March 29, 2026 | Father, Forgive Them (Palm Sunday)

Father, Forgive Them (Palm Sunday)

Luke 23:32–49

Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”

One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things. (ESV)

In Father, Forgive Them, Jed Gillis shows that Luke 23:32–49 reveals the heart of Jesus at the cross. Surrounded by mockers, indifferent rulers, curious onlookers, guilty criminals, and fearful crowds, Jesus responds with mercy, praying, “Father, forgive them.” The sermon traces the different people around the cross to show that Jesus fully knew each one of them, yet still chose to love and save sinners through his death. The repentant thief becomes the clearest picture of this grace, coming to Jesus with nothing to offer except guilt and need, and receiving the promise of paradise. The main burden of the sermon is that the cross answers one of the deepest needs of the human heart: to be fully known and still fully loved. Jesus knows the depth of our sin better than we do, and the cross proves that he loved his people enough to bear judgment in their place so they could come to God without hiding.

Transcript of Father, Forgive Them (Palm Sunday)

Being Seen and Being Loved

Jed Gillis: When I was about 14, my family and I moved from Georgia to South Carolina. And when we did, I started attending a new school. I had been homeschooled in a small town, about 3000 people. You were more likely to get stuck behind a tractor than a traffic jam. It was that kind of place. And we moved to a place where now I'm, I'm attending a school, and I'm like, I don't know any of those people.

And, and not only that, even where I grew up, I was, I was shy. I didn't want to order fast food at a restaurant, 'cause I had to talk to somebody. Like that kind of shy. And I really only knew a few people roughly my age, and I would've only called maybe two of them friends. And that was before I moved to a brand new place.

And when I walked onto this school, this campus, for the first time, I listen to people and I'm thinking they don't sound quite like I do. We were still in South Carolina, but a lot of them were from, uh, Midwestern backgrounds. So if they had a southern accent, it wasn't very thick. And at that time, I would've introduced myself as, hi, my name is Jed.

So first impressions were kind of stacked against me, but I remember walking onto that campus and seeing these kids milling around and seeing all the people they were talking to and all the inside jokes they had with other people. I thought I want that. I don't really know how to get it. The popular kids seem to know everybody, but I thought even the less popular kids, like they still had more friends than I'd ever thought of.

Inside me at the time, if I described, here's what I felt, I would've said, I feel like I want friends, but really looking back, I could say there's something deeper than that. I wanted to be really known. I wanted people to see me like I walked across campus and I felt invisible, and I thought, well, I want to be known, but that's a little scary because if they know me, they might not like me.

And I think we all feel these kinds of desires. Modern psychologists remind us wisely that that in fact, doesn't stop in high school. One bestselling author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein said this, to be truly seen and heard, to be truly known is a deep human need. Our hunger for it is so omnipresent, so much a part of our experience of life that we no more know what it is we are missing than a fish knows it is wet. In other words, it's hard for us to even notice the desires in our soul to be known and loved because we always have them. They're so familiar. We don't even notice. Or one author said, little more tongue in cheek, he said, if we want the rewards of being loved, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.

So Psychology Today survey said over 50% of clients in counseling, so they're coming for professional counseling. Over 50% of clients in that context hid important truths due to shame. They perform strategically in order to stay loved, to create craft, a false self in even what ought to be the safest context because of their desire to be loved or approved.

Now, I strongly suspect if you look at your life, you'll find those same desires. You'll find different ways it plays out in your life that you say, I really want to be known and I really want to be loved. And the good news on Palm Sunday is God has something to say about that.

Reading Luke 23

Jed Gillis: So let's read in Luke 23. A little of the crucifixion story. We're gonna start in verse 32. We're jumping right into the middle of it. Jesus is on the cross.

They say two others who were criminals were led away to be put to death with him. And when they came to the place that is called the skull, there, they crucified him. That's Jesus. And the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, father, forgive them for they know not what they do, and they cast lots to divide his garments, and the people stood by watching, but the rulers scoffed at him saying He saved others, let him save himself. If he is the Christ of God, his chosen one.

The soldiers also mocked him coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, if you are the king of the Jews, save yourself. There was also an inscription over him. This is the king of the Jews.

One of the criminals who were hanged, railed at him saying, are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us. But the other rebuked him, saying, do you not fear God since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong. And he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And Jesus said to him, truly, I say to you today, you will be with me in paradise.

The Characters of the Cross

Jed Gillis: As we see the cross, we see all of these different characters. We don't get a ton of information about many of them. If we don't know the background of the criminals, we don't know everything that they did, but we get these little glimpses into the way people interacted with Jesus, the crowd that crucified him.

And Jesus said, father, forgive them. So a first thing we want to do this morning is say, who was he talking about when he says them? Who's included? What kind of people was Jesus talking about when he said Father, forgive them?

Those Who Hated Him

Jed Gillis: First, there's some who hated him. The chief priest, the scribes, the religious and cultural leaders, the crowds. They knew different amounts about him, but they hated him. And they hated him for many reasons. One of the main ones, especially for the chief priest and the scribes, was Jesus undermined their human power.

See their, their pride came from the temple. And Jerusalem, and if you look back in Luke chapter 22, you see Jesus just predicted both of those things would be overthrown, and they hated that. They wanted God as long as God supported their identity. But as soon as Jesus came and said, oh, I'm not overthrowing Rome right now, the temple's going to be overthrown and Jerusalem's gonna be taken over, they said, well, fine. Kill him.

They continue to call for his crucifixion. Now, most likely you're sitting in this room today. You probably aren't thinking, that's me. I hate Jesus. Probably not. That's why you're here.

But it might even be true that somebody is sitting here thinking that maybe you thought, Hey, I'll come give church one more chance, but I'm not sure I like this Jesus guy that much. If so, keep listening because Jesus knew and loved even those who hated him.

Those Who Were Indifferent

Jed Gillis: There's some others who were indifferent. If you look back earlier in chapter 23, you see Pilate. Pilate's interested in Jesus, right? He says, Hey, what's going on? I mean, there's this big crazy hubbub around this guy. What is happening? He's interested, but he's not interested enough to actually risk anything himself. It's like, if Jesus is going to cause me difficulties, then, then I don't want to, anything to do with that.

So he asks some questions. He says, I don't see anything guilty about this person. There's nothing wrong. He tries to just kind of move on and get rid of him, but he says, look, I've got my own problems.

Because as you know, if you were a governor under the Roman Empire, dealing with insurrection and rebellion was a big deal, and if you didn't deal with it right, you were likely to find yourself on a cross somewhere. So Pilate says, I've got my own problems. This crowd's crazy. I don't hate Jesus. I just am kind of indifferent. I don't think there's anything wrong, but he ends up giving the order to crucify him, because you, you don't stay indifferent to Jesus. That was true then. It's true today. Pilate started out indifferent to Jesus, but you will either bow before Jesus as a king, or you will become more entrenched as a rebel to the right king.

Jesus doesn't say, come along and know me a little bit and be indifferent. He says, come take up your cross and follow me.

So I'd ask you, are you indifferent to Jesus? Can you read straight through the crucifixion, put away your Bible and forget? Do you think Jesus is okay? As long as he doesn't cause me too many difficulties, but if he disrupts my schedule and my desires too much, maybe he's too much trouble.

Pilate doesn't start by rejecting Jesus. He just won't endure difficulty for him. So if that sounds familiar to you again. Keep listening because Jesus knew and loved Pilate as well.

Those Who Were Curious

Jed Gillis: Also, earlier in the chapter, some were curious. They were intrigued, like Herod. In fact, it says Herod wanted Jesus to come and do some signs. He's like, I wanna see the traveling magician perform. That's the way Herod viewed Jesus. He wanted Jesus to impress him, but not to rule him.

When Jesus didn't behave the way Herod wanted him to, that curiosity turned into hatred.

We see this response today. Maybe sometimes you see this response in your own heart. I'm intrigued. I want Jesus to impress me. I want him to show up and do something amazing, but do I really want him to rule my life?

But Jesus knew and loved Herod as well.

Those Who Were Guilty

Jed Gillis: Some didn't crucify him. They were crucified with him. That's where we started reading the two criminals, one on either side, and the first was guilty and he was angry about it. He said, save yourself and us. He totally admits I'm guilty. I know it. So God, you have to fix this. I'm guilty, but I wanna be in control of what happens.

I think we think this way. Sometimes we say, I'm really guilty, but life's really bad. I deserve better than this. God, my life can't be like this. You have to fix it.

And so we see some who hate him, some who are indifferent, some who are curious, some who are guilty, but want to tell God what to do, and we get one in the part that we read. We get one who worshiped. The other thief on the cross says, I am guilty. He's not like making excuses. It's hard to make excuses when you're being crucified.

He's not justifying you don't understand what I did. Really wasn't that bad. He's just hanging there. He knows he's going to die. He's guilty and he says, I'm not gonna try to hide any of it.

Can you imagine hanging while being crucified and you hear the guy two crosses over? Save yourself and us. You go, I'm gonna take the little bit of breath I have to say, looking across this way while you're crucified, don't you fear God? We're guilty, but he's not.

And so he talking to Jesus says, I am guilty. You are the perfect king, and I'm going to trust that you have love and mercy for someone like me. So he says, remember me when you come into your kingdom.

I wonder how confident he was in that. I wonder if he thought, I guess I'm just gonna say this. I wonder if he said, I know Jesus is going to respond with mercy.

I hope that you see yourself in him too. I hope that you see yourself saying, I'm guilty and I'm not gonna hide it. You're the perfect king. Remember me. I need mercy.

But wherever you see yourself, and if you're like me, you say, actually, I see myself a little bit in many of those, depending on the day, the moment, there are times when I feel indifferent to Jesus. God forgive me. There's times when I'm intrigued and want Jesus to impress me. God forgive me. There's times when it's, God, you gotta fix this. But there's times when, just have mercy on me, son of David. And Jesus knew and loved every single one of those people. That's why he was on the cross.

So wherever you see yourself, don't just look at yourself.

Look at Jesus, and we could talk about the glory of Christ in many ways. We could talk about his patience before the crowds to not mock in return, to not revile an insult. We could talk about his wisdom when Pilate asks him, are you the king? And instead of this long, drawn out explanation, he just says, you said so.

He knew exactly what needed to be said. We could talk about the dignity of Christ. He's not going to become Herod's trained monkey to just be the traveling magician and do signs. He knows Herod. He knows why Herod wants him to do things, and he doesn't say anything.

Jesus Knew Them

Jed Gillis: The glory of Jesus shines over and over in every account of the crucifixion. But I want us to focus on one response from verse 34 this morning.

Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.

They didn't know is what Jesus says. Now, think about that. The chief priests knew we are seeking to put this rabbi to death. They knew that Scripture tells us that. The chief priests knew we're calling for Barrabas, A murderer to be released and for Jesus to be killed. The crowds knew they were joining in the same cries. The soldiers knew they were mocking. Nobody was confused like, oh, I don't realize I'm mocking right now. They knew that. The criminal hanging next to him knew he was calling out, save yourself and us. He was bossing this guy around. He knew. In many ways, they knew lots of things that should have weighed on them.

But in another sense, Jesus says they don't know. They don't really know. They don't know. It's the all glorious son of God they're crucifying. They know they're crucifying a rabbi. They know they're crucifying someone who hasn't really done the things they're accusing him of. Remember, they had people come and make up accusations so they knew he wasn't guilty of the things they were actually accusing him of. But no, they know what they're doing in one sense, but they didn't know the real weight of the relationship between them and the creator and the way they were harming it, the way they were sinning against that relationship.

I was thinking about this this week and how many times I know actions I do that are wrong and I don't feel the weight of them like I should. How many times, just like these people, I go, I know I'm doing something. Well, that does, that's probably not right, but I don't realize the full weight of the glory of the God that I'm sinning against. That's what Jesus meant when he said, father, forgive them. They don't know.

They didn't know, but Jesus did.

He knew who swung the hammer. Scripture says he knew the hearts of men. He knew these people's names. He knew who spit on him. He knew who mocked him. Not only did he know what they were doing, he knew their secrets. He knew their hearts. He knew their history. He knew the sin they had committed when they were younger. He knew the sin they committed that day before the crucifixion, and he knew every sin they would commit.

Jesus couldn't know these people any more than he did. They didn't know what they were doing, but he knew, and he doesn't say father, judge them. He says, father, forgive them.

In fact, Jesus went to the cross because he knew. You think about why did he go to the cross? He knew that the sin that had harmed and broken humanity required the cross to have forgiveness and salvation and redemption. Jesus was hanging on the cross because he knew.

Jesus Loved Them

Jed Gillis: And because he loved. Now don't, don't think of Jesus' knowledge and love as things that are fighting against each other. Don't think, well, Jesus knew our sin and that repulsed him, but he loved us, so he came to the cross.

It's not that Jesus' knowledge of us would have kept him away, but his love brought him to us. Yes, he knew fully the depth of our sin and the weight of our rebellion. He knew that it required the cross, but he also knew the beauty of humanity. If that strikes you as a little bit weird, remember that humans were made according to the image of God in the beginning of Genesis.

He knew the goodness of creation. Jesus knew the joy to embrace his redeemed bride, and because of that joy he endured the cross. Jesus knew the thrill of taking many sons that he had bought with his blood and leading them to glory. He knew that's where he was headed. It's not just that Jesus knew the bad but loved us. It's that Jesus knew the depth of our sin and knew the beauty of humanity and loved us. That's what drove him to the cross.

If there's a reason John three 16 is so popular. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, he knew that's what it would take. He knew humanity fully and he loved that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life.

Think about what Jesus knew about the man hanging beside him. The one who said, Lord, remember me. The one who worshiped, the one that, I hope we all say that's the one I want to be like. Think what he knew. When that thief expressed faith in Christ, when he expressed worship, Jesus already knew his sin fully.

You'll notice there's nowhere in this text or any of the other gospel accounts. Jesus doesn't ask him, wait, what did you actually do? That's 'cause he already knew. He doesn't need to ask because he knows that thief's sin. He knows the reason the thief is on the cross and he knows all the wrong that has been in his heart from the time he was born until then.

And he also knows that thief's genuine trust. You say there wasn't a whole lot of time to see how genuine his trust was. That's right. But Jesus knew. Like, did he really turn from his sin? Jesus knew. Jesus knew him fully and Jesus said, if you can imagine from the cross turning so he can look at him, today, he will be with me in paradise.

I think if I was at the foot of the cross and heard that exchange, I would have no earthly idea what to do with it In my mind, like, what is even happening? Are these guys crazy?

Known and Loved Without Hiding

Jed Gillis: But imagine the thief meeting Jesus in paradise. Imagine him coming to Jesus and saying, I did wrong. I wasn't there like you were. I was guilty.

And Jesus says, I know, and I knew and I loved you. And the thief says I didn't have time to change any of it. I couldn't make it right. And Jesus says, I knew and I loved you.

And the thief could say, I think it's what I would say, maybe not if I was in paradise, but definitely here I'd say, really? Like you actually knew all of that and you actually loved me like that? And what Jesus could easily point to is you say, that's the whole reason I was on that cross, was because I knew and I loved you.

Do you remember that's what the cross is about? We come to Palm Sunday. When we come to Easter. Do you remember? This is what the cross tells us day to day on a functional basis. The cross says Jesus knows you completely and loves you. That's why he was there. Another psychologist, Adam Grant says this, we maintain a mask to function socially, so we live in a constant trade off to be loved, we hide parts of self. To be known, we reveal our true self. We hide in order to be loved, and we long to be loved without hiding. That's what we feel. We feel the tension. We feel the the tearing within us because we really want to be loved without hiding, but we think we have to hide to be accepted.

And we do this with people all the time in all kinds of different situations. Think about the way people interact on social media. We curate, we edit. Here's what I'm gonna put out in front of people. Why? Because I think that's what people will like. Or what they will have sympathy for, or what they'll gimme attention for. But it's easy if you stop and think, well, if they really knew what every day was like, what would they actually think?

We think it when it's not us too. If you, you could go online. You see these influencers who put up little bit bits and pieces of their life. Do you ever think, I wonder what their real life's like? Like it looks great. I probably wouldn't like what actually happens on Thursday at 10 o'clock in the morning.

See we're, we're conditioned to think this way. We edit, and especially in our digital world, we put out just exactly what we want to be seen because we want to be known and loved or approved, but we're not about to put all of it out there.

We do that in conversations maybe, maybe in this room with people. Walk up to people. Hi, how are you? Good. Tennessee won the other night, they're probably gonna lose whatever the conversation goes like. And we have these non-conversation because even in church, we can think, if they really knew me, would I be accepted? We have this tension within us.

Maybe in your family you say it's pretty hard to hide In my family. They see a whole lot of things about me. So instead of being able to hide and curate so they only see cer certain things, we start to excuse and justify and rationalize and blame 'cause they learn something about us that's not so good.

Why do we do all that? Because we hide in order to be loved and we long to be loved without hiding and even with God. We can do all that with people, but even with God, we edit. We confess all the safer sins. God, I was a little proud today. I probably was a little bitter somewhere back there. We confess all those kinds of things, but we don't want to go to God and be like God, I had this absolutely ugly thought of hatred towards that person.

We confess generalities like, God, forgive me for all the times I probably sinned, but don't make me think about it, instead of the specifics. God, I wronged you when I complained about your provision here. I wronged you when I said that unkind word to somebody else. I wronged you, the God of the universe who loves me when I lied.

We edit, we hide. We, even with God, we tell the truth, but not the whole truth as if God doesn't already know, as if God doesn't already love.

We know better. I think functionally sometimes we live thinking if God really knew everything about me, he wouldn't love me.

Look to the Cross

Jed Gillis: And if you ever feel like that, I wanna encourage you. Look to the cross. That's why it's there. It's there because Jesus knows the depth of your sin more than you do. That's why he said, father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. He knew the depth of their sin more than they did. That's true for you.

You say, but I've wronged him in so many different ways. You don't even know all of the ways you've wronged him. I don't either. We don't understand the full weight of our sin.

We sang earlier in, in run and run, say that day, not till then. Will I know how much I owe. I know a little bit. You know a little bit of how you've wronged God. You don't know the whole story, but Jesus did and he knew it when he went to the cross.

Not only does he know the depth of your sin better than you do, he knows the beauty of your soul better than you do. He knows you were made as a human according to the image of God, to be part of the crowning jewel of his creation.

You say, I don't feel like a crowning jewel. I know that you know that. God said it's very good.

You might think things look good in my life right now, but I know that's not going to last 'cause I know who I have been. God can't really love me like that. And the answer's the same thing. Look to the cross. That's why Jesus went there was because he loves you more than you do.

And the irony of this passage. We hear it from the rulers, from the soldiers, from the sign over Jesus' head. The irony of this passage is he saved others, let him save himself. They didn't know Jesus, and they certainly didn't love him, but Jesus knew and loved them, and he was saving others by not saving himself.

And so we get to the part where we stopped reading earlier in verse 44. Darkness falls over the land about the sixth hour, that's about noon, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, about three o'clock. What should be the most obvious glory of the day, the brightest sun from noon to three is veiled in darkness and what should have been the most obvious glory ever, the eternal son of God dying to save his people, was at that moment being veiled, obscured by the evilness of people who were crucifying him.

Darkness fell on the land, but at that time, while Jesus' glory was being veiled, by which I mean if you saw him on the cross, if you just teleported into the story and didn't know anything about it, you wouldn't think, oh wow, there's something amazing going on here. You would think gross. You'd think that's shameful. You'd probably feel sick to your stomach if you saw a crucifixion happening. It didn't look like glory to the people standing there.

But God gives us this picture that the sun that was shining is now covered in darkness. 'cause we all know there really is a sun shining there. It's covered and there really was glory on the cross, but it's covered. And while that glory is veiled at the cross, there's another veil which he describes here, the curtain in the temple, which by the way was there because God knew humans. He knew humans were sinful, and he knew they couldn't be in his presence. So he knew humans and he loved them. And the way he did that in the Old Testament was he said, I will dwell among you, but separate from you. Here on the cross, Jesus is doing something different. He knew humans and loved them and said, I will no longer be separated. And so while his glory was veiled on the cross, the veil in the temple was ripped in two to save, you and I, because Jesus knew us and loved us, we can know and love him.

No wonder the centurion responds. Like he did in verse 47, after Jesus dies, the centurion praises God saying, certainly this man was innocent, and all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.

Think of that Centurion. He's crucified probably hundreds of people before. And he says, this isn't what every other time was.

I don't know exactly what that Centurion did, but we can imagine, we know some of the stories of soldiers. We know the whips they used. We know the spears they used.

Now I don't know what happened to that centurion. I'd like to think that one day he met Jesus in paradise. Can you imagine? Looking at Jesus and saying, I'm so sorry I crucified you. We can say that metaphorically, my sin sent you to the cross. This guy's saying it was my hand. I swung the hammer. I stabbed your side. And maybe he thought, I didn't even know I could be that evil.

And Jesus would look at him with love and say, I knew. I knew long before the cross. I knew and I loved you. And this centurion could say, really? You knew it all? And Jesus say, yeah, and the other sins you committed after that too. I knew them and I loved you, and that's why I was on the cross.

That's the message of the cross for you today. Jesus knew every single bit, every sin, the ones you've excused so many times, you've forgotten about. Jesus knew them. Jesus knew the big, ugly ones you want to keep hidden that nobody could possibly know. He knew all of them. That's why he went to the cross and he loved you enough to do it.

Tim Keller said to be loved, but not known is comforting, but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. And the cross of Jesus Christ answers both.

The cross says you really are known more than you thought possible, and you really are loved more than you ever dared to hope.

So this week, I guarantee there are going to be times when you feel those desires, the desire to be known and the desire to be loved. There are going to be times when you feel misunderstood. What do you do? Look to the cross.

Nobody really knows me. Yes, one did. There are gonna be times when you feel lonely, you think, I just wish someone really knew. Look to the cross.

When you feel dirty because you've sinned again. You've disappointed yourself and you say, I thought I was better than that. Jesus says, I knew you weren't and I loved you.

When you want to defend and justify yourself and make excuses, look to the cross.

When it feels like life's just pointless 'cause you just want to be loved, look to the cross.

But don't look to the cross to see something about you. Look to the cross to see the one who perfectly knew you and perfectly loved you all the way to the end.

If your faith is in this king on his cross, you don't have to wear a mask to maintain your image. You don't have to edit and hide certain parts of you from God and others. That's because you're not hiding to be loved and loving to be known. You're a child of the king who perfectly, fully, completely knew you and completely loved you. And when you doubt that, you have the strongest possible confirmation of that. Jesus knew and went to the cross and he loved you, as John 13 says all the way to the end.

So this week, don't let Palm Sunday and crucifixion and Easter and resurrection be something that stays on Sunday and goes to the next Sunday. Every time your soul needs to be known and needs to be loved, go back to the cross, and remember your king perfectly knew you and perfectly loved you.

I invite you to close your eyes and just take a moment and respond and prayer.

If your heart loves to praise Jesus for what he did on the cross, respond with praise with worship. If you find indifference or hatred, or intrigue or anxiety and control, Jesus knew all of that long before today, so take it to your king who loves you. And rejoice that he does remember his children from his kingdom and one day all of his people will be with him in paradise.

I invite you just to respond to him in prayer.