The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 14:9-10 (MSG)
9 The stupid ridicule right and wrong, but a moral life is a favored life.
10 The person who shuns the bitter moments of friends will be an outsider at their celebrations.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 99:5 (HCSB)
5 Exalt the LORD our God; bow in worship at His footstool. He is holy.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Luke 24:1-8 (HCSB)
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.
5 So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground. "Why are you looking for the living among the dead?" asked the men.
6 "He is not here, but He has been resurrected! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
7 saying, 'The Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day'?"
8 And they remembered His words.
Luke 24:10 (HCSB)
10 Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.
My observation:
There is not a celebration in the Christian church that is greater than Resurrection Sunday. I delight to exalt the Lord every day. Our God is worthy to be praised; Holy is the Lord, he is God almighty, and in a class all by himself.
Psalm 150:6 (HCSB)
6 Let everything that breathes praise the LORD. Hallelujah!
Are you looking for Jesus? He is alive, and just like he promised that death could not keep him in the grave, so shall he keep his promise that he would come again.
We need to stay in the word so that we will be able to remember the precious promises of our promise-keeping God. Consider this to be your encouragement to remember the words that the Lord has spoken to his people in his word.
Psalm 119:11 (HCSB)
11 I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I am so thankful for all that you have done to demonstrate your love for the lost and the least.
Father, I am so glad that death could not keep Jesus in the grave. Father, I am so hopeful because you are not in the cemetery with the dead, but that you are alive, and that we can meet you in the Sanctuary. I am so glad that I serve a Risen Savior, and Jesus is his name. Amen.
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1 Timothy 4:4-5 (HCSB)
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
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