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Pastor Joseph explores Jesus' triumphal entry on Palm Sunday, emphasizing three observations: run to Jesus over religious duty, trust God before understanding His plan, and recognize Him in humble circumstances. Scriptures: John 12:12-19, Zechariah 9:9, Psalm 134:2, 1 Timothy 2:8, Psalm 47:1, Psalm 66:1, Matthew 23:25-26, Hebrews 4:12, John 13:7, Romans 5:3-5, Isaiah 53:2, 1 Corinthians 1:25
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Hi, thanks for tuning in to this Week's message at C3OC. We hope that it blesses you, equips you, and fills you with faith. Let's dive in. You know, there's a couple of things that'll make me cry. It's the presence of God and saving Private Ryan. That's about the. But, man, when the presence of God comes. Can I just issue something to you guys? Don't rush. Don't rush through it. Linger in the presence of God. Seek the presence of God in your homes throughout the week. Seek the presence of God in all that you do. And let me say this, too, because a huge topic of conversation is discipleship, right? We want to be disciples. Jesus said, go forth and make disciples, right? So we want to be becoming more Christlike. I'll tell you this. Your discipleship starts with you encountering God every day of your life. That's where God, when we're singing, speak, Lord, speak, Speak into my life. We want to be hearing from God. This is so. It's certain in your life that wisdom comes from God. Accountability comes within this community. We can walk together. We can encourage one another. But I'm telling you, if you want to be discipled, start with encountering Jesus daily, not just going through the dutiful prayer. Linger in his presence. Wait, say, speak, Lord, speak. And then shut your mouth. Sometimes I think it's like, oh, God, I want to hear from you. And he goes, I'm just waiting for a gap. I'm just. I'm just waiting for you to stop speaking. He says that to me all the time, as does my wife. She is the. She's the voice of wisdom from God. Stop speaking, Joe. Stop speaking. And in that moment, just sit still and wait. Just. Just wait. We're so, like. You know, I waited for, like, two minutes, and then nothing happened. So I just moved on because I had to rush. And my. My Netflix show just came on, or I don't. I've got to rush off to work. Get up earlier, then. Get up earlier and make room. You know how it says, enlarge the place of your tent? Maybe you need to enlarge the place of your time in the day. Get up 30 minutes earlier. Sit with God. Stay there. Josh just went. So make space. Make space for God. And. And he will walk in, I'm telling you. And that's what we're focusing on today. It's Palm Sunday. Love Palm Sunday. There is so much. It is triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and it's significant for many reasons, because we have a lot of palm trees in California, right? How many people know that palm trees are not native to California? Does everyone know that? Do you know why we have palm trees here? It's actually the Spanish missionaries who planted the trees all through this part, this region of California to represent the triumphal entry of Christ, creating a pathway, creating a praiseway, creating a causeway into California. And that's why when you look around, you're like, oh, these palm trees are all. So it's like an oasis in a desert. It's actually signifying that Christ is entering. But there's got to be people who hold the palm branches. There's got to be those who are going to rip them off and lift them up to wave in Christ, to worship him as he's coming in to me. That's you and me. Amen. We're not just standing to the side. We're not just, ah, someone else is going to get a palm frond. Someone else is going to get the leaves and wave them about. No, no, no. He's calling you to be a part of commissioning Christ into Orange County. Amen. So we're going to look at John 12:12. All of the Gospels talk about the triumphal entry of Christ, which we call Palm Sunday, because they're waving the palm leaves. John actually devotes. And this is significant because this is the beginning of Christ's last week. As he walks up to the cross, John devotes basically half of his gospel to this last week. So there's. There's so much significance that goes into this triumphal entry. And then what Jesus is beginning to preach, what Jesus is beginning to usher in, what Jesus is beginning to take on, on in this moment. So in John 12, 12, 19, we read the next day, the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel. And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it. How lucky is that donkey? That must be the luckiest donkey in all of history. He doesn't even know what's. He's never been ridden before. And there's Jesus sitting on him, just riding into town like, what a lucky donkey. I want to be a donkey. And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written. And John is quoting Zechariah 9:9, a prophet that said, fear not, daughter of Zion. Behold, your king is coming, sitting on A donkey's colt. Verse 16. His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and to be done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him. That's so good. Was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, you see that you were gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him. The world has gone after him. Dear God, I thank you for this word. I thank you that it would fall deep in our hearts as we walk through this scripture. Won't you reveal your truth? Speak, Lord, speak. Speak to us ever clearly. Fill us with your spirit. Soften our hearts that we would receive your word today. I pray I get out of the way. This is your word. Speak. Father, to your people, in the mighty name of Jesus, we all said, amen. Amen. I just lost my notes. That's awesome. I'm also going blind. I feel like every week I have to make the text just a little bit bigger. Okay, so Jesus is coming in. He's now accepted his position as the Messiah. People are calling him as such, and he is not stopping them. You know, earlier in the Gospels, he starts healing people, and they say, oh, son of David. And he says, shh, shh, shh, shh. Don't tell anyone, for my time has not yet come. And so the people are calling him now, Messiah. The Messiah has come. O son of David, it's time to save us. Save us. Come in and bring this new kingdom that we've heard so much about. Bring it right now. And Jesus is saying, it's coming. And these people are excited. They're ecstatic at this moment because they see it as it begins unraveling. They have heard about it. They have heard from people who are at the. The tomb of Lazarus. And they saw Lazarus step forward. They saw him walk out. And these people, they ran to the Passover feast, which is why everyone is gathered in Jerusalem celebrating the Passover feast. There were three feasts that were they. They had to be at. And this is one of those feasts, the Passover, the Old Testament, where the final plague came through Egypt and the spirit of death passed over the homes that had the blood of the lamb over the doorpost. And the new lamb is walking through saying, I'm about to spill my blood over the doorpost, not of homes, but of hearts. And he begins walking in, and people are seeing this, and they began crying out to him. And I love that in this. It's a classic scripture. We can kind of look at it as such, and we can focus on the generalities of the scripture itself. What I want to do today is. Is what I would call pulling out of this scripture. The first thing for when we're studying the Bible, for when we're looking at the Bible, is, what do you observe? This is one of the first things that you're starting to look at, what sticks out. And so I want to talk on three different areas that stick out that popped out in my observations this week. And we, when you're reading scripture, look at it and be like, oh, what do I first observe in this scripture? What is going on? One of the first things that pops out to me is that these people are praising God because they are expecting him to fulfill their desires. They are expecting him to free them from the Roman rule, to establish a throne of Israel within that place. But he is coming in with a new kingdom. They're expecting a. A king to come in who is going to swing a sword and spill the blood of enemies. But he is walking in saying, I will spill my blood and I will forgive my enemies. He's walking in with disciples, this brood of fishermen and tax collectors. There's not an army. He's walking in with these disciples. They're kind of like, what the heck is going on there? They're following along and they're trying to figure it out as they're going. And so he's coming in differently. He doesn't come on a war horse. He comes in on a donkey. I mean, the donkey is awesome because a donkey was actually ridden by kings in those days, but it was in times of peace that they rode those. I think it's significant that as he walks into that holy city, he's coming in on a donkey. Later in Revelation, he's coming back on a horse. That's a different story. That's a war horse. He's coming back to declare judgment. He's coming back to declare war. But in this gap that we have from the moment Jesus died, there is a seat of mercy that he is sitting on, and he's saying, I've given you time to follow me. I've given you time to humble yourselves. I've given you time to bring forth the kingdom that I am bringing in. And so for us, the question that we have to answer is, what will you do when the king comes? What will you do. When the king walks into the room, are you going to look at what expectations in your life he can fulfill, or are you going to look and understand his kingdom? I laid down my life beside him. I come to give Jesus glory instead of Jesus glorifying me. I think a lot of the time that we get frustrated in life is because we expect God to be who we want God to be. But just like last week, I think in the. I think it was last week's message. God says his name to Moses and he says to Abraham, and he says, I am who I. I am who I am, baby. This is. This is it. And I'm going to give you 66 books that explain I am who I am. So we can't make God who we want him to be, but we can surrender to who he is. So what are we going to do when the king walks in the room? What are we going to do when he begins marching into our lives, when he begins marching forth in Orange county, when he begins leading us? And there's trials and there's tribulations and there's misunderstandings that we start interacting with? What are we going to do? I think it's a great question for us to ask as we look at these people and look into what was actually happening at this time. But I think for us, it's good to us. Not on the occasion of our best day, but what am I going to do when the king walks in the room? Because I want to prepare today. I want to prepare today before the people fully understand there is something in them. They are responding to Jesus in that moment. It says they heard that Jesus was coming, they had an expectation within them, and they're running towards him, running towards. There is something that is responding within the people, knowing that the king has come to town, not Elvis, the King. Jesus is marching in with a new order, with a new kingdom that he is about to bring forth. And if we slow down for just a moment and we begin to observe, there is more than a celebration going on. There is a deeper revelation that we can grasp onto in this moment. C.S. lewis says this. The people wanted a king who fixes circumstances, not one who transforms hearts. And this is what Jesus is beginning to bring in. Point one here today. This first observation is run to Jesus. Run to Jesus. Jesus is more attractive than religion. That's what this is saying. Because for all of the centuries before, they have been living with the Pharisees and the priests and they've created the temple and this order that began as something of Reverence towards God has now become a system of control. The first thing that Jesus does when he goes in there, he flips the tables. He goes straight to the temple and says, you've turned my temple into a den of thieves. When it should be a house of prayer. It should be a house that is holy. It should be a house that is reverent. And so all of these people who had experienced religion for years have now seen, oh, my gosh, there is a liberation that is coming. There is a new freedom that is beginning to walk in to this world. Me, I'm not Jewish. Most of us, I would say, are of the Gentiles, right? In those days, I would only be allowed. I'd be called what is a proselyte, which actually means prosthetic. It's an attached member of the body that has no life, doesn't give anything to the body. It doesn't receive anything from the body. It's just. It's an appendage. It's just attached. And the proselytes would sit on the furthest court that is out, the outer court. And then the next court, women, Jewish women could go a little further. Jewish men could go a little further than that. And then there were the priests, the sons of Aaron, who could be on an inner court area. And then once a year, the high priest could walk into the holy of holies. And that was a scary place. He made atonement for the sins. He sprinkled blood on the altar. The ark of the covenant. And so this religious order that was, you know, so far back from where the presence of God was, Jesus is walking in to say, I'm going to break that. I'm going to remove all the walls and the obstacles that say, I love this person more than that. And this religious duty has to now be fulfilled. And instead of man reaching for God, God is about to turn around and say, I'm reaching for man. And this is the big difference between religion and knowing that we have a savior who has reached out. And he said, man, I love you so much that, yes, I know that once I reach for you, there is a reaching back. But man, the first reach is from God to us. The first reach is him reaching down and saying, man, I love you. I know you've been searching for a love like this. I know you've been searching for a peace like this. And all we have to do is say, I'm with you, Jesus. I believe in my heart. And so that first thing we noticed, that Jesus is more attractive than religion. They Ran to him. They knew, they heard, they saw, they praised the king, the Messiah that they had waited for, that they had heard about, that they had been praying for in earnest. And all the rules and all the traditions and all the duty of just doing all the right things and trying to reach and stretching and never really transforming the inside, but trying to act like a Christian on the outside. It just doesn't do it. They felt no satisfaction in their soul. They felt dry in their soul. And Jesus is marching in and saying, I'm going to shift that. I'm going to change this now. The well will come from within. See, religion tries to change your external. It says, if you do this, this you pray this many prayers and this prayer, and you do this and that, then you are going to be sanctified. Jesus says, I will transform your heart. He says, oh, man, I will reach in from the inside. I will plant revelation within your spirit. I will put the Holy Spirit to work within you, and it will outwork in your life. So the crowd, they acted immediately because there is something attractive about Jesus. There is something magnetic about him. And they're running to him. And they acted immediately. They responded zealously. They took the branches of the palms, they went out to meet him. And they were shouting, hosanna, save us. Hosanna. Hosanna. Blessed is the one who is coming in the name of the Lord. Even the King of Israel see this. This to me is true worship. They are running in faith. They have a faith within them. Even the disciples didn't understand at first. We'll get to that. But they had a faith within them, like Jesus is our Savior. So they're running out to him with lifted hands, with. With praise in their mouth. They are claiming it out. They are shouting and they are dancing in the streets. They are laying down their cloaks. They are lifting up the palm fronds and waving him in. This is worship. I mean, sometimes I think. We think worship is just, you know, I'm going to come in and be. And I know there are still moments. I know that there are quiet moments. But even throughout the Psalms, there are not options or suggestions for us in how we worship God, but there's actually commands that are given to us. We got lifting hands. Psalm 134, verse 2 says, Lift up your hands to the holy place and what? Bless the Lord. 1 Timothy 2, 8. I desire that in every place men should pray. Lifting holy hands. They were clapping their hands. Psalm 47:1 says, Clap your hands. All peoples shout to God with loud songs. Of joy. Amen. Shouting. They were shouting in Psalm 66, verse 1, shout to the Lord for joy to God all the earth. And I think sometimes we just got to realize, like, Jesus is in the room, man, pick up the palm fronds, Pick up the palm frogs. Stop picking up the problems. Stop picking up the worries. Stop picking up the reservedness. These are commands. I'm telling you. If you want freedom, then start praising God like he's already delivered it to you, because he may come in in a way that you are unsuspecting. He may come in in a way where our expectations might be here. And he's coming in over here, a much higher place. And I'm telling you, it's a people of faith. And that's why, man, when. When we're worshiping God, man, don't shut up the words. I love worship because it's a script that I didn't write. It's a script that my soul isn't necessarily singing at that point in time. But, man, I can demand of my soul to bless the Lord. So it's in that time, man, you can't stop me because I was searching for a love like this, for a love, this. I was searching for a peace like this. And when you find that and you understand it, man, I can't stop praising. And so these people, they picked up what was there and they started worshiping God. They ran to him with a fire in their hearts because they knew Jesus was bringing a new gospel. Whether they realized it or not, they knew that he was the Messiah. Amen. And Jesus, he comes in to confront religion. That religion that says reservedness, man. Sometimes, maybe, maybe within our hearts, we feel like we've been a Christian for so long that we're kind of grown beyond that version of praise. Man. Don't grow beyond that version of praising God with your hands lifted high, clapping your hands and shouting out his name. Why don't you do it just now? Do it right now. Come on, lift it up. Just do it. Be different. Oh, we worship you, Father. We worship you. Oh, I never want to grow so dignified in my faith that I can't be undignified in it. The scripture says, shout, clap, lift your hands, dance. I will be even more undignified than this. David says he danced in his underwear. I'm not encouraging that one, but it's showing me it just break out of the chain. Some of the freedom is going to be found in the middle of worship. When you just break out of insecurity, scared about what People will think, break the fear of man, have a reverency for God. I'm telling you, it'll set you free. It'll liberate you in your life. And so Jesus is better than religion. He wants to change hearts. He wants to clean from the inside. Matthew 23:25 26 says this. You clean the outside of the cup, but inside they are full of greed. First cleanse the inside and that the outside may also be clean. We just went through this series called Vessels, where he is more concerned with cleaning the inside, with what he can pour into our lives so that we can pour out of our lives. Jesus cares about your heart. Jesus cares about your soul. And he has placed a spirit, a living spirit that is within you to stand up despite the soul trying to push down the spirit. I love Hebrews 4:11 says, the word of God is living and it's active, able to discern between soul and spirit. Why soul and spirit? Sometimes we want to emotionally follow Jesus. We get so hyped up at the same time. Faithfulness is a fruit of the spirit. It's not a fruit of the soul. And I want to encourage each and every one of us here. Follow God from the spirit, not the soul. I know that there are emotional experiences that we have. But, man, I'm going to worship God whether I feel good or not. I'm going to follow him. On my worst day, what were we singing? Madison, I feel like you just started singing that, right? And all day and always in all days, I will praise you on the best and the worst. On the best, we can forget. On the worst, we can feel so downtrodden. And so we just need to make the decision to say the Lord's word is living and it's active. It's not on life support. We call things on life support that are living just because it's going beep, beep. I hit my metrics this with my Christian metrics this week. I hit it. Beep, beep. But you couldn't call that active, right? So when you put it into motion in your world, begins to become alive, begins to become a revelation our life. Amen. Amen. Point two, Trust before you understand. Trust before you understand. Man, this one hit me so hard. John 12, 16, 18. It says, his disciples did not understand these things at first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things have been written about him and had been done to him. The disciples didn't get it at first. Man, this is encouraging. You know, I read the Bible, I study the Bible. I do this a lot, right? Hopefully, yes, but how many times have you read a scripture and you're just puzzled by it? How many times have I come across something? What the heck does this mean? What? Oh my, how am I going to comprehend this with my drug burned mind from the, from the past? How is, how is any of this gonna stick in here? How am I ever gonna work all of this out? And then all of a sudden, bam. There's a moment where it goes and it's like a revelation pop in the head. And that could be anywhere from three years to three minutes to three months. It could be any amount of time. And so the disciples here, it's an encouragement to you and I that in that moment they could not understand what was going on. They couldn't comprehend it all. But they trusted Jesus and they kept following him. John 13:7 says, what I am doing, you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand. Some of you might be challenged by offense right now. Some of you might be challenged by trials, by an onslaught that is happening in your world, by lack by a den of lions. And you can't fully comprehend it right now. So the opportunity is present to run. I can't understand what God is trying to teach me. You got to learn to trust God. And my plea with you is that you stick it out. Because I'm telling you, through Jesus death, the whole world thought it's over. He wasn't a prophet. They ran scared. They forgot all the words that he said. He said, I will die and I will be risen again. It's like they were, you know, quasi deaf in those moments. And then all of a sudden, Jesus is raised from the dead and the women run with the testimony to the disciples. Man, I'm telling you, before long, no matter what your trial is, no matter what your financial burden is, no matter what, what Goliath you are facing in your life, no matter the large amount of depression or a hopeless situation that it feels, God will glorify himself in the middle of it. He will glorify himself in the middle of it. And I'm telling you, stick with prayer, stick with worship, stick with following him, stick with picking up the Word and reading and praying the word over your life because he will reveal his glory. Can I just say that maybe the prayers aren't deliver me from this pit that I am currently in and instead it is, Jesus, teach me what you are trying to teach me. In Romans 3, 5, it says, Rejoice in our sufferings. Knowing this, oh man. Knowing this that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character. And character produces what? Character produces what? Oh, man, I want the answers to all my problems to produce the hope. But Jesus is saying, man, I want a hope in your life that does not shake. No matter what trial you face, no matter what lack it feels like is in your soul, you will have a hope that does not shake. And all we have to do is stick around and say this. This is how you get through suffering. You rejoice, my friend. Not trying to be cheesy. I'm telling you truth right now. Just trying to brush over the suffering is easy. I know it's tough. I know what suffering is like. But man, you can rejoice in trusting God that He is bringing you endurance. That produces character, that produces hope in your world. Trust the plan of the Savior, not the plan you designed for him to move through. You know the craziest thing? This same crowd, like I said at the start, there were four crowds that were outlined. Those that saw the resurrection of Lazarus, those who heard about the resurrection of Lazarus, the disciples and the Pharisees. And it took all but a few days before the fickle crowd turned on Jesus and were the ones crying, crucify him. Don't lose hope because of circumstance. Hang on to Jesus. He may come into your life in unexpected ways, but I've seen Jesus ride into my life on a trial. I've seen Jesus ride into my life. I'm like, I want a war horse Jesus. And he rides in, walking on the water. The disciples, when they saw him walking on the water, they said, there's a ghost. They freaked out. Jesus can walk into your life in unexpected ways. It's up to us in the middle of what we are facing. I know you might not understand it, but hear me when I say this. It's not because I say it's because it's the word of God. The unchanging, never fading, never withering word of God that says you can trust Jesus. And if you stick close with him, if you plant your roots within the soil that he has put you in, may fruit will begin to abound in your life. He might not have done what the crowd wanted, but he brought a greater victory in their world. He defeated death. He destroyed the power of Hades. He took the keys of life and death in his hands. So much better than defeating Rome. So much better than the overthrow of an empire. And he sent His Holy Spirit to save. Oh, man. I send you the most perfect counsel, the most perfect strength to live within you and lead you in this life. Jesus says, follow me and the understanding will come. You don't have to have it all figured out. You don't have to know the outcome. Jesus says, leave that up to me. Just be faithful. That's the fruit of the spirit. And be obedient. And obedience is the fruit of trust. Trusting God within our life. Lastly, I'll say here, don't miss him in the humble Jesus and entered in a very humble way. I want you to remember, this is God. You know, we're watching Aladdin with my daughter. You know when he makes his first wish and he's like, I'm a prince. And he enters into the city, he's a false prince. It's like Ali Abba, whatever the song is. But he's got, you know, like 42 elephants and piles of gold and dances and all of this encore of entertainment that's all around him and opulence. And Jesus walks in on a donkey. I find that so incredible. You know how many rooms in the. In the past I've wanted to walk in and act all big? He walks in on a donkey with the most important delivery that mankind is ever going to have. He's not coming flashy, he's not coming in a Bugatti. They land in a G5 that comes in on a humble donkey with a ragtag of disciples. If you ever try and disqualify yourself from following Jesus, just go look at the disciples. We're doing pretty good. And he comes in in this humble way, presenting himself, but he's also revealing how he works. He rides in on a donkey, not on a war horse. He comes with disciples, not an army. The blood that's going to be spilled are not his enemies, but his own blood. And it's his own blood for those who nailed him on that cross. Cross. In that moment, Jesus is not just fulfilling prophecy, but he is correcting perception. He's also showing by the prophecy out of Zechariah 9:9. He's also showing us that the word of God is true and trusted. Zechariah 9 said he will show up riding on a donkey and Jesus sitting on a donkey. I'm telling you, the word of God is trustworthy for you and I. He's showing that the kingdom of God does not advance the way earthly kingdoms do. They were looking for a king who would take life. And he came as a king who would give his own. Give his own for you and for I. And this is where people begin to miss him. Not because he is absent, but because he is Unexpected. We often assume that when God moves, it'll be obvious, undeniable and unmistakable. Throughout scripture, God consistently chooses unexpected small little ways. I'm always marveling that the world's most famous scripture, John 3:16, was said in a one on one conversation. It wasn't him. He didn't hold that for the Sermon on the Mount. No, it was him and Nicodemus. He said, for God so loved the world that he sent his only son. He uses these small moments. Isaiah 53 he prophesied he had no form or majesty that we should look look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. I wonder if Jesus is enough for us because a lot of the time we have a bit of a Jesus plus mentality. If only Jesus did this in my life, if only this was also added to my life, then it would be enough. No, Jesus is enough for you. I want to remind you, he might show up on a donkey walking through and you're like, man, I'm looking for a different type of savior. In this moment you don't need Jesus plus, you just need Jesus whole, my friend. Even his disciples struggled with this, this all throughout. Like I said before, when Jesus came walking on the water, they saw him as a ghost. Cuz he came in a way and at a time that they did not expect. So for you and I, it's about having discernment in our life. Not a physical discernment, but a spiritual discernment. To understand that Jesus moves in otherworldly ways. He takes a lot of roads that are very humble. He's a real gentleman. Here's a really scary thought. Jesus is such a gentleman that the people who deny him in this life, he will allow them to live in the next life without Him. That's a scary thought, but it's true. And so for you and I to say, I fully accept you Jesus. I know I expect you to come in and do all of this, but man, I trust you Jesus. I will stick with you until the end in humble ways. Whether it's in this church, whether it's in your faith, whether it's in your workplace, whether it's in your marriage, whether it's in whatever area of your world that I will stick with Jesus. Let's all stand here today. Some of us might be looking for God to move in a way that matches our own understanding. But I'll tell you this, he's not obligated to follow our frameworks. What feels small could very well be significant. What feels hidden may be holy. What feels Slow may be God's strategy in your life. 1 Corinthians 1:125 says this. The weakness of God is stronger than men. And the cross, it looked like weakness to all of these people, but it was stronger. It was the strongest and greatest victory the world had ever experienced. And so for you and I to recognize this man, we got to run to Jesus. We have to run to Jesus and not to our religious duties. We got to trust God, even though the moment it feels like I can't understand a thing. And we got to look at how God is moving within our world and not try and physically perceive it, but spiritually have discernment. This is the way Jesus is moving in my life right now. Want us all to lift our hands. I thank you, Jesus. This joyful and triumphant beginning of Holy Week, that as you enter into this city, that you are bringing so much of the gospel, you are offering so much of an opportunity for your people that you knew from the beginning. I'm carrying this cross and my time has come. This week. Oh, this week, Father, we recognize you have entered in. I pray that you would reveal yourself to us in mighty and powerful ways. I thank you, Father. We recognize your divinity. We recognize your righteousness. We recognize your holiness, Father. Your holiness. And so we humble ourselves, Father. We humble our expectations. Those that are of our own, let them be surrendered. Surrendered Here today. I pray that we praise you with palm fronds in our hand because you are Messiah. That you have already completed the victory, that you are already triumphant over all circumstances. So we worship you, you, Father. We worship you here today. And we thank you. We thank you, we thank you. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you. Oh, we thank you, Father. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you. Oh, we thank you. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you, Father. Oh, hallelujah. The king is risen. Hallelujah. The king has come. Hallelujah. The king is recognized. Hallelujah, Father. Hallelujah, Father. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. We worship you, Father. Hey, thanks for tuning in. There's a bunch of different ways that we connect throughout the week, including Sunday mornings, and we would love to see you there. You can check out all the details@c3oc.com.