{"id":24040,"date":"2026-03-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=24040"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:07:11","slug":"palm-sunday-our-king-has-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=24040","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday &#8212; Our King has Come!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oh, what a Savior. Oh, hallelujah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week &#8212; the grandest story ever told &#8212; that started with a baby coming quietly into our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No spotlight. No royal announcement &#8212; just a humble stable, a young mother, and a promise wrapped in swaddling clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That baby grew into a man who healed the broken, restored the weary, touched the untouchable, and loved people like you and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And today, we celebrate His ride into Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not on a war horse, but on a donkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not with a crown of gold, but with a heart full of surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The streets filled with voices shouting, \u201cHosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!\u201d (Luke 19:38).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palm branches waved. Hope filled the air. The people thought their King had come to take over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was no polished parade. It was a \u201cragtag\u201d procession of ordinary people who had seen the extraordinary &#8212; blind eyes opened, lame legs walking, lives forever changed. And they followed Him because they knew &#8212; this is the One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Jesus knew something they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cheers would soon turn to silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The palms would give way to a cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration would lead to sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And still &#8212; He came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He came for the broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He came for the overlooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He came for the weary and the wondering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He came for you and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we choose to walk with Him &#8212; from the praise of Palm Sunday to the pain of the cross &#8212; and oh, best news ever &#8212; to the victory of the empty tomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because this isn\u2019t just His story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are His \u201cSalvation Army\u201d &#8212; lifting His name, carrying His love, and sharing His hope with a world that needs Him so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let&#8217;s wave our palm branches, symbolically or actually waving palm branches to declare&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our King has come &#8212; right into our hearts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh what a Savior! Oh hallelujah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosanna to our King of Kings and Lord of Lords!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, what a Savior. Oh, hallelujah! Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week &#8212; the grandest story ever told &#8212; that started with a baby coming quietly into our world. No spotlight. No royal announcement &#8212; just a humble stable, a young mother, and a promise wrapped in swaddling clothes. 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