The sacrificial response of praise to Christ in his Triumphal Entry is a model for us today.

1. My Best
For
My King
Mark 11:1-11

2. Christ the King
Desires Our
Honor and Praise
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3. The King Desires…
Your Best
Mark 11:1-3
…you will find a colt tied there, which no
one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it
here. 3 If anyone asks you, „Why are you
doing this?‟ tell him, „The Lord needs it
and will send it back here shortly.‟”
All scriptures are taken from: The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1984. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
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4. Zechariah 9:9
9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

5. The King Desires…
Your Obedience
Mark 11:4-6
4 They went and found a colt outside in
the street, tied at a doorway. As they
untied it, 5 some people standing there
asked, “What are you doing, untying that
colt?” 6 They answered as Jesus had told
them to, and the people let them go.
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6. The King Desires…
Your Sacrifice
Mark 11:7-8
7 When they brought the colt to Jesus
and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on
it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on
the road, while others spread branches
they had cut in the fields.
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7. 2 Kings 9:13
They hurried and took their cloaks and
spread them under him on the bare
steps. Then they blew the trumpet and
shouted, “Jehu is king!”

8. Mark 12:43-44
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said,
“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has
put more into the treasury than all the
others. 44 They all gave out of their
wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in
everything—all she had to live on.”
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9. The King Desires…
Your Praise
Mark 11:9-10
9 Those who went ahead and those who
followed shouted,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord!”
10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our
father David!”
“Hosanna in the highest!”
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10. Psalm 118:22-23
22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;
23 the LORD has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.