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Holy Week — a path of seven lights rising from the city gate to the empty tomb at dawn

The crossLuke 23:32-49Length: Long

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • What does Jesus say from the cross, and to whom does he say it?

  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • Which person at the cross are you most like right now — the criminal who mocked, the one who asked to be remembered, or the centurion?

  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • Jesus forgave from the cross; whom will you forgive this week?

  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who could you invite to sit and read this story with you on Good Friday?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Jesus, on the cross you prayed for the ones who nailed you there and opened paradise to a dying criminal. Remember me too, and forgive me as freely as you forgave them.