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He Is Risen!

  The powerful, miraculous Easter message tells us one day weā€™ll be dead to this world, dead to sin, and alive wrapped in Godā€™s glory. Jesus lived among the Jews and the gentiles showing us his Gospel of love, telling us how to live in peace and care for each other. The suffering He endured illustrates our imperfect world and His unconditional love for us. His resurrection proclaims Godā€™s sovereignty.   Photo Courtesy of Photo Bucket ā€œNow as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, ā€˜We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucifiedā€¦ā€™ā€ (Matthew 20: 17 -18) Photo Courtesy of Pixabay His crucifixion shows us Godā€™s unconditional love. Photo Courtesy of Photo Bucket His resurrection proclaims thereā€™s nothing, not even death, God canā€™t overcome. ā€œAfter the Sabba...

Easter Blessings

The powerful, miraculous Easter message Jesus lived among the Jews and the gentiles showing us his Gospel of love, telling us how to live in peace and care for each other. ā€œLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.ā€ (Matthew 22: 37 ā€“ 39) The suffering He endured illustrates how imperfect and cruel the world can be. ā€œNow as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, ā€˜We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucifiedā€¦ā€™ā€ (Matthew 20: 17 -18) His crucifixion shows us Godā€™s unconditional love. ā€œIn the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked...