I pray today that we all will pause, contemplate and
mediate on what we Christians celebrate beginning today with Good Friday,
Saturday and the culmination of Easter Sunday…of what all Our Jesus Christ
endured, sacrificed and did for each one of us…for our sins.
Therefore I pray this Good Friday…Our Lamb of God, slain
for and by sinners, this day brings me to the foot of the Cross. Humbly and shamefully I admit that you had
borne my griefs and carried my sorrows; the chastisement of my peace was upon
You, and with the stripes I am healed. I
thank You for suffering all as my Substitute.
For me You endured the treachery of Judas; the mockery
and mistreatment of Herod; the miscarriage of justice before Annas, Caiaphas,
and Pilate; the scourge, the rod, and the crown of thorns. For my sins Your hands and feet were pierced
with nails, Your lips tasted of the vinegar and gall, Your side was pierced by
the spear.
Here I behold the tremendous price of my transgressions
that cost You your life, Lord Jesus.
Here I see you as the Lamb of God, who by one sacrifice has forever
perfected them that are sanctified. May
your Cross ever be the source of forgiveness, comfort, joy and peace.
As I again view You today suspended on the cross of
Golgotha, may I by the Love be prompted to say with Paul: “I am crucified with
Christ…and the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of
God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Bless the preaching of Your Cross
everywhere, and by its constraining love draw all men to You that they may love
with and for You forevermore. For Your
holy name’s sake I ask it. Amen.
I pray you are blessed by this prayer and may many
individuals come forth to receive Christ during this Holy weekend.
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