Easter Sunday
PSALM 3:5 (NLT)
I lay down and slept,
yet I woke up in safety,
for the LORD was watching over me.
MARK 16:9-10 (NLT)After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went to the disciples, who were grieving and weeping, and told them what had happened.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Christ is risen!
DAILY FODDER
The good news of Easter is such that the first witness of the resurrection is a woman who had been plagued by demon possession -- very much a socially fringe person -- not a celebrity or even an admired ordinary person. Can you imagine how that conversation with the grieving disciples flowed? Why does Jesus choose a woman like Mary to be the first witness?
PRAYER
Risen Christ, we join with those who are marching over graves, blowing their horns, and proclaiming your victory. Death is the loser. You're the winner! Help me to align my life with yours so that I can live as an Easter person today, tomorrow, and every day through all eternity. I want to tell someone today that you've risen and that new life has begun. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
