Life can be a kind of “trial” in which you are trying to prove to others and yourself that you are good. We so desperately need to know what we look like and how we measure up when compared to others. That’s why we need an advocate, someone who can speak for us. Jesus is the advocate we need. He doesn’t plead our case to God. He demands justice for us from God because He already made the payment for us. Jesus gives you a completely new identity. He removes all guilt from your life. He gives you a way to deal with discouragement and disappointment. And gives you a joy and courage to approach life with! If your advocate wins, you win! Because Jesus wins, we win!

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We live in one of the most workaholic cultures in history. Technology makes it possible for us to work around the clock. We never escape our work. We get our identity, value, and worth from our work. It is hard for us to get real rest. Even when we take “vacations,” our focus and thoughts are on what we should be doing. God created us as human beings who need rest. Real rest is important. Real rest is a declaration of freedom from slavery. Real rest is being able to put something down because you are satisfied with it. Our sinful nature makes it impossible to have real rest. The only thing that can give us real rest is Jesus. In the same way a shepherd enables his sheep to rest, our Good Shepherd makes it possible for us to have true rest. Come to Him!

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A brother is someone who will come and help you, even when it isn’t safe for him to do so. When life gets difficult, let’s fix our eyes on our greatest brother, Jesus. He is our brother who came to help us, even at the cost of his life. A brother stands in front of your bully for you, fights your fight for you, puts himself between you and your enemy, even puts his life on the line for you. Jesus did this as our brother! But even better, He defeated death for us! He rose again! He is the One who has our back! And He’s not ashamed to be called your “Brother.” He’s proud of it! No matter what you’ve done! It doesn’t matter what the world says about you. You have a brother who’s proud of you!

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Life isn’t always easy. It’s like being on a difficult journey, looking forward to rest. Along the way, we need to know we aren’t alone. We need to know someone is with us. It is so helpful to hear someone’s voice… to know you aren’t alone. Jesus is how we know we aren’t alone. Jesus is how God lets us know He is with us. Jesus is how God speaks to us. He’s the first and last thing we need. The final Word from God. He isn’t like anything else that promises it can help us through this life. We can’t treat Him the same. Jesus is God talking to us. Jesus doesn’t tell us how to get to God. Jesus is the way to God. The resurrected, living, Word of God! The last word from God we’ll ever need.

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It certainly looked like the end. The hammer falls. The sky darkens. The body of Jesus hangs broken on a cross. For his disciples and the women who watched from a distance, every hope seemed to collapse. The One who opened blind eyes
now closes his own in death. The One who called Lazarus from the grave is laid in one himself. Good Friday forces us to face the question that rises whenever suffering crashes in and death seems to win: Is this the end? We ask it in hospital rooms, in seasons of grief, and in the quiet weight of our own sin. But the cross is not merely tragedy. It is the Son of God stepping into our darkness, carrying our guilt, and entering death itself to destroy it. What looks like the end is actually the turning point of the greatest story ever told. And just beyond the silence of the tomb, a new morning is about to dawn.

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Before Jesus gave His life for the
world, He gave His body and blood to His friends. In the Upper Room, He kneels. He washes.
He serves. And He truly gives Himself—His body, His blood. He knows Judas will betray Him.
Peter will deny Him. The rest will run. Still, He sets the table. Still, He calls them
"friends." This isn’t a meal for the worthy—it’s for the weary. Jesus unplugs the myth
that you have to clean yourself up before coming to Him. Come as you are. The table is
set.
Prayer

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Early Easter morning, a grieving woman stands outside a tomb. Mary Magdalene believes the story is over. The cross seemed like the final chapter. Death looked like the last word. And in the quiet confusion of that garden, she weeps because she thinks everything she loved about Jesus Christ has been taken away. But then a voice speaks her name: “Mary.” In that single moment, despair collapses and hope explodes. The grave is not the end. The tears are not the end. The silence of Saturday is not the end. Jesus is alive, and because he lives, every ending we fear is rewritten by resurrection. This Easter we step into that garden with Mary and hear the risen Lord call our name too. What looks like the end is only the beginning.

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There is always a strange tension this time of year. Holy Week is approaching, and yet nothing else seems to slow down for it. The calendar fills, the mind races, the heart gets pulled in a dozen directions, and right into that noise comes Jesus, not hurried, not scattered, not distracted, but steady. He rises from the table, leaves the upper room, and walks into the night, into betrayal, into suffering, into the cross. And if we are honest, there is a gap we feel between His steady resolve and our restless hearts, which is exactly why this week matters so much. Holy Week is not just something we attend, it is something we enter, so here is a simple invitation: stay with Him. Continue where we left off in our Jesus Unplugged journey and walk the passion story slowly through the Gospel of John: Monday, John 18:1–14, the garden and the arrest; Tuesday, John 18:15–27, Peter’s denial; Wednesday, John 18:28–40, Jesus before Pilate; Thursday, John 19:1–16, the crown of thorns; Friday, John 19:17–30, the cross; Saturday, John 19:31–42, the silence of the tomb; Sunday, John 20:1–18, the empty tomb, your name spoken.

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