Easter

As a new Christian, the movie came highly recommended to learn about Good Friday and Easter, but I wondered, “Why is it called Good Friday when it’s the day Jesus, brutally died?”

Good Friday isn’t the end of Holy Week, but it is the most dramatic moment of the Passion narrative. These quotes remind us what happened on Good Friday, why those events happened, and what they mean for us today.

The resurrection of Jesus is not only our eternal hope—it reaches into marriage as well. If your relationship feels weary or strained, this devotional points you back to the power that brings life where hope feels thin.

One could argue that Jesus was always intentional. Yet, there seems to be added significance to events leading up to His death. He was fully aware of the impending culmination of His earthly ministry, and these actions often held deep symbolism and theological importance.

May these ten Good Friday hymn and worship songs help us commemorate Jesus’s final steps to the empty tomb and inspire praise for the One who gave His life for our liberty!

Spy Wednesday refers to Judas Iscariot, the spy in Jesus’ followers, who betrayed Jesus over to the religious leaders, in exchange for 30 silver coins.

This Good Friday, however, you choose to spend it, remember the sacrifice of the Lord. Direct your attention to the severity of what He did in order for you to have the hope of Heaven to come through believing and trusting in Him.

Through this five-day Bible study, we will be getting ready for Easter by reflecting on Jesus. While most people think they know everything about Jesus, it is important to keep learning and cultivating our relationship with Him. Rather than thinking we know everything about Him, we need to come to Jesus with open hearts and listen to what He is trying to teach us through His Word.As you progress through this Bible study, take special note of what the Lord is teaching you about Him, Easter, and your life. Jesus wants us to learn the truth about Him. To do this, we need to turn to study the Word and go to Him in prayer. By participating in Bible studies, we can learn much about our great Savior.

In the beginning, God’s redemptive plan of rescue was already in play. Jesus said He came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Christ Jesus exists throughout the entirety of the Bible. The following scenes, marked along the Walk of Sorrow, remind us of the sacrifice Jesus fully felt, and chose to make, on our behalf.

As you celebrate Christ’s consummate gift of reconciliation, may you feel his presence in this collection of Easter Scriptures. Better than any basket full of goodies, the selected Scriptures offered within this article will satisfy your soul.

Here’s why preparing your heart for Easter through Holy Week prayer is important, and 8 prayers to help you spiritually prepare for Easter.

We hope that the below Easter prayers will bring you renewed hope and faith this Resurrection Day.

There is much we can learn from the failure of Judas Iscariot and the redemption of Simon Peter. Here are five lessons from their stories.

When you break it down, the cross is really a barter system. The difference is the exchange is not even. We bring him our broken, sinful condition and he exchanges that for his perfect righteousness. There cannot be a bigger contrast than that.

Below I have compiled some Good Friday Bible verses that we can find throughout Scripture. The Old Testament prophesied that in order for us to attain salvation, someone had to pay the ultimate penalty. Jesus did just that for us.