The Stones will Cry Out | April 13, 2025

All right.

Hey, we're gonna do something

special today at White Rock, which

is totally outta the ordinary.

Hey, if you've, uh, if you've ever

been here before, I just want you to

know this is what we do every Sunday.

Yeah.

Every Sunday.

Just so you know.

Not really, but Hey, kids.

Yeah.

We turned this place into a little

triumphal entry vibe on Palm Sunday,

and so we're gonna keep you in here.

So find your moms and dads.

Our Sunday school team are

gonna, you guys can go find your

seats with your moms and dads.

Our Sunday school team are gonna bring

you some important note taking papers.

Woo.

And we're gonna dive in to Palm

Sunday, the White Rock Way.

I don't know if you know this about

Palm Sunday, but it was kind of

a big celebratory jubilant vibe.

So if you planned on being bored, you

came to the wrong place this morning.

Apologies.

Sorry, not sorry.

Okay.

Hey kids, here's the deal.

Here we go.

Let's try this.

1, 2, 3. Perfect.

Now I need some help because sometimes

adults, grandmas and grandpas, moms

and dads, they can be super boring

at church and we don't want that

today 'cause this is Palm Sunday.

It is the triumphal entry, right, where

Jesus makes his way into Jerusalem.

But here's what we're gonna do.

Sometimes moms and dads take notes.

I think most of the time they're

drawing pictures while I'm preaching,

but sometimes they take notes.

So you're gonna get a piece of paper,

a coloring page that has whatever was

up there a minute ago, Jesus riding

in on a colt and a rock, and we're

gonna talk about some of that stuff.

There's a little place

for you to make notes.

Your parents have to use their own

paper, so don't let 'em snag yours.

And I need you to keep those palm

branches handy because every time

I say the word palm sundae, I want

you to wave those palm branches.

Here we go.

1, 2, 3, Palm Sunday.

Or if I say the phrase triumphal

entry, we gotta bring a little fun.

Make sense?

Okay, perfect.

What could possibly go wrong

this morning with this idea?

Right?

Jamie?

This is one of those Sundays.

I didn't run it by Jamie first.

I just want to go out there and Jamie

probably wants you to know that right?

I'm just kidding.

I don't usually ask Jamie

anyhow 'cause every day is a no.

Right.

Andy, what are you doing?

But today I got a great excuse

because it's poem Sunday,

the day that we celebrate.

Nice job, Jesus and his

triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Okay, I'm gonna stop yelling

'cause I about lost my voice.

Just there.

Here we go.

Uh, ladies, make sure no

adults get those crayons.

I know what they're

doing, just so you know.

Okay, good.

Hey, uh, if you look in your Bibles

and you know kids, if you're taking

notes, moms and dads at home.

These are the four places in

the Gospels where we read about

the account of Jesus coming into

Dun Jerusalem on the triumphal entry.

Palm Sunday, actually also known

as, uh, lamb Selection Day.

If you're tracking with the Passover,

the Lamb of God rides into Jerusalem.

And it's kind of a neat story.

I'm not gonna get into all of it.

I know the kids had a chance to talk

about it a little bit next door.

But basically Jesus sends a couple

of disciples to go grab a cult to

ride in this procession where people

are super geeked up and excited.

In fact, it's a great

19 video 25 doc for you.

I'm just kidding.

It's terrible.

And the music's terrible.

But you can't capture the excitement that

was going on that day when Jesus rode in.

People were waving palm

branches in celebration.

They were taking off their cloaks and

they were laying it on the ground.

And I told Jed, I'd do this

every year, and it's important

not to miss it, even one year.

But this is that important day where

Jesus told the whole world, his favorite

football team, right when he came into

the triumphal entry, he didn't write

a raven and he didn't write a lie.

He wrote a col colt.

Thank you very much.

So Jesus Colt's fan.

We know that from scripture.

Don't question it.

Okay?

So Jesus comes in riding on this donkey.

With people waving palm branches,

take 'em off their cloaks and

laying them on the ground.

It's a crazy, exciting celebration.

Everybody's super hyped because

this king has come and people

are pretty excited about him.

And there's something

significant about palm branches.

And if you know anything about

biblical timeframes and what was going

on around the world, you might know

that palm branches used in procession

like a big parade with palm branches.

It was actually symbolic

of victory of triumph.

A king would ride through a procession and

palm branches were used to try to kind of

like symbolically state victory triumph.

And we see that in our

relationship with Jesus, right?

Scripture says in one Corinthians,

but thanks be to God who gives us the.

Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

And Jesus gives us victory and triumph

over sin and death, eternal consequences

from the rebellion against him.

And he gives us victory.

Victory.

We experience like Don, our

brother's gonna go hang out

with Jesus probably later today.

He's gonna experience victory eternally.

We get to experience that one day in

eternity with Jesus, but we also get to

experience what it can look like to walk

in victory in this life, not entangled,

not trapped, not chained to sin and

death and destruction and temptation and

all the mess of this world, but to walk

in some victory with Jesus because he

triumphs over sin and death eternally.

But he also gives us victory

to walk in every day.

And sometimes we don't choose

to walk in victory that maybe

is on us, not him, right?

But victory is a huge

piece of this image, right?

And that first Palm Sunday.

That's so sad, guys.

That first Palm Sunday, when

Jesus arrives and comes in, that

triumphal injury into Jerusalem.

Good job.

I'm gonna assume you were just

so locked into what I was saying.

You forgot.

No worries.

No worries.

The people who were there were

celebrating not eternal victory,

not victory over sin and death.

They were celebrating the

impending victory over Rome.

Boom, let's go.

Right?

They knew this king had come to

put Israel back on the map to,

am I ga, make Israel great again.

Miga, I don't know what that looks like,

maybe had hat, but they knew Jesus had

come so that Israel would now be the

dominant power in all of the earth, right?

I think that's why just a week

later, they're pretty quick to just

shout, crucify him, rid the earth

of him, be done with him because.

They were kind of embarrassed and

pretty frustrated and crushed and

disappointed 'cause they acted like

crazy people, ecstatic about the

coming Messiah on Palm Sunday close.

But Jesus wasn't here to set up an

earthly kingdom, and that became evident

and disappointing to the people, right?

But palms don't just represent

victory, and this kind of makes sense.

They also, in biblical times,

represented the idea of peace.

Of peace.

And here's Jesus the prince of peace

who has actually come to make peace

between God and all of humanity, right?

We have this rebellion against God

because of sin and this separation.

And scripture uses the

word hostility towards God.

And what Jesus does is he comes and

he offers himself as a sacrifice

on Good Friday to pay the price,

to satisfy the wrath of God, the

consequence of eternal sin and death.

He makes peace, right?

Scripture says in Ephesians, for

he himself, Jesus is our peace.

So when we look at Palm Sunday and

the triumphal entry, we see imagery

of victory, right, and of peace.

And those first people that day missed it.

But we have the benefit of

looking back and checking it out.

Well, if we go back to my really

wretched 1970s video, that's

super cheeses, which doesn't even

come close to the excitement of

Jerusalem, the of Olive, the crowd

with their branches, people taking

off court, laying them on the ground.

There is so much going on that

actually one thing gets missed.

One really important player

in the triumphal entry

account, and it's right here.

This guy,

the rocks.

Nobody talks about the rocks.

They get no play.

They just get no everything

to the donkey or the cold.

Right?

And the cloaks.

And the branches.

But guys, there's a big deal

going on with these rocks.

Now, we, we read in the account

that the Pharisees say to Jesus,

Hey man, tell everybody to sh Oh

wait, I can't say the kitchen here.

Shush, be quiet.

Right?

Stop talking.

Make everybody be quiet.

Jesus said to, or I'm sorry, not the

Pharisees said to Jesus, tell all your

disciples, tell all these followers.

Tell the people to be quiet.

And Jesus makes this

awesome statement, right?

He says, I tell you the truth,

if they remain silent, even

the rocks are gonna cry out.

And I know, I dunno if you feel like

this, but for me, every triumphal entry

Sunday, my gosh, why do we even bother?

Right?

Okay.

Every triumphal entry Sunday,

no one pays attention.

To what could have happened.

Like, don't you wish?

Like this is my most disappointing

moment of the whole thing.

Don't you just wish for a second?

I mean, Jesus did it to the

sea and the storm, right?

He is like, be still.

What if Jesus just for fun

would've been like, be still okay?

Be still.

And we would've had the most

epic rock shout out party in

the history of the world, right?

That'd have been amazing.

Well, don't feel too bad because

on Good Friday when Jesus breathes

his last and gives up his spirit,

the skies grow dark and the earth

quakes and rocks split apart.

So they kind of get their voice heard.

Creation makes its statement later on

in the week, but rocks are kind of a

big deal, and I don't know if anybody

in this room is into this, but, um,

there's a lot going on right now with

Minecraft in the world around us.

I don't know if you're familiar with mine.

Anybody do Minecraft in here?

No.

Anybody?

Minecraft?

Perfect.

All right.

Well, I haven't seen the movie

yet, but man, anything with Jack

Black in it looking like a. Well,

like Jack Black is problematic.

But I told Jamie, I didn't tell Jamie.

I told her after the fact.

I am not a Minecraft guy.

I'm more like four bit graphics

when I was a kid, right.

Came over.

Jesus wins.

Just, just bear with me.

I can't do Minecraft because the graphics

are so bad that it takes me back to

PTSD as a small child on an Atari.

Right?

I mean, pitfall had better

graphics than Minecraft.

But I'm gonna steal Minecraft

background and visuals for a minute.

Uh, just for fun, mostly.

And 'cause if you're a kid,

you might like Minecraft.

If you're high school,

you might like Minecraft.

Or if you're a student paying thousands

of dollars to be in college, you might

be doing more Minecraft than you should.

AKA Josiah.

But Minecraft is, uh, well it's

a dude with a pickax pickax

knocking through rocks, right?

And other stuff.

So this is my tie in.

Does it work?

Week kind of works.

Jamie doesn't think so.

Jed thinks it's stupid, but Jed

thinks most of my ideas land there.

Thank you, Jed.

Okay, perfect.

Alright, so here's the

thing about rocks, guys.

All over scripture.

This imagery of rock is stones.

It's so significant.

We see, oh yeah, I forgot to tell you,

this is my title for the sermon too.

Jesus Rocks could be like

Jesus rocks or Jesus rocks.

I don't know, but I

couldn't wear any other.

Okay, sorry Jamie.

Moving on.

Alright.

Old Testament, Hebrew language,

new Testament, Greek language.

But in both the new and the Old

Testament, the rock and stone

imagery is really powerful and

it permeates the whole message of

what's going on about who our God is.

We'll see in the Old Testament

awesome scriptures like the rock.

His work is perfect.

This isn't a shout out

to Dwayne Johnson, right?

It's the rock God.

Our heavenly Father.

The eternal creator man.

He is the rock.

What a cool title there is no other

rock like our God, and I love this.

Lead me to the rock.

That is higher than I, man.

The imagery here of power, of strength,

of sturdy stability, immovable,

unshakeable, just power that is beyond

anything we can do to, to affect it.

It's kinda that image of who our God is.

And in the Old Testament,

we see this a lot.

There's actually this Old Testament

word, uh, I think it's like, uh, Shaila.

Shaila.

What do you think?

What do you think?

Reor, Seila vie.

That sounds great.

So this word in the Hebrew is this

word that gets used for rock and it

literally means rock, but it also

incorporates like fortress in stronghold.

And we see this in Psalm 18, verse

two captures this really beautifully.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and

my deliverer, my God, my rock and whom

I take refuge, shelter and protection my

shield and the horn of my salvation, my.

Stronghold.

He is the stronghold of my life.

And so when we look at the Old Testament,

we see this strong defense imagery

like a, a great stone wall maybe that

protects us from the enemy, right?

This idea of fortress and stronghold,

that that is who our God is, that he is

able to keep, to protect, to save, right?

And when the enemy attacks, the

enemy is not attacking, you know, a

plastic fiberglass fortress, right?

He's attacking a stone rock fortress

that is immovable and is powerful against

all the onslaught that the enemy brings.

And for fo if, for those of us who

follow Jesus, that's an image that God

wants us to recognize, that we stand

not in some sort of like scary little

thin barrier between us and evil man.

God has built a powerful

stronghold and fortress in him.

Here's the problem.

Most of us are kind of hanging out in

the fortress, and then we kind of go out

and do our own thing, and then we just

get decimated by the stuff in this world.

Well, it's 'cause we walk

away from the stronghold.

We leave the fortress, or even more

foolishly, we stay in the fortress and

we drop open the drawbridge and kick

open the door, and we're like, come on

in, Satan, do whatever you wanna do.

I'm in the fortress.

We have to stay fortified

against what the enemy's doing.

Right?

But our God is a strong,

strong fortress and protection.

And we see that in the Old Testament.

If we look over in the New Testament, this

word is gonna shift to a different word.

Anybody know how to pronounce that?

Hey, Petra.

Petra.

Do you know how to pronounce that word?

No.

Do you know what it,

you know what it means?

It means Dax.

Do you know what it means?

Huh?

I feel like that's as biggest

softball as I can throw, bro.

Rock.

It means Petra.

It's the Greek word for Petra.

That's your name up there.

Tell your dad That's my name.

Dad.

That'd be cool right now if

you just did that real quick.

I'll wait.

Petra, tell your dad that's your name.

Okay, good.

I just wanna make sure you got that.

I was actually hoping you

wouldn't recognize it.

Yeah.

So in the Greek, this word

is Petra, which means rock.

Right?

And if you hang out with Petra,

you know, she kind of rock.

She's good.

She's got this hanging out.

Right?

Good job.

But the word Petra, it's not really

so much about a defense though.

You can definitely make that parallel.

It kind of shifts to this idea

of foundation that the rock in

the New Testament, this imagery

is, it's foundational, right?

It's this sturdy, powerful

stronghold for sure.

But we can build our life on it.

It's an anchor kind of imagery.

And we also see Jesus himself

being described as the

corner stone on which we're.

Built and established, right?

We have scriptures like this here in

one Corinthians for no one can lay

a foundation other than that which

is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

The early church understood

the foundation of their faith.

That which all of their belief

was built upon was Jesus Christ.

And you and I live in a world that gets

tricky because we try to bring in a lot of

like, uh, worldly concepts and ideas and

stuff that kind of helps us maybe blend a

kind of mixed version of the rock right?

And the sandy mess of the world.

But it's brittle and

it's not strong, right?

Jesus Christ is our foundation.

He's our foundation.

Scripture says in Ephesians two

20, Christ, Jesus himself being the

cornerstoned, had a chance this week to

do some, uh, messing around with block

down at the school where I work at and.

I was gonna lift some of these block, but

they're way too heavy and kind of a pain.

But this is a half block and it's,

it's just a concrete cinder block.

It's made a concrete and there's some

stone in there and some other stuff, but

it's not, that's why the kids couldn't

come on the platform, just so you know.

Uh, it's sturdy and it's powerful

and it's strong and it's heavy

and it's kind of immovable.

And when you mix mortar and you

put it together and you run some

rebar, I mean, like, you're not

gonna move that kind of wall, right.

It's not gonna happen.

Well, when you build a wall, it's

really important that you build

a wall that's straight, right?

And it's level.

'cause a crooked wall.

If you look too close to any of

my work or a wall that's leaning

Tower of Pisa action, right?

Like you got problems there.

And so the word cornerstone

actually is a cool word because

not only is it this solid base

rock that everything gets built on.

But the cornerstone when it's placed

by the builder, actually defines

where the lines of the building go.

The corner is defined by the

cornerstone, and if your wall is

in alignment with the cornerstone,

it's straight and it's sturdy.

But if our lives aren't built on the

right base and aren't in alignment

with Jesus the cornerstone, we

start to find some real structural

integrity and spiritual structural

integrity that becomes a mess, right?

Jesus says in Matthew, everyone then

who hears these words of mine and

does them, will be like a man who

builds his house on the rock, a wise

man who builds his house on the rock.

And that kind of sturdy, strong, powerful

foundation is the imagery that we see.

In the New Testament.

So the Old Testament really paints

this picture of strong defense.

And there's other stuff in there

too, but a real strong, powerful

defense against everything in this

world that's thrown at us against

everything the enemy wants to do.

And God is our fortress, our stronghold.

He is the rock, right?

And in the New Testament, we

see more foundational imagery of

building a life aligned to the

cornerstone that is Jesus, right?

Built firmly on that, which is not

gonna shift and move and give way or

collapse because it is solid and it

is deep and it is dependable, right?

That's some of that imagery we see there.

Um, before I leave though Minecraft,

but you know what, this is chest.

What's in a chest, Ms. Daniels, you know.

Stuff.

Yeah.

Good stuff.

Treasure.

Yeah.

And Jesus warns us if we're gonna build

a life aligned with the cornerstone

that is him, that we're to store up our

treasures in heaven and not on earth.

And we're not supposed to be building

a life on the foundation of wealth

and riches and money and fame

and all the things of this world.

But instead that our treasure

should be tied to him.

And he says, where our heart is there.

Our treasure is also the things

that we long for and that we

love and that we chase after.

So God's called us to be people who are

strong in him, who have a foundation built

on the truth that he has revealed and

who he is and his power, his deliverance,

his might, and to chase after the things

that he defines as a real treasure.

So sorry.

That was just a lucky

tie 'cause it was cool.

So Palm Sunday.

Hey, four of you're still awake.

That's great.

Palm Sunday and the triumphal entry,

they really help us see this idea

of victory, right and of peace

through Jesus who comes and kicks

off our epic holy week adventure.

Right?

And don't miss how important

something simple like a rock is.

It's this little thread that's

weaved throughout, right?

Those stones were there.

They didn't get to participate a ton

when the triumphal entry happens.

Thank you, Derrick.

You know Derrick, I just love the

disappointed hand jazz kind of vibe.

It's really solid.

It really kind of warms my heart.

Hey, listen, some of you guys might

be here and thinking to yourself, man,

I feel like I was a little cheesy.

I mean, we had kids swinging

sticks at each other in church.

Now we got coloring pages.

Most of the grandparents are

coloring instead of listening.

I totally understand.

So I'm gonna throw a

bone to the old people.

And I'm gonna talk for a

second here about a hymn.

A hymn.

'cause I know we gotta keep it

relatively mature sometimes.

Anybody know what this thing is?

Hymnal.

Hymnal.

Hymnal.

And inside we have songs.

Songs, yeah.

Chords and music and notes.

And this is ancient code if you're

like 20 years old and younger.

Ancient code.

But I wanna talk to you

about that in a second.

But first, Jamie's gonna come up here

and grab that mic and help me because

we have Holy Week kicking off right now.

Holy week.

This is a big deal, right?

God, who is holy set apart,

he calls us to be set apart.

And this week is kind of set apart

on events and activities and things

that we do together as a church to

commemorate, to remember, to honor,

to give worship and praise, right?

All those things.

So we're gonna talk for two seconds

and get back to your hymnal.

So hang in there.

Don't, don't give up on me.

Holy week and the week ahead.

Really quick.

Tonight, Jamie, what's happening?

As everybody knows, um, we have

our small groups still tonight.

We won't have them next week,

but tonight we have ba bam and we

have young adults and possibly the

other groups are meeting as well.

Right?

And if you want to take your palm

branches with you to the small groups

tonight, that could be super fun and

exciting for the people who are leading.

So, you know, I, I'd encourage that.

Uh, also this week we

have our men's group.

It's our last men's group, I think.

No, we have one more before, um, the

men's retreat, but don't miss it guys.

I'm sorry.

We got that whole weather delay last week.

So seven o'clock across the parking lot.

Renee is gonna shake her home branches,

if you have any questions about this,

that Thursday night's Applebee's,

late night appetizers are half price.

Do mom stay up past nine?

Is that what you're saying?

Not usually, but only for this Thursday.

It's the Noblesville, Applebee's,

Noblesville, Applebee's on Highway 37.

Right.

And then Debbie has something really cool

going, can you say something about this?

Yep.

So Debbie is in the

back at the soundboard.

She has a mic.

Yes.

Just um, if you have questions,

you have a child or you are

between the ages of five and 18.

Um, early registration ends

tomorrow for the National Bible Bee.

Um, regular registration will open

up again at the end of the month

if you would like more information,

or I will be at the front.

We meet me at the front and I

can answer questions for you.

So, a cool summer program going on.

I a memory hide God's word in your heart.

Yeah.

Legit.

It's good for everybody.

So, holy week, there's

Monday, Thursday stuff.

There's foot washing stuff, there's last

supper kind of vibe that people will do.

Lots of things like that

going on here together.

We're gonna invite you back on Friday

at seven o'clock, right in here

where we're gonna have communion.

We're gonna have a time of prayer and a

time of worship and reflection for the

sacrifice that Jesus made on Good Friday.

It's a really cool way to

kick off Easter weekend.

And we'd love for you to come join

us for a, probably just about an hour

or so of special time together as

families where we'll take communion

and reflect on what Jesus has done for

us with his blood and his sacrifice.

And then the next morning, afternoon, yep.

Saturday there was a signup that

went around on the emails, but

um, Tom and Shannon have worked

really hard and we would take any

volunteers, even if you wanna help.

Oh, they're waving their palm branches.

Um, but you can still plug in, but just

showing up even for an hour to help

set up or to help encourage families.

Yeah.

It's a great community outreach too.

Yeah.

It's surprising how many people chase

down egg hunts and drive really far.

Yeah.

To just come what's really cool.

Egg's.

Yeah.

Sorry to interrupt.

What's really cool is if like some random

person who doesn't have to be there

but just showed up is talking to some

people who are visiting and they're like,

oh, you love Jesus and you love kids.

That's kind of cool.

What a neat connection.

So it's a great way to meet

some people and just share

some love and encouragement.

So we'd love for you to join us.

And then our Easter celebration, Sunday

Resurrection Sunday, 10:00 AM in here.

Uh, we're gonna pack

it out, have some fun.

It's Easter and it'll be a,

a great time celebrating.

And Thomas and Shannon have got

great plans next door for the kiddos.

So yes, we have a great kids

thing going on next door.

Hey, just real quick, a couple

things to put on your calendar.

The clothing and toy giveaway

is coming up on the 26th.

Don't miss that.

Be stocking your stuff.

And guys, I gotta take two

seconds to tell you about this.

We're kind of making some

adjustments to the men's retreat.

Uh, we have a special guy who's gonna

come and share, who's a former race car

driver and some stuff that's really cool.

He is, uh, we're gonna

kick off Friday night.

You can, you can show up at three

o'clock, but our first event is gonna

be 7:00 PM 30 miles, 40 miles north

in Lima, Ohio from the camp where

we're gonna go to a dirt racetrack

and do some pass, uh, pi pit passes.

Sorry.

And, uh.

Be able to get in there and talk to some

racers and do some things is kind of what

we're trying to build out with there.

We'll eat there together and that's gonna

kind of set the stage for a lot of what

we're gonna be doing over the weekend.

Um, if you've not ever had a chance to go

on our men's retreat, it's like 160 bucks.

We scale it way down.

I think it's 175.

Huh?

You're not the detail guy, but

I think it's a hundred seventy

five five price just went up.

You should have registered with me.

But don't miss don't, don't miss it.

You're, we're gonna get

you into the racetrack.

Uh, we're gonna have, uh,

Friday night, Saturday night.

You'll have meals all day.

Saturday, Sunday afternoon.

We'll take off after the kind

of church window of time we

get to do in the morning.

Super cool thing right now.

Everybody will get their own cabins,

but we may just shack you up with Dax.

If it doesn't work out, we get too many.

That's fine.

Thanks Dax.

I appreciate that.

But please register 'cause we

gotta get t-shirts and we gotta get

stuff ordered at the racetrack, so.

Please if you're interested, and this

is not just for White Rock, if you've

got some other people, it is 18 and

older, like our women's retreats,

we've looked at that, explored that.

Those who are seniors graduating,

seniors graduating for this.

There's some youth event stuff

going on and some other summer

father son things and mother

daughter things we're building out.

But this event is

specifically 18 and older.

So make sure you get that on your

calendar and please get registered.

'cause uh, it's gonna go quick.

Yep.

And Women's Retreat keeps signing up and

we're putting together our details too,

but we are not going to erase track.

Just FYI and there is QR codes in

the back if you miss the screen.

Nice.

Perfect.

Yep.

There's some codes out back.

Hey, uh, lots of events

going on, don't miss it.

Really want you to be a part of that.

Thank you Jamie.

Really quick jumping that in there.

I decided to squeeze those in

here because I want to end this

morning with this a him Knoll.

And this is like, this is like

getting to go to a museum guy.

No, I'm just kidding.

Not some of you guys.

Uh, some of you guys grew up

on hymns and sing them still.

I love hymns.

I love singing them.

I even remember a lot of the

words, but it is nice to have

a copy with the words printed.

'cause sometimes if you're like my dad,

you just belt it out and you make up

the words as you go, which is pretty

entertaining to watch hymn sing hymns.

But hymns of the faith songs

have been sang for generations.

I mean, it's cool to be a part of

this family of God who for generations

have been expressing his praise.

There's a really cool hymn that is

not called On Christ the Solid Rock.

I Stand.

Do you know that it's

not the title though?

Some people have changed the title

'cause none of us can remember

what The Real, does anyone

know what the title of that is?

Yeah.

Nope.

My Hope is built on Nothing Yet.

Less is the official

title, just so you know.

Took me a while to remember it too.

But my hope is built on nothing

less what I hope on what I

believe in, what I trust in.

It's built on nothing except.

Wow.

The strength and the power of

the solid rock of Jesus Christ.

His blood, his righteousness, my

hope for all eternity is on the

blood and the righteousness of Jesus.

I dare not trust the sweetest

frame somebody's fancy words.

Some little eloquent thing.

Somebody says, nah, I

wholly lean on Jesus' name.

In fact, on Christ, the solid

rock, that's where I stand, right?

Everything else, all other

ground, it's sinking sand.

It's like quicksand, right?

All of it.

When darkness veils his face,

my hope, man, I'm leaning.

I'm resting in his grace

that never changes.

His unchanging grace in every high and

stormy gale torrent and destruction

all around me, man, my anchor.

That rock imagery, it

holds within the veil.

When darkness, oh, sorry.

Threw the chorus up there.

His oath, his word to me, his

promise, his covenant, his

agreement through his blood, right?

His blood supports me in the

overwhelming, fancy way to say it.

Wyoming, overwhelming flood of

what's going on around me, and

when all around my soul gives way.

And I just feel like crumbling Jesus.

He is my hope and my stay.

And when he shall come with trumpet

sound, in the glorious return of the

Lord, the day of the Lord, when he

comes again, oh, may I in him be found

dressed, not in my own righteousness,

not in my own ability to do anything but

robed in the righteousness of Christ,

dressed in his righteousness alone.

And if I'm dressed in his

righteousness, God says, I'm

faultless to stand before his throne.

On Christ, the solid rock.

I stand, everything else is sinking.

Lord Jesus, thank you for

a palm Sunday celebration.

Morning, thanks for kids and

branches and little jubilation,

maybe even a little cheesiness.

But Lord, thank you that what you did,

coming and living among us and offering

yourself as the sacrifice for our

sin transformed all eternity for us.

Jesus, you saved us.

Hosanna, save.

Oh God.

Thank you for your salvation.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you for being the rock on

which we can stand and build our

life for being a firm foundation no

matter what the world throws at us.

Thank you for the promise.

Thank you for the covenant of your blood.

That protects us, that

saves us, that sets us free.

Lord, I pray as we enter into Holy Week

this week with lots of activities and

lots of stuff going on, God help us to

be very mindful of what you have done

and what it means for us individually.

It is literally game over.

Jesus wins.

That's it.

And God, I pray that our treasure

would be you and nothing else.

And Jesus name, amen.