“Life without purpose is empty, futile, and hopeless.”
What do you think was the most painful part of Jesus’ suffering?
Christ forgave even as he was tortured and killed.
That’s the ultimate example of love.
Jesus took the Twelve
aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is
written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He
will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on
him, flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.” Luke
18:31-33
Surely
he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by
God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;the punishment that brought us peace was upon
him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity
of us all. Isaiah 53:4-6
Just as the Son of Man
did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many.” Matthew 20:28
Jesus has told us to pick our cross and die to self. What part of that mandate do you need to work on today?
