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Jesus rides into town on Palm Sunday to a very excited crowd of welcomers, sadly they miss the point of why Jesus is there, as their focus is on the wrong thing. Why had Jesus truly come? What was his true mission and why did it so easily seem to breezed over? To gain a better picture, a broader picture of this entire scene we need to go back, back to the time of Abraham’s grandson, Jacob.

God wants us to help more people meet Jesus... 1. Because Jesus is our model (vs. 43). 2. Because Jesus is the Messiah (vs. 44-46). 3. Because the need is so massive (vs. 47-48). 4. Because the future is miraculous for all who believe (vs. 49-51).

Let’s not forget the context of Jacob’s marvelous dream. Jacob dreams not from the comfort of his own bed. He dreams this dream in the open air, under the stars. No comfy pillow caresses him, only a hard rock. And he’s not camping. He’s running from brother Esau who wants him dead. Oh, yes, Jacob got…

My new house is certainly a work in progress. One of the chores on the list is to take care of the backyard – which is almost completely weeds. At first I just cut the backyard really short – that way the weeds were simply a patch of green. Yet, the weeds were still there – ready to grow back quicker,…