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March 24
Palm Sunday


LET IT GO

READ:
Mark 11:1-11
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Say, "The Lord has need
of it," and immediately
he will send it here.
__Mark 11-3
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Many years ago, when a young friend asked if he could borrow our car, my wife and I were hesitant at first. It was our car. We owned it, and we depended on it. But we soon felt convicted to share it with him because we knew that God wanted us to care for others. So we handed the keys over to him, and he traveled to a church 30 miles away to conduct a youth rally. The meeting was used by the Lord to bring teens to Christ.

Jesus instructed His disciples to take another man's donkey. The Son of God told His men to "loose it and bring it" to Him (Mark 11-2). If someone objected, they were to say, "The Lord has need of it," and they would then be permitted to lead it away. That donkey carried Christ into Jerusalem on what we call Palm Sunday.

There's a lesson here for us to consider. We all have things that we hold dear. We may have thought, I could never part with that. It may be a new truck, a coat, some other possession, or our precious few free hours during the week. Will we be open to give when someone obviously needs something we have?

If you sense that the Spirit is speaking to you, let your time or possession go, as the owner released his animal to Jesus. He will then be glorified as He deserves! __David Egner

``````````````Make me a channel of blessing today,```````````````
`````````````Make me a channel of blessing I pray;````````````````
`````````````My life possessing, my service blessing,```````````````
`````````Make me a channel of blessing today. __Smyth````````````
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God gives us all we need,
so we can give to others in their need.

********************Today's Bible Reading __ Mark 11:1-11***********************

1 Now when they drew near
Jerusalem, to Bethphage and
Bethany, at the Mount of
Olives, He sent two of His
disciples; 2 and He said to
them, "Go into the village
opposite you; and as soon as
you have entered it you will
find a colt tied, on which no
one has sat. Loose it and
bring it. 3 And if anyone says
to you, 'Why are you doing
this?' say, 'The Lord has
need of it,' and immediately
he will send it here."

4 so they went their way,
and found the colt tied by the
door outside on the street,
and they loosed it. 5 But
some of those who stood
there said to them, "What are
you doing, loosing the colt?"

6 And they spoke to them
just as Jesus had
commanded. So they let
them go. 7 Then they brought
the colt to Jesus and threw
their clothes on it, and He sat
on it. 8 And many spread
their clothes on the road, and
others cut down leafy
branches from the trees and
spread them on the road.

9 Then those who
followed cried out, saying:
"Hosanna! 'Blessed is He
who comes in the name of
the Lord!' Hosanna in the
highest!"

11 And Jesus went into
Jerusalem and into the
temple. So when He had
looked around at all things,
as the hour was already late,
He went out to Bethany with
the twelve.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

"Hosanna" (v.9)__which originally meant "save now" __was a cry for
rescue. Its usage changed, and by the time of Jesus it was used more
as an expression of celebration to mean "praise." The believing Jews
in this passage viewed Jesus as the Messiah who fulfilled Genesis
49:10 and Zechariah 9:9.