Apr 3 2026 … Why GOOD Friday? …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Alan Jackson singing Old Rugged Cross … calling all Christians to recognize and remember what our God did of by giving HIs Son to die on that old rugged cross.
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Highlight Passage: … 1John 4:9-10 … [NLT]
… <i> 9 God showed how much He loved us by sending His one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him. 10 This is real love — not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
… The Apostle John shows the extent of God’s love, that HE would be willing to sacrifice His only Son to save those who believe and surrender to follow Him.
Highlight Passage in Context: 1John 4:7-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle teaches truth to fellow Christians about the extent of God’s love in that He was willing to sacrifice His only Son to save us from their (our) sins.
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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 7:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Moses teaches about the extent of God’s covenant of love for His chosen people.
Reference Passage: … Psalms 86:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David prays in song of God’s unfailing love for His chosen people.
Reference Passage: … John 3:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…Jesus teaches Nicodemus and all Christians of the extent of God’s unfailing love for those who believe in Him as LORD.
Reference Passage: … Romans 5:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about God’s willingness to sacrifice His Son to save them (us) from their (our) sinfulness.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul testifies that when he was willing to die to self, Christ made him alive by believing in The Lord’s sacrifice on the Cross.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Peter teaches about God’s willingness to sacrifice His Son to save any who believe in Him as Lord.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Alyson Kieda … USE THIS LINK … discusses the reasons why we have come to call the Friday Jesus died on the Cross …“GOOD” Friday. It may have come from an older tradition of calling that day “God’s Friday.” But to most Christians, it’s not difficult to call the day that Jesus died on the cross for their (our) sins, as being a gloriously GOOD day.
I, for one, have no difficulty in seeing the “GOOD” in this Friday as we approach the celebration of EASTER, recognizing what God’s love did for me and any others who recognize Jesus’ loving sacrifice on that Friday, before His resurrection, as a gloriously “GOOD” day. How about you? Is this a GOOD day for you to celebrate God’s love? It sure is for me!!
My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for dying on that horrible cross to save me from my sins.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for what You did on that infamous Friday to save us with Your atoning love. … Amen
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