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Just the reminder that my sins are fully covered because of what Jesus did at the cross. The wrath God has towards sin was averted onto Jesus, for me. God provided Jesus, for me, so that we could have a relationship and I could have life with him, rather than what my sins deserved.

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Something that was repeated throughout the Passion experience and even through the Good Friday service was how God loves us despite all of our sins and all of our shortcomings. I felt like through both of those events, I stood face-to-face with a lot of my own sins yesterday. It was really shameful for me because I knew I could be better and I wanted to be better. The thing is, God loves us enough that He will help us be the people that we want to be, or to simply reflect some of His love.

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Dear God, I thank you that you have extended so much grace to me and you don't see me or judge me by my deeds, because I would be more guilty than I can even comprehend, but you judge me by the blood of Jesus that covers my sins. I don't deserve this at all, but you give it to me freely! I pray that I would live the rest of my life in remembrance of this and count all my deeds as loss compared to your love and mercy.

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The cross isn't some distant far-off event, but if I'm honest with myself, the proper response to it is kneeling at the foot of the cross and laying down all my sins.

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The cross isn't some distant far-off event, but if I'm honest with myself, the proper response to it is kneeling at the foot of the cross and laying down all my sins.

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It really hit me going through the words that describe the sins in my heart that God's word is SO TRUE. It totally describes what's in my heart, like anger, jealousy and more. That actually made me feel pretty emotional, because it showed me I'm known to the depths of who I am, yet loved and accepted by God because of Jesus.

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I feel like a lot of the time, I can identify what the right thing to do is. However, I've stopped seeing the world as black and white, and I often feel pressured by others, society, or myself to do what they want me to do or to push myself to be what the world expects of me. I know that at my core I could be better but I feel like sometimes I don't have the bravery to do it.

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I used to feel unaffected by the message of the cross, but more and more I've come to realize how personal it is and how much it means for me in terms of both my daily life and life eternally. I feel so blessed to have a Lord that would care so much for me that He would be willing to suffer a horrible death to cleanse me of my weakness and my brokeness.

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I often fail to stand strong in my faith when it comes to other time commitments, daily struggles, and pleasing others.
Like Judas, I can let my heart grow distant and cold; I can turn from God.

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It hit me that the crowd had certain expectations of a savior...that Jesus would be strong, not the weak, suffering figure he was. Sometimes I see that when I come to Jesus I want him to make me strong, erase my problems or weaknesses, but actually he was the suffering lamb for my sins and shows me my weakness and dependency. I see that my pride kind of recoils from that like the crowd.

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Remembering that I am a sinner, just like the characters in this event.

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Remembering that I am a sinner, just like the characters in this event.

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I realized that my whole life, I have judged the crowd and the other characters involved in Jesus's death. I was angry how everyone suddenly turned on him. Yet, when I did the Passion Experience, I noticed how by judging them, I was no better than they were. The experience really humbled me overall and made me feel like I personally related to this story a lot more.

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I sometimes see myself as pretty committed and I subconsciously consider myself good because I serve a lot. But Jesus told Peter, his closest disciple, "You will all fall away," and if this is true of Peter then it's also true of me. And there certainly have been times when I've fallen away and denied Jesus or fell into temptation. The lofty view I had of myself is toppled.

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Outwardly good, but hypocritical; Jesus threatened their spiritual authority

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Gave Jesus his word, but went back on it when it threatened his safety

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Succumbs to pressures of practicality (demands of the crowd and on the fear of losing power); unable to respond to truth

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After walking with Jesus for three years, still untouched and unaffected

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Expected Jesus to be a strong, victorious revolutionary, not a docile, bloodied savior

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In the part about the Exodus story, I was reminded that it's been God's intention since early in the Bible for God to come down and rescue his people.
Also, the foreshadowing of Jesus' blood covering all of us in the story of the Passover!