words offer great comfort to those who are disenfranchised. Yet, God through Christ Jesus has already made provision for our freedom. Christ died and, in so doing, redeemed the whole world. We only must confess with our mouth and believe in our heart, and we shall be saved. God’s promise is an even greater comfort to all humanity than anything humans can offer. –Nancy Myrick LOOKING WITHIN: How can I show that I truly appreciate and give thanks for the freedom God has given me through my redeemer? Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of your Son, who died that the whole world might be saved. Amen. 37
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