March 31, 2024 … He Lives In My Heart !! …

March 31, 2024 …  He Lives In My Heart !! …     

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Dolly Parton singing … He’s Alive! …  Poignantly and powerfully singing of how our Lord, Jesus, was raised from the dead on that Easter morning to save all who believe in Him as Lord and Savior.   

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 28:5-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …        

… And angel appeared to the two Marys and showed that Jesus was risen and alive, calling for the women to go and tell Jesus’ disciples that Jesus was alive.                               

Highlight Passage (in context) … Matthew 28:1-10 … USE THIS LINK …  

… Two women who were at Jesus’ crucifixion, Mary Madeline and Jesus’ mother, witnessed the grave opened by an angel and instructed to go and tell Jesus’ disciples that Jesus had risen and was alive.                           

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Highlight Passage (in context): …  Isaiah 53:12 … 

12 I will give Him the honors of a victorious soldier, because He exposed Himself to death.  He was counted among the rebels.  He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.  

… Isaiah's prophesy of the deatg and resurrection of the Messiah. .  

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Luke 24:1-7 … USE THIS LINK … </b> 

… Luke’s account of the two women discovering the empty tomb and two angels calling on the women to witness to Christ’s resurrection.   

Highlight Passage (in context): …  John 3:16-17 … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus describes how our Heavenly Father gave Himself to die and save those who were (and are) wiling to be faithful to believe on Christ as LORD and our Messiah                                                                                                                                                                    

Highlight Passage (in context): …  1Corinthians 15:20 …  

20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.   

… Paul also teaches Christians about the truth of Jesus being the first of a host of resurrected souls.  

Highlight Passage (in context): …  1Peter 1:3-4 … USE THIS LINK …   

… Peter shows fellow persecuted Christians and assures them (us) of the hope we have for eternal life by our faith in Jesus’ resurrection.                     

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Amy Boucher Pie -  AT THIS LINK -  wrote about Charles Simeon, when he was a young student at the university in Cambridge, England; who, along with all the students, was required to attend chapel services at the university.  And from studying about Jesus, on Easter Sunday, April 4, 1799, cried out,  “Jesus Christ is risen today! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!” And from that conversion event in Charles Simeon’s life as a student, he continued to grow in faith thru Bible study, prayer, and continuing to attend Chapel services at the University.  .  

And today’s ODB entry calls on readers [that’s you and me], on this Easter Sunday, to reflect on how Jesus’ resurrection and our faith in our Lord being alive, impacts and leads us to grow in our faith as we follow our Lord to His glory.  Do I sense y’all joining me in a resounding “HALLELUJAH!!” on this Easter morn?   My friends, as Dolly Parton sings in today’s linked song, … JESUS IS ALIVE!!                          

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … again today, I thank You, Lord,  for dying and now living for my eternal life.        

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to thank You, Lord Jesus, for now living to lead us to Your glory.  … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.