Jesus is Always With You

“Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.”    (Jn. 20:8-9) Although I believe Jesus was raised from the dead, I don’t always live into the implications of what I …

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Believe In and Hold Fast to Easter

“But on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body.”    (Luke 24:1-3) Where would we be without Easter Day? Without Easter, there wouldn’t be …

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Jesus Comes to Us Now

Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.   (John 21:4) Jesus has been raised from the dead. Sometimes He’s with the disciples, sometimes He’s not. Where Jesus goes or when He will return, they don’t know. They couldn’t pin down the comings and goings of …

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Seek the Living Jesus

The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but then the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here, but has risen.’   (Lk. 24:5) It is Easter morning.  Some women have gone to Jesus’ tomb to anoint His body.  As they …

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What Does It Mean to Practice Resurrection?

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.   (1 Cor. 15:13-14) If the Father hadn’t raised Jesus from the dead, we would never have heard of Jesus.  Without …

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The Love Jesus has for Us

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.   (1 Jn. 4:7) On Diane’s first Sunday at our church, she introduced herself.  She was from Washington D.C., and she had come to Houston to receive cancer treatment at M.D. Anderson. After we had …

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