RESURRECTION!!!!

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 371
April 3, 2018///

Easter has just past, and I wonder what that day really meant to each of us!

Many gathered with family and friends. Eggs, both real and plastic, were hidden and found. Some wore new clothes, and some took that day to shop.

Many attended church to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus who rose on this FREEDOM DAY. Yes, this day represents freedom for the Child of Almighty God and is like the forth of July is for our nation.

What does Easter mean to you??????

Do you realize the significance of the resurrection?

Do you realize that if there were no resurrection, we would have no hope?

But because of the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can live an abundant life and also die a victorious death, knowing that we will live on forever, not only with those who have died before us but with the Creator God and The Savior of the universe.

1 Peter 1:3 (KJV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:21 (KJV)
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Romans 15:13 (KJV)
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Why is the resurrection so important? Many people died on a cross in the days Jesus walked in bodily form on this earth. It was the form of capital punishment.

But never had one been crucified and resurrected. If Jesus had stayed in the tomb, we would be of all people most miserable. There would be no Victory, no Peace, no Joy, no Hope of Eternal Life.

When a loved one died there would be no assurance of being with that loved one again. There would be no comfort of the Holy Spirit in our grief.

There would be no guidance and companionship of the Lord Jesus through the Holy Spirit.

How can a dying person be healed through the name of Jesus: how can an addict be set free through the blood Jesus shed: how can a liar be turned into a truth teller and how can the Spirit of the Living God live inside a person?

I cannot explain it, but I can experience it! And when you choose to believe, the heaviness inside lifts and a new life with hope in Christ Jesus begins.

Romans 10:9 (KJV)
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

John 10:10 (KJV)
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

The enemy is satan, who brings evil into this world. He desires to keep you from real life and real peace, but Jesus came to destroy the works of the enemy!

To have a better life and live a better way must step out of the understanding and step across the threshold of Faith. Just to speak out the belief and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ begins a journey that continues until we see Him face to face.

DO YOU HAVE THAT HOPE??

IS ETERNAL LIFE WHAT EASTER MEANT TO YOU??

My hearts desire and prayer is that each person who reads this will know and have a relationship with the God who knows you best and loves you most.

It is such a precious relationship as we grow and understand that we are Sons and Daughters of the creator of the universe.

Rejoice!!! He is Risen!!!

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Father God, Creator of all things, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I thank you that through the shed blood and the resurrection of Jesus, we can have life abundantly. I thank you for the Joy, Peace, and Security that receiving what happened on the resurrection day gives me. What an incredible gift is the gift of life. Thank you that because He Lives I can live also. I love, worship and adore you, Lord God Almighty. Amen

Walk in the Joy of the Resurrected Lord!!!!
Love, Me-Maw