Our family is in the midst of little league soccer season. My youngest son is playing and his enthusiasm is contagious. He is pretty good at the sport, but what makes it so great is that he loves it! He counts the days until the next game or practice. He loves his coach and teammates. He has moved up an age level this year and the players are working more like team, passing to each other and watching out for each other during play. During the last game, my son scored two goals, they were the only goals of the game. In today's game the team scored eight goals. My son came up afterwards to me and said, "I didn't score today, but I blocked". What a powerful truth those words can hold. In life, sometimes we score, sometimes we block. Sometimes we do great things, we excel, we achieve, we meet our goal - we score! There are also times we see the needs of others, sometimes they are sad or hurting, we block their hits. We look out for them so they can score. We...
Today is the Wednesday before Easter which is the sacred day celebrated by Christians around the world. The foundation of Christianity is centered around the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. God's Word tells us the Jesus died to redeem us from our sins. He was buried and on the third day arose from the dead. Christians serve a Living Savior, who purchased their salvation, who has the power to cleanse us from our sins and is victorious over sin and death. 
As these words were spoken thousands of years ago at Jesus' tomb, they ring true in the heart of every Christian - He is Alive!
Amen ! He is alive ! Thank you for sharing, have a very blessed day.
ReplyDeletecan't hear this enough...thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteBlessings for sharing this verse. Be blessed
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Willnette
How thrilling it must have been to hear those words in person! I'm so glad He died and rose for us. Beautiful picture and Scripture! Happy WFW and Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteOh Joyfull! Words can't even describe how wonderful those words are! It's frightening to think about our fate, had He not risen!
ReplyDeletePraise God for a RISEN Savior!
I am SO thankful that He is alive!!!What would I ever do without HIM!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you and have a very Happy Easter!!
Kim
Praise the Lord for an empty tomb!! Thank you for your post!
ReplyDeleteTruth to share all the time, everywhere.
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Jennifer
He is risen, indeed!
ReplyDeleteAmen! What a great verse! He is risen indeed!
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely picture and lovely words and yes so true Praise God He Is Alive
ReplyDeleteThis is great!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by today.
Have a blessed Easter♥
Beautiful, thank you ~
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