JESUS, THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING

Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011 - Tokyo.

MATTHEW 21:9

"Hosanna to the Son of David!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

THE MIND OF CHRIST

Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. IT was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death – and the worst kind of death at that: a crucifixion.
(Philippians 2:5-8, Message by Eugene Peterson)

PRAYER

Jesus, you are the beginning and the end of the history. You are the center of everything and every moment of our lives, even in this time of disaster and suffering. We ask you to reorient our hearts’ desires and commitment to you again this week.