Seize the Moment – Day 1117
Today’s hymn focus will be
Christ Arose
Matthew 27:64(NASB95)
“Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
The Chief priests and the Pharisees were playing the political game by going to Pilate to have him post guards and seal the tomb to prevent anyone from coming to take His body in order to fake His resurrection. There was distrust.
Imagine being there with the disciples, friends, and family of Jesus as they are in the second day of mourning His death. It was the sabbath day, so they could not do anything to care for His body because of Jewish laws and customs. All they could do was wait. There was despair.
However, the hymnist Robert Lowry describes a different point of view where there is hope. He painted a picture that would thrill an audience with his vivid descriptions, inspiring people with the thoughts that inspired him.
Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior! Waiting the coming day,
Jesus my Lord!
Vainly they watched His bed, Jesus my Savior! Vainly they sealed the dead,
Jesus my Lord!
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Christ Arose
waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord!
Up from the grave he arose;
with a mighty triumph o’er his foes;
he arose a victor from the dark domain,
and he lives forever, with his saints to reign.
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
vainly they seal the dead, Jesus my Lord! [Refrain]
he tore the bars away, Jesus my Lord! [Refrain]
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Seize the Moment – Day 1116
Praise God for His Triumphal Entry!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, April 7. Today is Good Friday. You are invited to tonight’s Good Friday Service at 6:30 PM.
Psalm 24 was originally written by David for when he brought the ark of the covenant – the Presence of God – to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6). This was the occasion that David was observed unashamedly leaping and dancing before the Lord in a great exhibition of praise to God before all the people (12-23). As you read Psalm 24:7-10, you can see and hear the ark’s triumphal entry:
Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates, and lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in! Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.
There was another triumphal entry, a thousand years later, which David’s psalm points to – the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the day we call Palm Sunday (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44). On this day, the crowds praised God, unashamedly declaring of Jesus in Luke 19:38: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Just like David’s wife, Michal the daughter of Saul, rebuked David for his praise at the first triumphal entry, so the religious leaders were scandalized by the people for declaring Jesus to be the coming King. Jesus responded to their rebuke in Luke 19:40, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 24, meditating upon the second coming of the Lord – “looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus” (Titus 2:13).
God bless you!
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Seize the Moment – Day 1115
Write a Love Letter to God!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, April 6. Today is Maundy Thursday. You are invited to tonight’s Holy Thursday Communion Service at 6:30 PM.
Trust is your love letter to God! Psalm 23 is David’s love letter to God, describing his intimacy with God. He started in verse 1, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” David had everything he needed through his relationship with God, just like a sheep who was being cared for by a good shepherd.
From beginning to end, Jesus uniquely fulfilled Psalm 23. He proclaimed in John 10:10-11, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” Jesus pointed to His substitutionary death on the Cross, which protect us, the sheep of His pasture, from evil and restores us back to a relationship with God. Do you trust Jesus to be the good shepherd of your soul?
David ends his love letter, in verse 6, with a powerful promise, “Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Jesus promised His disciples in John 14:1-3:
Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 23, meditating upon Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of every promise of God (2 Corinthians 1:20). Write a love letter to God demonstrating your trust in Jesus as the good shepherd of your soul.
God bless you!
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Seize the Moment – Day 1114
Meditate on the Cross!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, April 5.
One of my favorite Good Fridays was when I was serving in pastoral ministry in Sunnyvale, California. I spent the day memorizing Psalm 22, while hiking in the beautiful foothills above the Silicon Valley. Why did I choose Psalm 22 to meditate upon? There is no better person to explain the majesty of “The Psalm of the Cross” than C. H. Spurgeon:
[Psalm 22] may have been actually repeated word by word by our Lord when hanging on the tree; it would be too bold to say that it was so, but even a casual reader may see that it might have been. It begins with, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” and ends, according to some, in the original with “It is finished.” … It is the photograph of our Lord’s saddest hours, the record of his dying words, the lachrymatory of his last tears, the memorial of his expiring joys. … Before us we have a description both of the darkness and of the glory of the cross, the sufferings of Christ and the glory which shall follow. Oh for grace to draw near and see this great sight! We should read reverently, putting off our shoes from off our feet, as Moses did at the burning bush, for if there be holy ground anywhere in Scripture it is in this Psalm.[1]
I invite you to prioritize time becoming familiar with Psalm 22, and while doing so to turn to its fulfillment in the Gospel of Matthew 27:33-56. May your soul ascend to the heavens as you praise God for the passion of the Christ.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 22, meditating upon the crucifixion of Jesus Christ – “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).
God bless you!
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Seize the Moment – Day 1113
Pray for our Leaders!
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Seize the Moment – Day 1112
Boast in the Lord!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, April 3.
David declared the victory of the Lord in Psalm 20:7, “Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.” This truth is expressed again by Solomon in Proverbs 21:31, “The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory belongs to the Lord.” David and Solomon knew this truth and declared it, while simultaneously building up mighty armies in defense of their nation. In fact, David had so much blood on his hands from fighting in battles, that God would not allow him to build the temple (1 Chronicles 22:7-8).
While Israel’s leaders were responsible for the good of the people, their only hope for victory was in God. Moses knew this and boasted in the victory of God, recorded in Exodus 15:2-3, after Pharaoh’s army of chariots were swallowed in the Red Sea:
I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; the horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will extol Him. The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is His name.
In God we trust! This is the only hope for our nation – to believe in Him, to boast in His name, and to trust in what He has done to secure our victory! If we boast in our economic prosperity, our powerful military, our social justice, or our technological advancement, we will surely perish in our pride. While leaders must act to ensure the protection and prosperity of their people, they should never forget who gets all the glory! This is where our nation has gone astray, and we must repent!
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 20, meditating upon the victory of God in Jesus Christ – boast in His nail-scared hands, not in the works of your own hands (Galatians 6:14).
God bless you!
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Palm Sunday 2023
Cry out in Praise!
Luke 19:28-40 (NAS95)
Today, we gather to commemorate Palm Sunday and the beginning of the Passion Week. During this holy week of remembrance we will gather five times – today, Thursday night to remember the night Jesus was betrayed, Friday night on Good Friday to remember the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, at sunrise on Easter Sunday to declare the tomb is empty, and for our Celebration of the Resurrection service at our normal time next week to praise God for our salvation through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. We do all of this to remember what Christ has done for us.
It is for this reason we come to the Lord’s Table today – to remember. First, I am going to read the words of institution given to us by Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:23-28. After I read, we will take a moment of silence to pray and examine ourselves, as instructed by Scripture, then I will lead us in partaking of the elements. Listen now to the words of institution:
For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
The Word of the Lord. I invite you into a time of moment of silence to pray and examine yourselves – receive afresh the grace of God for the healing of our souls and the strengthening of our bodies through the ancient rite of the church, given to us by Jesus Christ on the night He was betrayed.
[Moment of Silence followed by the partaking of the elements]
[The bread] Take this, all of you, and eat of it: the body of Christ, broken for you.
[The cup] Take this, all of you, and drink from it: this is the cup of the new and everlasting covenant. Christ’ blood shed for you, and for all who believe, for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in memory of me.
Prayer
[Transition to Scripture reading] Daniel & Katie Kinnaird are going to read to us from Luke 19:28-40, the Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem to begin the Passion Week:
After He had said these things, He was going on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When He approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. “If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of it.’ ” So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They said, “The Lord has need of it.” They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it. As He was going, they were spreading their coats on the road. As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen, shouting: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!” When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. “For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
[Daniel & Katie share as the Lord leads them, then pray and release the kids to Children’s Church]
We are in the middle of a sermon series about the strategy of a faithful farmer. The focus of a hardworking farmer is to yield a large crop yield, a bountiful harvest. C. H. Spurgeon preached in 1871, “Preaching is sowing, prayer is watering, but praise is the harvest.”[1]
Today’s Palm Sunday message is called, “Cry out in Praise” because the harvest of Jesus’ triumphal entry was praise! When the religious leaders asked Jesus to rebuke His disciples for praising Him as the coming Messiah and King, Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!” The very creation will declare the glory of God!
Their praise was coming from Psalm 118, which is why the Pharisees were so scandalized. Listen to Pastor James Montgomery Boice explain the significance of what was happening:
When we remember that Psalm 118 is part of the Egyptian Hallel [Hallel means “praise” – Psalms 113-118 are called the Hallel Psalms], that the Hallel was sung by Jews at the time of the Passover, and that it was Passover when Jesus entered Jerusalem and later died on Calvary, it is understandable that these words would have been in the minds of the people who greeted him as he entered the city. Jesus entered Jerusalem on the day the lambs were being taken into the Jewish homes in preparation for the sacrifice. Did the people understand that Jesus was the Son of God and that he was coming to give his life as a ransom to save his people from their sins? No, though some, like Mary of Bethany, seem to have known that he was about to die (see John 12:7). Whether the masses understood it or not, these verses describe what Jesus was doing and was about to do. He had indeed come “in the name of the Lord” to do the will of his Father in heaven, and what he had been sent to do was “save” his people from their sins. He would do it by dying.[2]
Listen now to Psalm 118, part of the Hallel, from which the disciples praised God during Jesus’ triumphal entry:
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Oh let Israel say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.” Oh let the house of Aaron say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.” Oh let those who fear the Lord say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.” From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and set me in a large place. The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? The Lord is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in princes. All nations surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord. The Lord has disciplined me severely, But He has not given me over to death. Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord; The righteous will enter through it. I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation. The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone. This is the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. O Lord, do save, we beseech You; O Lord, we beseech You, do send prosperity! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord; We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I extol You. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
The “Hosanna” is proclaimed in verse 25, “O LORD, DO SAVE, WE BESEECH YOU”!
Verse 26 is proclaimed by the crowd, “BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD”!
Unknown to the people, Jesus is the “festival sacrifice” of verse 27, “BIND THE FESTIVAL SACRIFICE WITH CORDS TO THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR.” Jesus is the perfect Passover Lamb, the final atoning sacrifice for our sins. Peter proclaimed this in 1 Peter 1:18-19, “you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”
Jesus is the “CHIEF CORNER STONE” of verse 22 – “THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED”! Listen to how Peter proclaimed this truth in Acts 4:8-12:
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people, if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health. “He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone. “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
If Jesus is the chief corner stone, then what are we to do with our lives? Peter answers that question for us in 1 Peter 2:4-12:
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.” This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, “The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,” and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
This is your calling – to proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light! You are now the light of the World through the shed blood of Jesus Christ – the perfect Passover Lamb who entered Jerusalem on the very day the lambs were being taken into the Jewish homes in preparation for the sacrifice. Psalm 118:26-29 concludes:
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord; We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I extol You. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] C. H. Spurgeon, “The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People,” in The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, vol. 17 (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1871), 717.
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Seize the Moment – Day 1110
Today’s modern-day hymn focus will be
Hosanna!
Matthew 21:9(NASB95)
“The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”
As we look forward to Palm Sunday tomorrow, we need to prepare our hearts in worship. This hymn was written in 2006 by Brooke Fraser Ligertwood, painting a picture with words of how she saw people worshiping Jesus. Each verse starts as a proclamation of “I see…”, depicting what could be if people allowed God to work in their lives. Just as important, it goes on to demonstrate a heartfelt desire for revival, having the singers cry out for us to be shown how to love and to do everything for the kingdom of God.
Heal my heart and make it clean, open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me.
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Hosanna!
I see the King of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes
I see His love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing
Hosanna Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We’re on our knees
We’re on our knees
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love
Like You have loved me
Everything I am
For Your kingdom’s cause
As I walk from earth into eternity
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Seize the Moment – Day 1109
A Prayer of Acceptance!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, March 31.
God has revealed Himself to His people through both His creation (Psalm 19:1-6) and His Word (Psalm 19:7-11). The heavens proclaim God’s glory, whereas His Word reveals the way to be acceptable in His sight (salvation). Psalm 19:12-14 explains why God has made Himself and His ways known to His people:
Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not rule over me; then I will be blameless, and I shall be acquitted of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
God desires for His people to respond to the mercy and grace He has extended toward them. He wants to redeem you back to a personal relationship with Himself, so He made a way for you to come to Him. God had to prescribe a way that allows you, a sinful person, to “be acceptable in [His] sight” because He is holy, and you are not – He cannot have anything unholy in His presence. Isaiah 56:7b demonstrates how He did this through sacrifices, “Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
While God no longer requires animal sacrifices for you to be acceptable in His sight, He has invited “all the peoples” to put their faith in the final atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their acceptance. Paul explains in Romans 12:1, “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 19, meditating upon God’s means of grace given to you through the shed blood of Jesus Christ – offer yourself as a sacrifice to God and you will be accepted (Galatians 2:20).
God bless you!
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Seize the Moment – Day 1108
Thank God for Salvation!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, March 30.
Psalm 18 is a song of thanksgiving, from which we learn how to thank God for our salvation. Psalm 18:1-3 begins with David’s celebration of God’s victory over his enemies:
I love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 18, meditating upon your thankfulness to God for sending His Son Jesus Christ to save you – “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ” (Ephesians 2:4-5).
God bless you!
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