Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast.

I'm Dalton from the Paul Trip Ministries team,

and each week I'll read aloud Paul's

popular Wednesday's Word devotional,

short, powerful reflections

that connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

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the paul trip app, or on Facebook and Instagram. This week, Paul invites us to

intentionally journey to the cross by mourning the suffering and death of Jesus,

celebrating the victory of the empty tomb, and remembering that the worst moment in history

became the greatest hope of redemption for all who believe.

Here's this week's Wednesday's work.

In the Bible, we are instructed to remember and revisit the death of Jesus again and again.

Quote, for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

End quote.

1 Corinthians 11.26.

I don't know about you, but when tragedy and suffering strike, I don't really enjoy having

the loss and pain of those memories loom on the forefront of my mind

for very long. But with the horrific suffering and death of Jesus, everything is different.

On the journey to the cross at Calvary, the saddest thing ever is simultaneously the most

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