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Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries
Preparing for Passover with Jesus - Morning by Morning, April 14, 2025
“Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. And (Jesus) sent Peter and John, saying, ‘Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.’
“So they said to Him, ‘Where do You want us to prepare?’
“And He said to them, ‘Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters.’ Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, ‘Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.’
“So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover” (Luke 22:7-13).
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Morning by Morning, April 14, 2025 - Preparing for Passover with Jesus
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill me with Your Spirit as I follow You in Your Word through this Holy Week on Your way to the Cross of Crucifixion and the Empty Tomb of Resurrection. ...
This Year the days of Holy Week between Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday on our contemporary calendar overlap with the days of Passover on the biblical calendar. And just as You’ve been speaking into my spirit of preparing for Resurrection, I also sense You speaking in my heart this morning of preparing for Passover, reminding me of this spiritual journey in Your Word:
“Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. And (Jesus) sent Peter and John, saying, ‘Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.’
“So they said to Him, ‘Where do You want us to prepare?’
“And He said to them, ‘Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters.’ Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, ‘Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.’
“So they went and found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover” (Luke 22:7-13).
The Words of Scriptures of the Old Covenant, every biblical feast, all the Law and the Prophets, all point to You, all are ultimately fulfilled in You (Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:27). As so, the event, the details, and the rituals of the Passover speak of You and are fulfilled in You. “For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1 Corinthians 5:7). You are “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
Passover is more than an event of the past, more than a week on the biblical calendar. Passover is also a living, intimate encounter with You every moment of our lives. By the power of Your blood, sin and death passes over us and all who humble themselves to trust in You and turn to You as their Lord and Savior.
I thank You for the sacrifice and the power of Your blood. I thank You for all You have done for us. As I remember the first Passover, when the Angel of Death passed over the children of Israel in the land of Egypt because of the blood of the lamb applied to the doorposts and lintel of their houses, I remember that sin and death passes over me by the power of Your Blood, the Blood of the Lamb, as I trust in You, my Lord and my Savior (Exodus 12:1-28).
“Through (Jesus Christ) God was pleased to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross” (Colossians 1:20). As You said, “Unless you repent, you will all perish” (Luke 13:5). But “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13). “The Lord is patient toward (us), not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
Today I prepare my heart for Passover not just to remember and celebrate an event that happened long ago—whether the supper of unleavened bread in Egypt or whether the Last Supper You shared with Your disciples in Jerusalem during that Holy Week on Your way to the cross. But I prepare my heart for a fresh encounter with You right here, right now today—a living, intimate encounter with You in every moment of every day of my life. Because of Your eternal sacrifice as the Lamb of God, my sin is forever forgiven; and now You are with me always (Matthew 28:20).
Praise You, Lord Jesus, for Your eternal sacrifice. And for Your glorious resurrection. And for the amazing grace of Your invitation to me and to all to come encounter You and celebrate You and all You’ve done for us. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.