Jesus is still risen.All the joy and hope from Easter is still here today. And every day
It doesn't get packed away with the Easter baskets until next year.
We don't have to go back to business as usual.
He is risen.
He is risen indeed.
Who Is He?
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Matthew 16:13-15 says: Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
What we believe about Jesus doesn't change the fact of who He is.
What we believe about Jesus changes not only our lives…
But our eternity.
Who do YOU say He is?
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“And now, ______, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?" Deuteronomy 10:12-13- Fear the Lord (Live in reverence for Him)
- Walk in His ways (Follow the course He lays out for you)
- Love Him (it's an intimate relationship)
- Serve Him with all your heart & soul (with everything you have)
- Keep His commands (Obey, observe, do the things He says)
These Things
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He showed you these things so you would know that the LORD is God and there is no other. Deuteronomy 4:35 NLTThese things.
What things has He shown you so YOU know He alone is God?
Write them down.
Give thanks.
Tell someone else.
Rethinking the Journey
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In Numbers 33, there is a detailed account of the journey Israel took from the day they left Egypt until they reached the border of the Promised Land. It's long and boring to us because we didn't live it, didn't experience the miracles and failures.In verse 3, it says they started out "boldly", "triumphantly" as they left Egypt. That didn't last. A lot of the chapter is about moving from place to place with nothing else to note.
It made me think about my own journey.
Has my bold triumphant beginning withered to a dusty routine, marking time, checking off a list?
Are the only notable events (v. 14) the times I complained about not having my needs met, or not getting my way?
But then the wandering stops. In verse 53, God says "you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it."
See that?
You shall take possession of [what God has graciously promised] and live in [that promise], for I have given [that gracious promise] to you to possess it.
Isn't taking possession of God's promise better than wandering and complaining?