Palm Sunday
They took palm branches and went out to meet Jesus, shouting, “Hosanna! “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” John 12: 13
They took palm branches and went out to meet Jesus, shouting, “Hosanna! “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” John 12: 13
The doors of the temple were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. 1 kings 6: 32 Today, the day before Palm Sunday, and in many churches people will be decorating the church with palm leaves and making palm crosses. In some countries without palms, the palm crosses have to be imported …
Wisdom is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed. Proverbs 3:18 Other than people and God, trees are the most mentioned living thing in the Bible. There are trees in the first chapter of Genesis (verses 11–12), in the first psalm (Psalm 1:3), …
Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, 3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as …
The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth. Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches; from it every creature was fed. …
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. Exodus 15:27 There are many trees that have now become extinct, or trees that were part of great forests that have been completely decimated. In Biblical times, forests of Judean date …
But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; Psalm 52:8 What is your favorite tree? Is there a tree which you love because it gives you shade? or a type of tree that you love because of the delicious fruit that you enjoy that comes from it? Perhaps there is …
So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. Isaiah 61:3 Today the challenge is to see how you can get your church , archdeaconry or Diocese to incorporate tree planting in their spiritual life and programme. Identify the stakeholders. Who would you need to approach? …
“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” John 1: 48 “To sit under a fig tree” is a Jewish figure of speech for meditating on Scripture. It is presumed that Bartholomew spent many hours under the fig tree …