Create a Rule of Life | Palm Sunday & Holy Week
As we wrap up our EHR series, we are challenged to create a long-term rule of life designed to help us make permanent changes to live in emotionally healthy ways. Just as an elite athlete must live a life of incredible commitment and self-discipline to reach the top of their field, so must we as Christians live a life training to be committed to Jesus while denying our sinful impulses and desires. The EHR series is part of this training, and represents our lifelong journey to live with a long obedience in the same direction: towards Jesus Christ.
Today on Palm Sunday, Erin Wood also shares a big-picture overview of Lent and Holy Week and how they uniquely prepare our hearts to celebrate Jesus' resurrection on Easter. Holy Week is an invitation to be fully immersed in the joy of Easter by first understanding and remembering the events in the last few days of Jesus' life. The observances of Holy Week are incredible gifts to us as followers of Jesus because they remind us that we are not simply bystanders in God's redemptive story, but that this is also a fundamental part of our story as disciples of Christ.