April, 2014

• 21 April

  Dead to the World

  

  My pastor’s voice rang out with passion this Easter Sunday asking us a question that God was burning in his heart. “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” His reference was from Luke. Luke 24 to be exact. Here the women had gotten up early in the morning ...

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• 20 April

  Loving the Unlovables

  

  She walked up to him with loving eyes and a big smile as she leaned over and presented him with a gift basket filled with goodies. The shiny gold and white balloons that were attached to it bobbed in the wind. “Happy Easter!” He looked up at her in bewilderment ...

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• 20 April

  Pardoned

  

  The punishment He endured was greater than any punishment that anyone had ever suffered before, or has suffered since. He was taken into custody, imprisoned, tried, and convicted – unjustly. Hanging between two genuine criminals, His punishment was quick and it was severe. His death, His separation from His Father ...

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• 20 April

  Tested, Tried, and Redefined

  

  Tested, Tried, and Redefined One day, a man of God named Job was going about his daily business when suddenly one of his servants returned breathless. “’The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them when the Sabeans raided them and took them away….at the same time, another messenger ...

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• 20 April

  Let’s Celebrate Resurrection Day!

  

  Let’s Celebrate Resurrection Day! By Joel B. 1 Cor 15:3-8 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the ...

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• 19 April

  Risen Indeed

  

  At nine years of age, I asked Jesus to come into my heart on an Easter Sunday. I knew very little back then about the in-depth meaning of Resurrection and what a significant event it held for those who believe (or don’t believe) in God. Assuming that particular holiday was ...

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• 19 April

  Quiet Desolation

  

  Can you imagine the hopeless desolation of that first quiet interlude between the horror of the crucifixion and the hallelujah of the resurrection? Even two millennia later, there is no greater epitome of grief. The identity and hopes of every disciple imploded with the death of their King. All that ...

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• 19 April

  Jesus’ Ultimate Sacrifice

  Deuteronomy 31:6,8(NKJV)—6) “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” 8) “And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He ...

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• 19 April

  Be Careful Little Eyes

  

  Be Careful Little Eyes By Joel B. Luke 11:34-35 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light ...

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• 19 April

  Convicted By My Boss

  

  Convicted By My Boss Mundane. A system.   My life had become one long predictable pattern looping over at the start of each day. Morning would break; I would rise, begin our daily habits, and then off to school, teach, back to the house just in time to start dinner, homework, ...

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