Come Alive in Christ!

“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” – Matthew 28:6 Happy Resurrection Day! However you are celebrating today, now is the perfect time to invite Jesus to make every part of you come alive! Today offers us the opportunity to embrace the truth that through His shed blood, every cross this life inflicts has been resurrected. Our Lord took upon Himself the full spectrum of pain, loss, and heartbreak common to being human and declared His finished work before He bowed His head to die.  Three days later, with no fanfare, He got up from His grave, left it sitting empty, and went on doing the work of His Kingdom. While death paid Him a visit, it couldn’t hold him down, and since He overcame, He offers us an opportunity to do the same! Jesus is alive, and

“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” – Matthew 28:6 Happy Resurrection Day! Although you may not be celebrating with your church or family in the usual manner, now is the perfect time to invite Jesus to make every part of you come alive! We are in the midst of a dark time as we witness the continued spread of COVID-19, and all of us have been impacted by it in some way, a few of us having even experienced the ravages of the virus firsthand. Nevertheless, today offers us the opportunity to embrace the truth that through His shed blood, every cross this life inflicts has been resurrected. Our Lord took upon Himself the full spectrum of pain, loss, and heartbreak common to being human and declared His finished work before He bowed His head to die.