Welcome followers of BBT, I hope you are having a blessed week.  Last week Larry and Linda had the service.  Linda was not able to be there but she did provide a tape of her Sunday School lesson on how important it is for us to be like silver that has been refined by heat and now is pure silver.  She also brought a tape of the life of the late great Billy Graham.  I t was a very inspiring lesson.  Larry brought his message from Exodus 3 where God says to Moses when they ask who sent you, tell them I AM sent you.  We cannot categorize God because he is so many things there is no label to fit him.  God is saying he is all things, we can’t explain him or control him he is unexplainable.  It was important back then when someone was named, it stood for something.  God just says I AM and he is.  I hope you were with us last week to hear the lessons but if not you can hear them on our pod-cast.

 This week as we celebrate Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, I want to read to you how this week started off in Matthew 21: 1-11.  As Jesus comes into to Jerusalem he is hailed as the coming Messiah and people are so excited to see him.  It will not take them long to change their tune.  I want us to look at the time leading up Easter and what Jesus went through.  I know we do not like to look at this are talk about it, but for Jesus to be Resurrected he had to die first.  We all look forward to Easter Sunday and talking about the Resurrection and wish we could just ignore Good Friday like it never happened.  It did happen and if you want to hear about Easter you have to know what led up to it.  Part of being a Christian is to feel the pain that Jesus went through for you and me.  I know how hard it is to hear these things but it is important for you to hear this so you will understand how much forgiveness cost God.  I hope you will join us Sunday as look at the suffering of our Lord.

Please continue to pray for those we mentioned last week in our prayer request as we trust God to hear our prayers and honor them.  Remember if you can bring a side dish for our Easter dinner please let Cathy or Pris know so we can make plans for Easter Sunday.  Remember to something good for somebody this week and be blessed.  We will see you on Sunday!!

We love you so much,

Pastor David & Pris