Jesus Is Different - Week Three/March 29, 2026/Stacie Bartels

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday, the crowds expected a military revolution against Rome, waving illegal palm branches as a symbol of political uprising. Instead, Jesus chose the path of love over force, demonstrating that God’s kingdom operates through grace and compassion rather than coercion and control. His apparent defeat on the cross became the ultimate subversive victory over death and separation from God. Lasting change comes not through forcing outcomes, but through trusting in the power and love in God’s timing.