Category: Stations of the Cross
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Station 14: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb
As we move into resurrection Sunday, meditate on what is hiding in that tomb for you. What do you need to resurrect? What purpose in your life did Jesus go to the cross for, that needs to come out of that tomb? As you sing that song about “running out…
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Station 13: Jesus Dies on the Cross
When you consider more deeply the moments the disciples have had with Jesus, the miracles they’ve experienced, the questions they’ve asked, the miles they’ve traveled, this moment is more profound. All these people have seen the power of Jesus firsthand, and now he’s gone. What now?
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Station 12: Jesus Speaks to his Mother and a Disciple
If you are feeling something you don’t think anyone could possibly understand, Jesus understands it. He understands our sorrow, our temptations, our needs and desires. He has lived it, and he died for those things, too.
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Station 11: Jesus Promises the Kingdom to a Thief
Jesus just wants our belief, our heart. He just wants us to see him, acknowledge him, and ask to be let into the kingdom. That’s it. For Easter this year, let’s uncomplicate the process. Just be with Jesus, just let him know you believe. And rest in the fact that…
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Station 10: Jesus is Crucified
Because Jesus died on the cross there is now someone standing beside us in our wrongdoing, whispering to God “Father forgive them.” Now there is a permanent sacrifice on the altar every time we need cleansing, ready to be offered to God. And not just any sacrifice, a perfect, blameless…
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Station 9: Jesus Meets The Women of Jerusalem
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28
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Station 8: Simon Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
Just like Simon took up Jesus’ cross, and walked with him those final painful steps, God calls us to do the same. He calls us when we are exhausted, when we are busy, when it is inconvenient, and when it is hard. He calls us to do things that aren’t…
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Station 7: Jesus Bears the Cross
The bridge of the song says “My God, I see not what you see, my God what do you see in me?” Let our prayer today be one of gratitude: that Jesus saw us when we didn’t believe, and still died for us.
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Station 6: Jesus Flogged and Crowned with Thorns
It’s hard to imagine giving up your life for someone, but in this torturous and humiliating way, it’s even harder. Why would Jesus do this for us? “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 That’s the…
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Station 5: Jesus Judged by Pontius Pilate
There are so many reasons in our lives to fight against God’s plans; they can be painful and hard, they can be boring or take forever, but they are aways good. Jesus recognized this, and even though, humanly, he didn’t want it, he knew it was for the greater good…
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