April 5, 2020 www.PositiveChristianity.org presents Positive Daily Inspiration PALM SUNDAY April 5, 2020 www.PositiveChristianity.org now in our 21st year presents Positive Daily Inspiration Palm Sunday "And many spread their garments on the road, and others cut down palms from the trees and spread them on the road. Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" Mark 11:8, 9, 10 Palm Sunday is an important day in Christianity. Palm Sunday is the day that Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of an unridden donkey. People along the way waved palm branches in welcome shouting “Hosanna—blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord”. They laid those palm branches as a sort of “red carpet” for his animal to walk on. Our desire to follow Jesus must contain more than following the physical man of Jesus Christ. We must honor him by living his teachings in our own daily lives. What teachings does Palm Sunday contain for us? Jesus taught by example on Palm Sunday. First – Riding a donkey into Jerusalem instead of a magnificent white horse, or golden chariot, shows confidence. This was confidence beyond human confidence. He rode the path in humility. There was no self-need to build himself up through an outer show of flash or force. He was confident because he was one with God. There is no greater confidence than oneness with God. No matter what you face in life, if you are one with God, you can face it without a need to prove yourself to others or uplift yourself through outer things. You do not need outer proof because inside of you is the unshakable, unbreakable, undeniable confidence in an unfailing God. Second – A miracle happened that day when Jesus successfully sat on the unridden donkey and, third, that he could guide and ride on that unridden donkey through shouting crowds, pressing-in crowds, and crowds waving palm branches. This clearly shows the power of the Christ over a lower animal nature that would ordinarily buck, and try to throw off its rider. We follow Jesus by allowing the Christ in us to ride over our own lower animal natures. The Christ within us can tame and bring peace to our wildest lower animal natures. Christ power can override, and successfully master, that lower self through any harmful environment or negative peer group pressures that, before, would have swayed us back to a way of life that the lower self wallows in. Do you have a bad habit that needs to be overridden? Then allow the Christ within you to override it. The Christ will successfully ride and tame the lower animal self. The Christ will ride and tame anger, hatred and unforgiveness. No matter how the lower self in you acts out, the Christ within you can override and tame its destructive ways. No matter where you go, the Christ power goes with you, protecting you from future temptations. You will be blessed inside of yourself and by people all around you because you come in the name (which means nature) of the Lord. I bless you on this Palm Sunday in the hope that you will follow Jesus in this way. May you have a triumphant entry into our risen life in Christ. POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER: Dear God, I choose to make a triumphant entry into new life. I leave my past in the past. My spiritual self is stronger, and has mastery over, my lower human self. I cast out bad habit, angers, hatreds. I ask to become a new person in Christ. May the love of Christ reside in me. I rise to a new level of living through Your help dear God. In Jesus Christ's name… Amen POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: Through Christ I have mastery over my bad times. POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: Life is full of ups and downs. Glorify God during the ups and fully trust in God during the downs. _____ THANK YOU for your giving. Online donations http://www.positivechristianity.org/donatepc.htm Donations by mail: Positive Christianity Box 7993 Woodlands, Texas 77387 Text Mobile Giving: TEXT Give to 281-801-4845 ___ NEED PRAYER? Reply - Positive Christianity will pray with you, daily, for an entire 2 months. There Is Never a Charge for Prayer. Television channels (Free Service): Inspiration http://www.youtube.com/PositiveChristianity Prayer http://www.youtube.com/prayerAmerica Meditation http://www.youtube.com/PositiveChurch If a friend forwards this message to you - get Positive Daily Inspiration direct in your email inbox every morning. Text POSITIVEMINISTRY to 22828 to easy, free subscribe. God bless you, protect you and keep you safe to get to the better days ahead, Christopher Ian Chenoweth Reply - if you have a prayer need, Positive Christianity will pray with you daily, for an entire month. There Is Never a Charge for Prayer. GOD BLESS YOU, Make It a Great Day !_______Christopher Ian Chenoweth