‍ ‍God’s gift . . .‍ ‍

Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!‍ ‍

“Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb,
taking the spices they had prepared.
They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.
 As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them,
clothed in dazzling robes.
The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground.
Then the men asked, ‘Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?
He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead!
Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.’
Then they remembered that he had said this.
So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened.”
Luke 24:1-9

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♪♬♪ . . .  Christ The Lord Is Risen Today (He Is Not Dead)‍ ‍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrV2fX5Qb4&list=RDxNrV2fX5Qb4&start_radio=1

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Sometime between Saturday night’s sunset and Sunday’s dawn, Jesus was raised from the dead . . . The actual moment of the resurrection may have taken only a fraction of a second, but this moment in time changed the course of human history, of creation, and the lives of believers forever . . . In that moment, Jesus Christ destroyed the power of sin and death once and for all . . . He broke Satan’s hold over all humanity and opened up a glorious new way to God for all.‍ ‍

When Jesus died on the cross that Friday afternoon, he didn’t die alone . . . He took our fallen nature with Him . . . Jesus took the punishment we deserved so that we could be ready to receive the new life of Easter morning . . . Jesus’s death and resurrection opened heaven to all who would believe in Him . . . the victory over death was won!

The miracle of Easter is that through Jesus's death on the Cross, we have been granted a second chance . . . We have permission to leave our old lives behind and focus on the new day, with all its potential for joy and choices that honor God . . . that is our victory through Christ.

♪♬♪ . . .  Because He Lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4IHZfau1VY&list=RDW4IHZfau1VY&start_radio=1

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We don’t have to understand something fully to believe in it. . . . but we can trust in what God has revealed to us about our salvation through Christ and eternal life . . . and rest in the knowledge that in the future, the renewed heaven and earth will be a place of peace and joy for each of us.

We can worship and adore, praise and glorify our Creator—all because Jesus has conquered death and risen to new life! . . . Jesus’s victory over death became our victory too . . . Our sins were nailed to that cross with Christ . . . Hallelujah!!

In your heart and soul, what else do you need to nail to the cross?

What are you going to leave at the cross with Christ today?

What do you need to give to God,
                             so that you can be free to share His love with the world?

“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance:
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”
1 Corinthians 15:3-5

♪♬♪  . . .  Glorious Day‍ ‍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODpgyqGCYM&list=RDxODpgyqGCYM&start_radio=1

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Heavenly Father, thank you for the cross, Lord.
Thank you for the price, Christ paid.
Bearing all our sin and sham, in love He came and gave amazing grace.
Thank you for this love, Christ.
Thank you for the nail pierced hands.
You washed me in Your cleansing flow,
Now all I know is Your forgiveness and embrace.
Thank you Lord—Amen.

♪♬♪ . . .  Worthy is the Lamb‍ ‍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bTRDuM0ai4&list=RD2bTRDuM0ai4&start_radio=1

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