Stations of the Cross – Good Friday Devotions

Station 1 – Jesus in the Garden

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”  An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.  And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
(Luke 42-44)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

You knew the road was horrific and terrible,

nothing in heaven and earth would ever be comparable.

You knew of the upcoming battle but still,

You chose to love us and to do His will.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

Station 2 – Arrest of Jesus

 

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.” Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him. Jesus replied, “Friend, do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.
(Matthew 26:48-50)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Judas was supposed to be a  friend

chose this night for Jesus’ end.

He gave Jesus the kiss in order to betray

and thus began this horrific day.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

Station 3 – Jesus on Trial

 

“If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked you, you would not answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.” They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.” Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”
(Luke 22:67-71)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

The priests and the teachers,

knew all of the laws,

and yet the cure,

they never saw.

If You are the Messiah,

tell us today.

If I am the Messiah,

I still must pay.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

 

 

Station 4 – Condemnation of Jesus

 

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” “He is worthy of death,” they answered. Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”
(Matthew 26:65-68)

 

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

The high priests question and claim blasphemy.

They strike him and hit him for you and for me.

The Jewish leader Caiaphas also agree.

They condemn him and send him to the tree.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

 

Amen

Station 5 – Pilate with Jesus

 

“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!” “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in fromt of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!
(Matthew 27:22-24)

 

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Every time we disobey,

every time we sin,

you again must pay

and we yell crucify him, crucify him, crucify him.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

 

Amen

Station 6 – Guard beat Jesus

 

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.
(Matthew 27:27-30)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

The guards strip Him

and give Him kingly clothes.

They mock at their whim

giving hard blows.

The guards were disdainful with a crown of thorns

But even more painful were the sins that He morns

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

 

Amen

 

Station 7 – Jesus Carries the Cross

 

Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).
(John 19:16-17)

 

Dear Heavenly Father

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Jesus was strapped with the cross on his back
but more heavy than this were the sins we did stack.

He carried both through the city and then

He became our lamb for the remission of sin.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

 

Station 8 – Jesus Speaks as he Carries the Cross

 

A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!”
(Luke 23:27-29)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Jesus was strapped with the cross on his back
but more heavy than this were the sins we did stack

Many woman cried over His crucifixion

but even then He worried of our affliction.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

 Station 9 – Jesus is Crucified

 

Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals–one on his right, the other on his left.
(Luke 23:32-33)

 

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Jesus was pierced through his hands and his feet

Excruciating pain and a terrible defeat.

Hanging between criminals the end is near.

Hanging there for everyone to see and to jeer.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

Station 10 – It is Dark

 

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.(Matthew 27:45)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Jesus was pierced through his hands and his feet.

Excruciating pain and a terrible defeat.

From noon until three the sun stopped shining.

From noon until three even the sun was crying.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

Station 11 – Jesus speaks on the Cross

 

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
(John 19:25-27)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

His mother stands sobbing for her dear son.

He is sinless and perfect, the one and only one.

Though in pain and near death He cares for another,

He assures the safety and security for his mother. 

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

 

Station 12 – It is Finished

 

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to the lips of Jesus. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
(John 19:28-30)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Jesus was pierced through his hands and his feet.

Excruciating pain and a terrible defeat.

As His body failed, he slowly diminished,

he simply stated, “It is Finished.”

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

Amen

 

Station 13 – Jesus is laid in the Tomb

 

As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
(Matthew 27:57-60)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

He was wrapped in clean linen.

He was laid in a tomb.

The Son of God, the Son of men.

laid there in the sin of doom.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

 

Amen

 

Station 14 – Jesus secured in the Tomb

 

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
(Matthew 27:61)

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

 

You lived every day

without any sin.

The price You did pay

was all for our sin.

 

Pilate secured the tomb with soldiers

The body would stay the guard assures.

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary

sat opposite the tomb and tarry.

 

Almighty and Heavenly and Holy Lord,

Let us always remember the blood you poured

committing our lives to the one true Lord.

 

 

Amen