Devotional Guide 22 March 2026

Passover 2026 Sermon 4: Pesach - The Table, The Cup, and the Cost of Covering
Daily Devotional - Passover Week 4

Pastor Ryan Perry
Good Hope Baptist Church
22 March 2026

Day 1 — The Table Was Planned
Scripture: Luke 22:15; Exodus 12:14

Jesus did not stumble into the Passover meal.
He said, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you.”
This was not a new ritual.
This was a story God had been telling for centuries.
Every year, Israel gathered at the table.
Every year, the same question was asked:
“What does this mean?”
And every year, the answer was the same:
God rescues His people.
Passover was never about information.
It was about formation.
God was shaping His people through a repeated story.

Reflection:  Where in your life is God forming you through repetition?
Prayer: Lord, help me see that Your work in my life is not random. You are forming me through rhythms, not just moments.

Day 2 — The Meal Teaches the Story
Scripture: Exodus 12:26–27; Colossians 2:17

Passover was designed to be explained.
The meal itself asked the question.
The story gave the answer.
The lamb.
The bread.
The cup.
Each element pointed beyond itself.
Paul tells us these were shadows.
Jesus is the substance.
That means the meal was never the destination.
It was always pointing forward.

Reflection:  Are you clinging to symbols or following the Savior they point to?
Prayer:  Jesus, help me not settle for shadows. Lead me to the reality of who You are.

Day 3 — The Table Requires Cleansing
Scripture: John 13:8–10; Exodus 30:19–21

Before the meal, Jesus washed their feet.
This was not just humility.
It was preparation.
Priests were washed before serving in God’s presence.
Jesus was showing His disciples:
You don’t come to God casually.
You come cleansed.
But notice this, they were already His.
The washing was not to make them His.
It was to prepare them to serve.

Reflection:  Are you living in the cleansing Christ has already given you?
Prayer:  Lord, cleanse my heart and prepare me to serve in Your presence.

Day 4 — The Bread and the Cup
Scripture: Luke 22:19–20; 1 Corinthians 5:7

When Jesus lifted the bread, He said:
“This is my body.”
When He lifted the cup, He said:
“This is my blood.”
He was not adding to Passover.
He was revealing it.
The lamb was always pointing to Him.
The cup of redemption was always about His blood.
The table was not the end of the story.
It was pointing to the cross.

Reflection:  Do you see the cross as the center of your life or just part of your belief?
Prayer:  Jesus, help me live under the reality of Your sacrifice every day.

Day 5 — The Table Leads to the Cross
Scripture: Psalm 118:22, 27; John 19:30

They sang:
“The stone the builders rejected…”
“Bind the sacrifice…”
Then they walked out with Jesus.
The Lamb.
The table led to the cross.
And the cross finished the meal.
When Jesus said, “It is finished,”
He was not ending His life.
He was completing the story.

Reflection: What does it mean for you that the work is finished?
Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, that nothing is left undone. Help me rest in what You have finished.