When the Stones Burst into Cheers

4/12/2019

SUNDAY IS PALM SUNDAY. IT IS A TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD FOCUS ON THE ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM. AS HE ENTERED THE CITY, “HIS FOLLOWERS WALKED ALONG, PRAISING GOD FOR ALL MIRACLES THEY HAD SEEN.” THE FOLLOWERS WERE NOT ABOUT TO BE SILENT AND FROM THEIR HEARTS CAME WORDS OF PRAISE TO THE KING OF KINGS. “BLESSINGS ON THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. PEACE IN HEAVEN AND GLORY IN THE HIGHEST”.

THE PHARISEES GAVE A NEGATIVE REACTION TO THE PRAISE, SAYING, “TEACHER, REBUKE YOUR FOLLOWERS FOR SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT.” WE ARE BLESSED THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRESERVED THE RESPONSE OF JESUS TO THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS PHARISEES. REFERRING TO THOSE PRAISING HIM, JESUS PROCLAIMED, “IF THEY KEPT QUIET, THE STONES ALONG THE ROAD WOULD BURST INTO CHEERS”.

SUNDAY IS THE BEGINNING OF HOLY WEEK. IT IS A TIME TO “BE STILL AND KNOW THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.” IT IS ALSO A TIME TO ENTER INTO SPIRITUAL CONVERSATION AS WE SHARE THE BLESSINGS THAT THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST BRINGS TO US EACH DAY. I ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO READ THESE WORDS TO BE OPEN TO SHARING THE BLESSINGS RECEIVED FROM THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST.

THE ENTRANCE OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM MOTIVATED PRAISE FROM HIS FOLLOWERS. MY PRAYER IS THAT THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IN OUR LIVES WILL MOTIVATE US TO PRAISE HIM FOR PROVIDING US A LIFE THAT IS FILLED WITH HOPE FOR THIS DAY AND ALL OF OUR TOMORROWS. MAY GOD HELP US TO FOLLOW OUR TIME OF QUIET REFLECTION WITH WORDS OF CONVERSATION, SHARING WITH OTHERS THE BLESSINGS WE RECEIVE FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE SAVIOUR INTO OUR LIFE’S JOURNEY. REMEMBER IF WE ARE SILENT “THE STONES WILL BURST INTO CHEERS.” WHAT A SPECIAL TIME TO SHARE THE LANGUAGE OF GRACE WITH OTHERS.

READ AND REFLECT ON PALM SUNDAY AS RECORDED BY LUKE. LUKE 19:36-40

OUR FATHER, AS WE PREPARE TO ENTER CHURCH ON PALM SUNDAY, PREPARE OUR HEART TO PRAISE YOU FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. HELP US TO BE AWARE OF THE BLESSINGS THE SAVIOUR BRINGS TO US EACH DAY. TEACH US THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING WITH OTHERS HOW JESUS TRANSFORMED OUR LIVES AND GAVE US A HOPE AND A FUTURE. FATHER, MAY WE WORSHIP ON PALM SUNDAY WITH HEARTS FILLED WITH PRAISE TO THE KING OF ALL KINGS. AMEN.

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Dr. Gene ("Doc")Tyre, Pastor

Dr. Gene Tyre came to the pastorate of Providence Baptist Church in October of 2005. Dr. Tyre is native of Wayne County Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Mercer University and his Master’s and Doctor of Ministry Degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky He has participated in special studies at Central State Hospital and Yale University. For twenty-three years he was Pastor of First Baptist Church, Newnan, Georgia.

Dr. Tyre has also been active in the Georgia Baptist Convention, having served as Chairman of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Administration Committee, Chairman of the Georgia Baptist Hospital Board, and Vice President of the Convention. He has served as a member of the Mercer University Board of Trustees. In 1993 he was named "Coweta County Citizen of the Year." He is on the Board of the Samaritan Clinic in Newnan. He has participated in preaching missions to Liberia, Kenya, South America, and Honduras.

Dr. Tyre's philosophy of ministry is to "Preach the Gospel" and "Love the People." His wife, Margaret, has served as the President of the Ministers' Wives of Georgia. The Tyres have a daughter, Jenny and a grandson, Mihai.

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