Archive for the ‘Holy Week’ Category
Resurrection Sunday
Comments (3)“The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.'”
– Matthew 28:5-6 NIV
Happy Easter!
Today is a day of remembering victory. By rising on the third day Jesus proved that He is Lord over death and sin. It is because we worship a Risen Lord who is alive that we have life. If our beliefs were like every other religion, which all have founders that remain dead, then our faith would be meaningless and our efforts in vain. But, this is not the case! The God whom we serve is alive and well! He is Risen! He is Risen indeed! The good news of Easter Sunday is the very reason for it: the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! It is because of His life, sacrifice, death, and resurrection that we have any hope in eternal life or drawing near to God. Praise be to Him! Let us live our lives in proper response to this amazing God who gave Himself up as a ransom for many!
As promised throughout this week, we do have a special treat for everybody! As we’ve previously mentioned it is a finding that we found a while ago and have saved for the right occasion. On this day of Jesus’ victory, we find it appropriate to reveal it! So, here it is:
25 FREE songs from such artists as Amy Grant, Jump5, Avalon, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Bethany Dillon, Newsboys, dc Talk, Petra, Rebecca St. James, Sanctus Real, Delirious, Steven Curtis Chapman, Audio Adrenaline, and others! We hope you enjoy this fantastic offering!
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- Go one by one and download each song!
We hope you’ll enjoy these songs by a wide variety of musical artists. May you have a blessed Easter day and we pray you’ll remember the response of the women who went to see Jesus and respond in a like fashion! (Read Matthew 28:7-8)
Holy Week Songs
As promised, this is the post featuring songs with Easter and Good Friday related-themes. Before you begin going through the songs, we recommend reading our earlier Holy Week post.
The order of the songs below is purely in the order in which they’ve been posted, not in any order signifying favorites.
Pocket Full of Rocks – “At The Cross”
In view of Easter this band is offering a special Easter song for free download. Go check it out! Also, either tomorrow or Friday we’ll be posting links highlighting songs with Easter-related themes. And don’t forget that on Sunday we have a special treat!!!
Holy Week
Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
– Mark 11:9 NIV
Today we begin the journey of remembering and celebrating Holy Week, the week in which Jesus entered Jerusalem. During this week several key things occurred:
- Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey and was welcomed as coming from God
- Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and brought Roman guards to arrest Him
- Jesus was sentenced to be crucified, died on a cross, and was put into a grave
- On the third day, Jesus rose from the grave proving that He is Lord over sin and death
All of these events have significance to our lives. It is because these events actually occurred as history that we have salvation. If they were mere myths, our salvation would not be real. It is because God chose to step down into our history and be a man and go through all of these events that we have salvation. The Creator of everything made the decision to be one of the created in bodily form and allow His creations to crucify Him on a cross. But, that wasn’t the end of things – He conquered sin and death by rising again! Wow…what a God we serve!
We hope this week you’ll take some time to reflect on what Jesus has done for you, and that you’ll have a renewed sense of purpose from doing so. We worship a marvelous God who is infinitely worth more than the worship we give Him! Let us never forget that!
Later this week we’ll post some links highlighting several songs that specifically contain Holy Week and Easter related themes. Our hope is that they’ll serve to help you draw closer to God! So, stay tuned for those!
Also, we are planning on giving you all a special treat on Easter Sunday! It’s a finding that we’ve been saving for a short while for a special occasion and Easter fits this exactly! So, please come back here to get these special gifts!
May God bless you this week and don’t forget to share the joy of Christ with those who don’t know Him!
Michael Olson – “On The Third Day”
Easter is coming up soon, and this song is one to give a listen to in this time of reflecting on what Jesus has done for us. Hopefully, it will aid you in this time of reflection and meditation.
33Miles – “Salvation Has A Name”
As part of an Easter giveaway, 33Miles is giving away their song “Salvation Has A Name” as well as a few goodies relating to the song. Be sure to check it out and their encouraging message too!
Free Christian Music 