Matthew 28:6 “He is not here, for he had risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” Happy Easter! Today we celebrate the most important day of the Christian faith—the day Jesus defeated death!

Our God is a God of “and” … On the Saturday after the crucifixion and before the resurrection, there was no hope. The Savior had been killed, even the skies mourned. Those who follow Jesus will face trials and trouble AND they will be raised to life. We will mourn AND rejoice in the morning. We will have doubts AND be fully restored in faith. Because God isn’t just the God of the crucifixion or the God of the mourning. He isn’t just the God Saturday, the times of waiting and wondering. He is both of those AND the God of Sunday—the God of hope, redemption, and victory!

Today I’ve been listening to the song Battle Belongs by Phil Wickham, and these lyrics stood out to me: “Where I see a cross, You see an empty grave.” When we look at the cross, we see an image of torture, pain, and death. But God’s perspective is not our own. Where we see an end, God sees a beginning. In the face of the most brutal earthly circumstances, He sees redemption, hope, and life. This Good Friday, I’m reminded of Isaiah 55:8–9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Today I’m thankful for a God who knows the end of the story—and who chose the cross on our behalf.

During Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter, spend some time preparing your heart and mind. We recommend these chapters to read, study, and remember the life, death, and resurrection of our Savior!

Happy Palm Sunday! Hosanna! 🌿 Today we remember the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem: our humble King, riding on a donkey, fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” - Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)

We have seventeen new books now added to everydayscripture.org!📚 Visit our website to check out the resources for the major and minor prophets!

We’re about to release our resources for the Old Testament Prophets and you might be wondering “why should I read those book?” Not only do the prophets reveal God’s character, they ultimately point us to Jesus. It’s pretty amazing seeing specific details of Jesus’s life foretold thousands of years before He lived!