1. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  2. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  3. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  4. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  5. The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.
  6. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  7. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  8. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  9. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  10. A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
  11. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
  12. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.