Happy Easter!

He is risen, he is risen indeed! Easter is finally here! Jesus is risen from the dead. He has concurred death. It’s time to celebrate.

Praise: Psalm 118
Let Israel now say,
    “His gracious love is eternal.”
³ Let the house of Aaron now say,
    “His gracious love is eternal.”
⁴ Let those who fear the Lord now say,
    “His gracious love is eternal.”
Open for me the righteous gates
    so I may enter through them to give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰ This is the Lord’s gate—
    The righteous will enter through it.
²¹ I will praise you because you have answered me
    and have become my deliverer.
²² The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.
²³ This is from the Lord—
    it is awesome in our sight.
²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let’s rejoice and be glad in it
²⁵ Please Lord, deliver us!
    Please Lord, hurry^[k] and bring success now!
²⁶ Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
    Let us bless you from the Lord’s house.
²⁷ The Lord is God—he will be our light!

Waite: Lets celebrate!

Repent: Jesus, I lay everything before Lord. Take all those things I’m afraid. I want to hot for you but my fears linger, just like the disciples. I need a renewal this Easter. A fresh slate. Forgive me of my sins. I… Risen savior look at me with pleasure once more.

Scripture: Mark 16: 1-8 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A1-8+&version=ISV

Pray foy self and others make it personal: Jesus I come before you with gladness and great praise in my heart. I look to you to resurrect my heart. I am steadfast in your hope. Please take away my pain through this new medication. You have blessed me with a doctor that talked to me, now please let his treatment work through your mercy. Help me to recognize when the pain goes away, I have heard that with chronic pain the person does not always recognize the healing. Help me to be brave enough to accept the outcome. Please wake me up. I am so tired. Jesus I pray for my readers, that they have a blessed Ester week and that they will celebrate with joy in their hearts. I hope that my church family had a wonderful day and will continue to have a joyous week. I pray for my family that their both happiness and health are good. I pray for the people affected by war. I pray that they feel your presence and can find rest in your shelter. And for the wars to end quickly with a favorable outcomes.

Pray the Word: John 20 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+20&version=ISV

Thanksgiving: Lord God, You loved this world so much, that you gave your one and only Son, that we might be called your children too. Lord, help us to live in the gladness and grace of Easter Sunday, everyday. Let us have hearts of thankfulness for your sacrifice. Let us have eyes that look upon Your grace and rejoice in our salvation. Help us to walk in that mighty grace And tell your good news to the world. All for your glory do we pray, Lord, Amen.—Rachel Marie Stone

Meditation: John 11:25-26: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?'”

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Praise: Jesus, through the resurrection of Jesus you freed us from the power of darkness and evil. In Jesus you opened the way for us to enter your Holy Kingdom. May we walk where you send us, loving those around us, proclaiming the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Christ Jesus has risen! Amen