Daily Devotions March 24 – March 30, 2024

Written By Gethsemane Baptist Church
 

Sunday, March 24, 2024
Prayer of the Day
Sovereign God, you have established your rule in the human heart through the servanthood of Jesus Christ. By your Spirit, keep us in the joyful procession of those who with their tongues confess Jesus as Lord and with their lives praise him as Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Gospel Acclamation
Christ humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name (Phil. 2:8-9)

Isaiah 50:4-9a
The servant of the LORD submits to suffering
Psalm 31:9-16
Into your hands, O LORD, I commend my spirit (Ps. 31:5)
- or - Philippians 2:5-11
Humbled to the point of death on a cross
Mark 14:1-15-47 or Mark 15:1-39[40-47]
The passion of the Lord

Monday, March 25, 2024

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Thursday, March 28, 2024
Prayer of the Day
Eternal God, in the sharing of a meal your Son established a new covenant for all people, and in the washing of feet he showed us the dignity of service. Grant that by the power of your Holy Spirit these signs of our life in faith may speak again to our hearts, feed our spirits, and refresh our bodies, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you an the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Gospel Acclamation
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you. (John 13:34)

Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14
The passover of the LORD
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19
I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. (Ps. 116:13)
- or - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Proclaim the Lord's death
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
The service of Christ: footwashing and meal

Friday, March 29, 2024
Prayer of the Day
Merciful God, your Son was lifted up on the cross to draw all people to himself. Grant that we who have been born out of his wounded side may at all times find mercy in him, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Gospel Acclamation
Look to Jesus, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb.12:2)

Isaiah 52:13-53:12
The suffering servant
Psalm22
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Ps. 22:1)
Hebrews 10:16-25 - or - Hebrews 4:14·16; 5:7-9
The way to God is opened
John 18:1-19:42
The passion of the Lord

Saturday, March 30, 2024
Prayer of the Day
0 God, you are the creator of the world, the liberator of your people, and the wisdom of the earth. By the resurrection of your Son free us from our fears, restore us in your image, and ignite us with your light, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia. Let us sing to the LORD, who has triumphed gloriously; our strength and our might, who has become our salvation. Alleluia. (Exod. 15:1-2)

Romans 6:3-11
Dying and rising with Christ
John20:1-18
Seeing the risen Christ

Gethsemane Baptist Church
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