Resurrection

Today is a Good Day for a Resurrection! It’s a good day to receive forgiveness so freely offered. It’s a good day to shed guilt, shame, condemnation and receive righteousness, restoration and acceptance. It’s a good day to hope again, to dream again, to anticipate again. On Friday there was a death. Saturday was full of questions and confusion. But today! Today brings fulfillment of promises. Today there is resurrected...

Power and Authority

You can’t give away what you don’t own. I can’t give you the power and authority over Oprah Winfrey’s bank account. But I can give you power and authority over my bank account. So when Jesus gave the twelve power and authority over all demons and to cure all diseases, He apparently had that authority to give away even before His death and resurrection. But because of His death and...

He Has Risen, Now What?

Last week, deemed Holy Week, we prepared for Good Friday where we commemorated the brutal death of our Savior. We remembered His ultimate sacrifice that brought us forgiveness, redemption, and justification. We marveled at such love that would endure the cross to ensure us a permanent place in heaven. On Sunday we celebrated the ultimate victory over death! We donned fancy clothes and declared He has risen and risen indeed....

A Resurrection Has Come!

The grave is empty. Death is defeated, the sting removed. The enemy has been defeated, made a spectacle and embarrassed. Christ has risen! He is Alive. And that same resurrection power is alive in you and me. He lives and we live in Him! He was raised and we were raised with Him! He is seated at the right hand of God with all power and authority and we are...

It is Finished

It is FINISHED! Sinless blood shed Atonement granted Sins forgiven Healing provided Mercy extended Grace abounded Love flowed One Life laid down Many lives saved It Is Finished but a a Resurrection is coming! Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the...

A Resurrection is Coming!

Sometimes life is hard. We will never experience the agony, the pain, the abandonment, the sorrow that Jesus experienced on the cross (He experienced it so we would not have to). But nonetheless in this life there is pain, heartache, sorrow. How we walk through these times of difficulty speaks volumes to those around us. Jesus, even in His death, led people to worship and praise God. He invites us...

Every Sin

Jesus did not just die for you, He died as you. Jesus was sinless and had lived His life in perfect communion with the Father. But for three hours darkness covered the earth and every sin was put upon Jesus. Every Sin. Every vile, disgusting, unmentionable sin that was ever committed or ever would be committed was placed upon him. For three hours He saw murder, abortion, pedophilia, acts of...

A Life Wasted Becomes a Life Redeemed!

He was a malefactor, a criminal, an evil doer, a death row inmate. His life was marked with fast living, perhaps thievery, maybe even murder. We don’t know what he did, we just know that it led him to this moment, facing a horrible, painful, shameful death. But this man who had lived a life wasted, on his deathbed, so to speak, had a revelation – Jesus is Lord. He...

Forgiven

He was perfect. He had not sinned. On the contrary, He had loved outrageously, shown compassion extravagantly, healed abundantly, and set the oppressed free miraculously. Nonetheless, the same people He came to save and deliver, the same crowds He had fed, the same mob that had thronged Him wanting to just touch him now shouted, “Crucify Him!”   So there he hung, on a cross abandoned by those He loved,...