Passion Week - Resurrection Cookies (Recipe)

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This is a recipe that I made with my children several times over the course of their growing up years. What a great way to teach the Biblical account of the Resurrection!

You will need:

1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
a pinch salt
1 cup sugar
a zippered baggy
a wooden spoon
scotch tape
Bible

Instructions:

These are to be made the evening before Resurrection Sunday.  

Preheat oven to 300 degrees *** (this is very important --- don't wait until you are half done with the recipe). 

Place pecans in zippered baggy and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces.  Explain that after Jesus was arrested He was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Read: John 19:1-3.

Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 teaspoon vinegar into mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross He was given vinegar to drink. Read: John 19:28-30.

Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life. Read: John 10:10-11.

Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl.  Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers and the bitterness of our own sin. Read: Luke 23:27.

So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1 cup sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him. Read: Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16.

Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus. Read: Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.

Fold in the broken nuts. Drop by teaspoonsful onto waxed paper covered cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid. Read: Matthew 27:57-60.

Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door, and turn the oven OFF.

Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door. Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed. Read: Matthew 27:65-66.

GO TO BED!

Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed. Read: John 16:20-22.

On Resurrection Sunday (Easter) morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie.  Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On the first Resurrection Sunday (Easter) morning Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Read: Matthew 28:1-9.

What a great way to share with your children the fact that we do, indeed, serve a risen Saviour and His name is Jesus! Praise be unto the Lord! 

Happy Passion Week!

Until next time...

~Rebecca

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As Passion Week approaches I am reminded of the many in-depth Bible studies that our family has done throughout the years concerning the "final week" in Jesus' life and all that it entailed. Here is a reading schedule that our youngest son and I followed several years ago that covers the Triumphal Entry through the Resurrection. My plan, starting this Sunday (Palm Sunday), is to follow this schedule myself as I focus my heart and mind on Holy Week and all that Jesus endured that final week of His life wrapped in human flesh for my sake and for yours. Would you like to join me?

Have a beautiful and blessed Passion Week!

Until next time...

~Rebecca

Sunday (Palm Sunday) - The Triumphal Entry

    Matthew 21:1-11

    Mark 11:1-10

    Luke 19:29-44    

    John 12:12-19

Monday - Jesus Curses The Fig Tree

    Matthew 21:18-19

    Mark 11:12-14

                     Jesus Cleanses The Temple

    Matthew 21:12-13

    Mark 11:15-18

    Luke 19:45-48

Tuesday - The Authority Of Jesus Questioned

    Matthew 21:23-27

    Mark 11:27-33

    Luke 20:1-8

                        Jesus Teaches In The Temple

    Matthew 21:18-23:29

    Mark 12:1-44

    Luke 20:9-21:4

                        Jesus' Feet Anointed

    Matthew 26:6-13

    Mark 14:3-9

    John 12:2-11

Wednesday - The Plot Against Jesus

    Matthew 26:14-16

    Mark 14:10-11

    Luke 22:3-6

Thursday - The Last Supper

    Matthew 26:17-29

    Mark 14:12-25

    Luke 22:7-23

    John 13:1-38

                      Jesus Comforts His Disciples

    John 14:1-16:33

                      Jesus' High Priestly Prayer

    John 17: 1-26

                      Gethsemane

    Matthew 26:36-46

    Mark 14:32-42

    Luke 22:40-46

Friday - Jesus' Arrest And Trial

    Matthew 26:47-27:26

    Mark 14:43-15:15

    Luke 22:47-23:25

    John 18:2-19:16

                        Jesus' Crucifixtion And Death

    Matthew  27:27-56

    Mark 15:16-41

    Luke 23:26-49

    John 19:17-30

                       The Burial Of Jesus

    Matthew 27:57-66

    Mark 15:42-47

    Luke  23:50-56

    John 19:31-42

Resurrection (Easter) Sunday -The Empty Tomb

    Matthew 28:1-8

    Mark 16:1-12

    Luke 24:1-12

    John 20:1-10

                           To Mary Magdalene In The Garden   

    Mark 16:9-11

    John 20:11-18

                           To Other Women

    Matthew 28:9-10

                            To Two People Going To Emmaus

    Mark 16:12-13

    Luke 24:13-32

                            To Peter

    Luke 24:34

                            To The Ten Disciples In  The Upper Room

    Mark 16:14

    Luke 24:36-43

    John 20:19-25

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Don't Allow Satan To "Sift" You And Those You Love

"And the Lord said (to Peter), Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat..." (Luke 22:31).''

Is Satan trying to "sift" you? Is he trying to get you to give up? To leave? To get off by yourself and away from your family and friends? Is he trying to get you away from the people that love and care about you? Is he trying to keep you disconnected you so that he can destroy you, and cause you to fail?

Don't let him! Stay put in the plan that God has for your life!

Don't quit! Don't give up!

Don't give up on your marriage!

Don't give up on your children!

Don't give up on any family member or friend that Satan is trying to "sift"!

Stand firm! And don't give up!

When a family member or friend is in trouble, don't kick them out! Bring them in! Encourage them! Love them!

God wrote your story before you were born. If you've messed up it's not too late. Ask God for forgiveness and allow Him to get you back on the right path. Then, walk out that good plan that He has for your life!

Remember...Jesus has already paid it all!

Are You Content?

Better yet...have you LEARNED to be content?

In Philippians 4:11, Paul tells us, "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."

We live in a very tiny house and on a very meager income, but for the first six years that we lived in Liberal (we've lived here for over 13 years now), our family of 8 lived in an old ramshackle, 4-room, 640 sq. ft. house out in the country that was, literally, falling in. In fact, it was slated to be bulldozed when we moved into it, and it WAS bulldozed after we left to make room for a brand new rental home! We took the house as "temporary" housing until we could find "something better."

There was a huge hole in the kitchen ceiling, the kitchen floor had dropped four inches below the cabinets (you could see underneath the house when you were standing in the kitchen), all the walls were termite-ridden (you could, literally, poke your finger through them) and, every spring, the termites swarmed...INSIDE the house, the walls were cracked where they joined together and you could see daylight through them, there were holes in the floor under the kitchen sink and bathtub (every kind of animal imaginable visited us...opossums, raccoons, skunks, snakes...you name it...it was like having our own "Wild Kingdom" zoo...INSIDE THE HOUSE), and there was no heat (we put in a wood stove and filled every crack with whatever we could...old rags, newspaper, etc...we plasticed EVERYTHING...and, still, we about froze to death out there). Today I often wonder...how in the world did we ever make it??? It was awful! And I was so depressed! But there was nothing! NOTHING else became available to us! (And many of you here probably remember when we lived back in that house, and the miraculous story of how God moved us out of there! PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME! I STILL thank Him almost daily for our dear, little house here! Praise His holy name! Thank you, Father God! Thank you! We made the final payment on it within four years of moving in!!!!!!!!!!) The point is...the Lord kept us there, in that ramshackle, old house for six, loooooonnnnngggg years...until we truly...in our hearts...LEARNED to be content.

And, let me tell you, it took awhile! We had come from the Kansas City suburbs. My husband worked for the City of Blue Springs. We lived in a nine-room (5 bedroom) house...had central air, central heat, a dishwasher, garbage disposal...everything! We left it all to come here and start this ministry.

Let me ask you...are you content with the things that the Lord has given to you today? Or are you among the modern set...always wanting what you can't have...always wanting more, more, more...trying to keep up with everyone around you...no matter what it costs? You don't have to answer these questions out loud, but be honest. The Lord already knows your heart.