EASTER SEASON - A Personal Devotional Time
What an incredible, overwhelming moment of realization for Mary! The dead Jesus for whom she had come to complete His burial rites, was now standing before her, risen from the dead, alive as promised.
What an incredible, overwhelming moment of realization for Mary! The dead Jesus for whom she had come to complete His burial rites, was now standing before her, risen from the dead, alive as promised.
Precisely, Jesus rose on the third day, and that changed the world. The people who believe in Him begin to live lives to the fullest, and nothing is going to be the same again. It is no longer business as usual...
About 2000 plus years ago, that day when Jesus rode on a donkey into Jerusalem, the happy crowds welcomed Him by spreading their garments and leafy palm branches across the road and shouting
This Holy Week is the week to commemorate the one and only Holy Person, Jesus Christ. We can make this week a special time - a time for us to learn to be grateful as we recall what Jesus, the perfect Sacrifice Lamb and the Risen Saviour, had done for us about two thousand years or so ago.
Last weekend was a fantastic weekend. At ICF we remembered Christ's sufferings and death on the Cross for us on Good Friday evening and then celebrated Resurrection Sunday with a loud proclamation that we are so loved by our Maker.
Let us be wise enough to heed the warning. There is a real message from the Creator God who loves humankind so much. It is the message of the Cross. That's right. It is about the good news – the special message - of Good Friday and Easter Sunday.