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love THE GREATEST
7 EASTER REFLECTIONS from
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Tom Felten, Tim Gustafson, Regie Keller, Alyson Kieda, Becky Knapp, Monica La Rose, Julie Schwab, and Peggy Willison ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. © 2021 Our Daily Bread Ministries® • All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
Introduction THE HEALING POWER OF EASTER
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n that ominous day when the sky went dark, Jesus cried out from the cross and breathed His last. Jesus’ followers, many already in hiding, drowned in their sorrows. Mary lost a son; the disciples a rabbi. The throngs who’d flocked to Jesus, desperate for God to help them, retreated in despair. The prophets had foretold that the Messiah would bring healing not only for Israel, but for all the nations, for the whole of creation and for all mankind. Those who were thirsty and put their trust in Him would receive living water. Those who were wounded and broken would be mended. Those who were enemies would become friends. The lion would lie down with the lamb. All that was wrong would be made right. But Jesus was dead. And every hope died with Him. However, Jesus didn’t remain dead. He walked out of that dark tomb. Jesus intended to heal human misery at the very root: to kill death itself, to bury evil by extinguishing evil in His own body. The cross demonstrated Jesus’ relentless, astonishing love: He’d go through death and hell in order to heal us. Emerging from the tomb, Jesus emphatically announced that nothing could stop God’s promises. Will we truly be healed one day? Will enemies truly be friends? Will Jesus’ love really be strong enough to mend our ravaged world? Yes! Because nothing—not even death—can stop God. Empowered by Jesus’ resurrection, we too can love in ways that might seem impossible. The following articles will help you better understand the amazing, extravagant love Jesus has poured out for you.
Winn Collier, Our Daily Bread author
o E P H E S I A N S 2:5 Even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead.
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I’M ALIVE
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aura Brooks, a fifty-two-year-old mother of two, didn’t know it but she was one of 14,000 people in 2011 whose name was incorrectly entered into the government database as dead. She wondered what was wrong when she stopped receiving disability checks, and her loan payments and rent checks bounced. She went to the bank to clear up the issue, but the representative told her that her accounts had been closed because she was dead! Obviously, they were mistaken. The apostle Paul was not mistaken when he said that the Ephesian believers were at one point dead—spiritually dead. They were dead in the sense that they were separated from God, enslaved to sin (EPHESIANS 2:5), and condemned under the wrath of God. What a state of hopelessness! Yet God in His goodness took action to reverse this condition for them and for us. The living God “who brings the dead back to life” (ROMANS 4:17) poured out His rich mercy and great love by sending His Son Jesus to this earth. Through Christ’s death and resurrection, we’re made alive (EPHESIANS 2:4–5). When we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we go from death to life. Now we live to rejoice in His MARVIN WILLIAMS goodness and love! How does your new life in Christ show that your old self has died? Why does this encourage you to rejoice and shout praises to God? Heavenly Father, thank You that I’ve been made alive through the sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus!
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
| E P H E S I A N S 2:1–10
1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else. 4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) 6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. 7 So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus. 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
o M A R K 15:21 A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was [forced] to carry Jesus’ cross.
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SIMON OF CYRENE
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omber eyes peer out from the painting Simon of Cyrene by contemporary Dutch artist Egbert Modderman. Simon was pulled from the watching crowd and forced to help Jesus carry His cross (MARK 15:21). In the painting, Simon’s eyes reveal the immense physical and emotional burden of this responsibility. Mark tells us that Simon was from Cyrene, a big city in North Africa that had a large population of Jews during Jesus’ time. Most likely Simon had journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Then he found himself in the middle of this unjust execution, but was able to perform a small but meaningful act of assistance to Jesus. Earlier in the gospel of Mark, Jesus tells His followers, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me” (8:34). On the road to Golgotha, Simon literally did what Jesus figuratively asks His disciples to do: he took up the cross given to him and carried it for Jesus’ sake. We too have “crosses” to bear—perhaps an illness, a challenging ministry assignment, the loss of a loved one, or persecution for our faith. As we carry these sufferings by faith, we point people to the sufferings of Jesus and His sacrifice on the cross. It was His cross that gave us peace with God and strength for our own journey. LISA M. SAMRA What “cross” have you been asked to carry? How can you use this struggle to point others to Jesus? Jesus, thank You that You understand and sympathize with the pain I experience as I take up my cross and follow You. Give me courage and strength even when the journey is difficult.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
| M A R K 15:16–24
The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment. 17 They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head. 18 Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” 19 And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship. 20 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified. 21 A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.) 22 And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”). 23 They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it. 24 Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece. 16
o P E T E R 2:21 Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.
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TAKE THE CROSS
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n a visit to Antwerp Cathedral in Belgium, I was struck by one of its sculptures called The Man Who Bears the Cross. Made of polished bronze, a man wearing a trench coat and glasses gazes up at a large cross he balances in one hand. I was negative toward the piece at first. The man balanced the cross effortlessly, as if performing a circus trick, which seemed flippant for such a weighty symbol of our faith. But further research helped me see it differently. According to the church official who commissioned it, the sculpture represented what they invited every visitor of the cathedral to do: to take the cross in his or her hands and contemplate it, so that they might find “a goal and a meaning” for their lives. When the apostle Peter wanted to inspire godly living (1 PETER 2:1–2), he too held out the cross for contemplation. Look at Jesus’ death, he says, where He bore your sins and offered you healing and forgiveness (V. 24). See how Jesus suffered for doing good, giving you an example to follow (VV. 20–22). Contemplate the One who hung on that cross; you’ll see the ultimate Leader for your life (V. 25). So, let’s hold up the cross. Gaze at it deeply. The love it reveals is our goal. The One who rose from it gives our life meaning. SHERIDAN VOYSEY How will you contemplate Christ’s death for you today? Imagine Jesus had never lived, died, and risen again. How would your life be different? Forgiveness of sins, healing of life, meaning, purpose, and love for eternity. Thank You for what You did on the cross, Jesus. My life is Yours.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
| 1 P E T E R 2:21–25
For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. 22 He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone. 23 He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly. 24 He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed. 25 Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls. 21
Behold, what manner of love is this, that Christ should be arraigned and we adorned, that the curse should be laid on His head and the crown set on ours. Thomas Watson WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS
When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down: Did e’er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Isaac Wat ts
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HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US BY SENDING CHRIST TO DIE FOR US WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS. Romans
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o L U K E 23:43
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Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
BEHIND THE PARTED CURTAIN
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astor and author Erwin Lutzer wrote: “One minute after you slip behind the parted curtain, you will either be enjoying a personal welcome from Christ or catching your first glimpse of gloom as you have never known it. Either way, your future will be irrevocably fixed and eternally unchangeable.” Luke recorded a short yet powerful narrative that pictures two men about to go behind that curtain of death. When Jesus was being crucified, two thieves hung alongside Him. According to Mark, both men hurled insults at Jesus (15:32). One of the thieves, however, had a change of heart as he realized Jesus’ innocence, his own sin, and his destiny. He rebuked the other thief and asked Jesus to remember him when He came into His kingdom. These words were a sign of repentance and simple faith. Jesus responded, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise” (LUKE 23:43). Salvation for the man was immediate. He knew that day where he would spend eternity. Realizing that we are sinners and placing our trust in Jesus’ death and resurrection assures us that we can immediately know where we will spend our eternal tomorrows when we slip behind MARVIN WILLIAMS the parted curtain. How can you secure a place in heaven today? How does being a follower of Christ affect how you live? Father, thank You for the assurance that because my trust is in Jesus for salvation, I will spend eternity with Him.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
| L U K E 23:39–43
One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself— and us, too, while you’re at it!” 40 But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? 41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” 43 And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.” 39
o E XO D US 12:13 When I see the blood, I will pass over you.
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LIFE BY DEATH
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arl had contracted cancer and needed a double lung transplant. He asked God for new lungs, but felt odd doing so. He confessed it’s a strange thing to pray because “someone has to die so I might live.” Carl’s dilemma highlights a basic truth of Scripture: God uses death to bring life. We see this in the story of the Exodus. Born into slavery, the Israelites languished under the oppressive hands of the Egyptians. Pharaoh wouldn’t release his grip until God made it personal. Every eldest son would die, unless the family killed a spotless lamb and slathered its blood across their doorposts (EXODUS 12:6–7). Today, you and I have been born into the bondage of sin. Satan would not release his grip on us until God made it personal, sacrificing His perfect Son on the blood-spattered arms of the cross. Jesus calls us to join Him there. Paul explains, “My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (GALATIANS 2:20). When we put our faith in God’s spotless Lamb, we commit to daily dying with Him—dying to our sin so we might rise with Him to new life (ROMANS 6:4–5). We express this faith in baptism and every time we say no to the shackles of sin and yes to the freedom of Christ. We’re never more alive MIKE WITTMER than when we die with Jesus. Why is death the only path to life? How have you shown that you have received Jesus’ death on your behalf? Jesus, Your death brings me life. Help me die to sin today and live my life through You.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
| E XO D US 12:1–13
1 While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the
Lord gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron:
2 “From now on, this month will be the first month of
the year for you. 3 Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household. 4 If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat. 5 The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects. 6 “Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight. 7 They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal. 8 That same night they must roast the meat over a fire and eat it along with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat any of the meat raw or boiled in water. The whole animal—including the head, legs, and internal organs—must be roasted over a fire. 10 Do not leave any of it until the next morning. Burn whatever is not eaten before morning. 11 “These are your instructions for eating this meal: Be fully dressed, wear your sandals, and carry your walking stick in your hand. Eat the meal with urgency, for this is the Lord’s Passover. 12 On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of Egypt. I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt, for I am the Lord! 13 But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.”
o J O H N 16:33 Take heart, because I have overcome the world.
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TAKE HEART
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orrie and her sister, Betsie, stood in line for their weekly medical inspection. As they shivered in the cold corridor and endured the humiliation of walking naked past the guards, Corrie remembered, Jesus hung naked on the cross. To her sister in front of her, she whispered, “Betsie, they took His clothes, too.” Betsie gasped and replied, “Oh Corrie. And I never thanked Him.” There, in the horrific setting of the Ravensbruck concentration camp in Germany during World War II, Corrie remembered what Jesus endured—and it sustained her. Dutch watchmaker Corrie ten Boom and her aged father and sister had been betrayed and imprisoned for hiding Jews in their home. Corrie’s father and sister died while imprisoned, but Corrie was released due to a “clerical error” and went on to speak to thousands about God’s amazing love and forgiveness. Jesus suffered betrayal and humiliation and beatings—and died naked on a cross while soldiers bartered for His clothes (MARK 15:15–25). He endured it all because He loves us (JOHN 3:16)! As His disciples, like Corrie, we too can find comfort in trials, in persecution, and in pain. Our suffering Savior understands what we’re going through and offers this reassurance: “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have ALYSON KIEDA overcome the world” (JOHN 16:33). How is it comforting to know that you’re not alone in your suffering? When have you experienced peace in the midst of trouble? Jesus, thank You for facing humiliation and suffering and even death for me. I don’t deserve it, but You love me. You love me!
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
| J O H N 16:16–18, 25–33
“In a little while you won’t see me anymore. But a little while after that, you will see me again.” 17 Some of the disciples asked each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little while you won’t see me, but then you will see me,’ and ‘I am going to the Father’? 18 And what does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand.” 16
“I have spoken of these matters in figures of speech, but soon I will stop speaking figuratively and will tell you plainly all about the Father. 26 Then you will ask in my name. I’m not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf, 27 for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God. 28 Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father.” 29 Then his disciples said, “At last you are speaking plainly and not figuratively. 30 Now we understand that you know everything, and there’s no need to question you. From this we believe that you came from God.” 31 Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe? 32 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. 33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” 25
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 3..16
Our Savior humbled Himself to live among us, identifying with us. “Though he was God . . . he gave up his divine privileges [and] took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being” (PHILIPPIANS 2:6–7). Then, feeling as we feel and weeping as we weep, He died on a cross, sacrificing His life to save ours.
Patricia Raybon Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
Ephesians 5..1-2
We are never nearer Christ than when we find ourselves lost in a holy amazement at His unspeakable love.
John Owen
HE LOVED US NOT BECAUSE WE ARE LOVABLE, BUT BECAUSE HE IS LOVE. C S ewis
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o IS A I A H 53:5 He was . . . crushed for our sins . . . so we could be whole.
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DEEPER HEALING
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n Easter Sunday 2020, the famous Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was illuminated in a way that appeared to clothe Jesus in the attire of a physician. The poignant portrayal of Christ as a doctor was in tribute to the many front-line healthcare workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. The imagery brings to life the common description of Jesus as our Great Physician (MARK 2:17). Jesus did, in fact, heal many people of their physical afflictions during His earthly ministry: blind Bartimaeus (MARK 10:46–52), a leper (LUKE 5:12–16), and a paralytic (MATTHEW 9:1–8), to name a few. His care for the health of those following Him was also demonstrated in providing for their hunger by multiplying a simple meal to feed the masses (JOHN 6:1–13). Each of these miracles reveals both Jesus’ mighty power and His genuine love for people. He was also concerned with an even more devastating problem than any of the physical ailments He cured. His greatest act of healing came through His death and resurrection, as foretold by the prophet Isaiah. It’s by Jesus’ wounds that we’re healed of our worst affliction: our separation from God as a result of our sins (ISAIAH 53:5). Though Jesus doesn’t heal us of all our health challenges, we can always trust the cure for our deepest need: the healing He brings to our relationship with God. KIRSTEN HOLMBERG How have you or someone you know experienced God’s healing touch? How does your healed relationship through Jesus’ death and resurrection help you bear up under physical ailments you still face? Jesus, thank You for Your sacrifice that brings healing to my spiritual sickness. Help me to trust You more in times of physical challenges.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
| IS A I A H 53:4–6
4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! 5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. 6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10..45
Jesus did not come to reward the deserving but to serve the needy with reckless abandon.
David garland
To be a follower of the Crucified Christ means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss.
Elisabet h Elliot Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.”
l uke 9..23-24
Loving Savior, You willingly died to save us from our sins. In this season of remembrance, give us a deeper sense of gratitude for this amazing gift.
Amy Boucher Pye “You cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.”
l uke 14..33
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THAN TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE FOR ONE’S FRIENDS. John 15..13
A Final Thought
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ARISING TO NEW LIFE
t’s still dark some Sunday mornings when Loretta arrives at our church. As the food volunteer at the Sunday school, she’s always the first to follow the trustee on duty into the building with her bags of breakfast items. Working in the church kitchen, she prepares a tasty breakfast, free to all— including a homeless man who comes for the food and stays for the classes. As many have remarked over the years, Loretta’s breakfasts enhance warm feelings of fellowship among Sunday school attendees. Our time together is unified as we break bread together and enjoy her tasty pastries too. What inspires such faithful, unifying service? Loretta’s simple answer: “Because He loved us first.” That same amazing love inspired Mary Magdalene to Jesus’ tomb before dawn on Resurrection Sunday. Bringing spices to anoint Christ’s body, she arrived “early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark . . . and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance” (JOHN 20:1). Her arrival already was noteworthy because as a woman Mary Magdalene had no social standing. A woman from Magdala—a Jewish fishing village—she’d been healed of seven demons by Jesus and now was known as His follower. Yet in that day, women couldn’t enter a synagogue for worship. They couldn’t touch the Scriptures, or else defile them. They were rarely spoken to by men—even by their own husbands. Notably, women couldn’t serve as a witness in a court of law. Yet when Mary Magdalene saw the stone had been rolled away from her Healer Jesus’ tomb and ran to tell Simon Peter and John—the men listened to her. “Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. They
were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first” (20:3–4). The scene recalls what happened when Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well. She also wasn’t a woman of high regard. Yet after speaking with Jesus, the woman ran to her village and called out, “Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?” (4:29)—and the townspeople listened to her. “The people came streaming from the village to see him” (V. 30). Yes, together. What is there about Jesus that transforms all who encounter Him, making us worthy to be heard because we’re speaking of Him? Yes, empowering us to serve with such beauty and grace that others come running, together, to follow Him too? This Easter season, as we consider the life-transforming power of Christ, may we be inspired to leave any grave-like sorrow in our lives and run to Him. When we do, His life-giving, transforming, unifying love empowers new life in our service, our posture, and our joy. Our Service—Consider, indeed, how Simon Peter and his fishing crew left their fishing lives to “catch” people for their amazing Lord (LUKE 5:9–11). Our Posture—Humbly, our lowly labor helps lift others to Him and to each other. Our Joy—Obeying the grave-defeating Christ brings us joy overflowing (JOHN 15:10–11). In these ways and more, the loving Christ calls us to arise with Him to a new, remarkable, holy, and inspiring life. May we answer Him early and follow Him far. Patricia Raybon, Our Daily Bread author
WHEN WE BELIEVE
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IN THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, WE GO FROM DEATH TO LIFE. NOW WE LIVE TO REJOICE IN HIS GOODNESS AND LOVE! Marvin Williams
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