Category Archives: Easter

He Lives!

John 14:19 “In a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you’re going to see Me because I am alive and you’re about to come alive!” (MSG, emphasis added)

Happy Resurrection! Jesus is alive and that is a big deal! John 14:19 “In a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you’re going to see Me because I am alive and you’re about to come alive!(MSG, emphasis added). Read the rest of this entry

Better Life

John 14:19 “Soon I will leave this world and they will see me no longer, but you will see me, because I will live again, and you will come alive too” (TPT, emphasis added).

The week before Easter in the Church calendar is what is known as the passion week. The passion week is the week where we commemorate the suffering of Jesus, the crucifixion, the death, and the resurrection of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry

In Truth

Heb.2:18Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.”

Jesus can help you through Friday because He has gone through Friday. Honestly, I wish I could tell you that there will be no Fridays, no days of pain. But I cannot because it not scriptural. Read the rest of this entry

Amazing Grace!

1 Pet. 2:21For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.” (emphasis added).

When we examine the period of Jesus’s punishment (death, burial, and resurrection), it gives us a model by which the resurrection power can come alive in our own lives too. Read the rest of this entry

Alive & Well

Jn.14:6 “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

Other religions offer to show their followers the way, but Jesus says, “I am The Way”. Other religions offer to teach their followers the way, but Jesus says, ‘I am The Way and anyone who Read the rest of this entry

Christ Alone

John 5:36 (NCV) “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do, which are the things my Father gave me to do, prove that the Father sent me.

We start today’s devotion with a question every believer must answer for himself or herself. Why do you believe that Jesus resurrected, and He is alive? I can give you loads and loads of reasons. Read the rest of this entry

Living Proof

Acts 1:3 “During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.”

The apostles would gather behind closed doors for fear of the Jewish leaders and Jesus would appear (showing himself) and prove to them that He is alive. He did this because the disciples Read the rest of this entry

In Control

1 Cor.2:8 “But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.”

The rulers of this world did not know all along, that God was in control of every detail. Sometimes, because of the pain we feel at Gethsemane, we convince ourselves that God is not in control. Read the rest of this entry

Always!

Dan.2:21 “He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.”

The resurrection of Jesus teaches us two main things. Firstly, the resurrection makes it clear that God is in control. Secondly, the resurrection shows us that God always keeps His promises. Read the rest of this entry

Centre Align

Acts 1:3(NRSV) “During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.”

What separates Christianity from Buddhism, from Judaism, from Islam and all the other world religions? The differentiating factor is this; the main figure in Buddhism is dead, Read the rest of this entry