Skipping Past the Cross

In this Palm Sunday message, we explore the temptation to rush from celebration to resurrection without pausing at the cross. In Matthew 21:1–13, Jesus enters Jerusalem to cheers and hope, but the week quickly unfolds into betrayal, suffering, and crucifixion (Matthew 27:46; Luke 23:46). This sermon invites us to face a deeper truth: there are moments in life we cannot fix, control, or power through. Jesus shows us another way. Even in his final moments, he turns toward God in prayer, revealing that the cross is not only a place of suffering but a place of communion. When we stop striving and entrust ourselves to God, our limits become the very place where divine possibility begins, and new life can emerge.