RESURRECTION POWER

EZEKIEL 37:11-12 (NLT)
They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’ Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again.'

1 CORINTHIANS 15:42-44 (CEB)
It’s the same with the resurrection of the dead: a rotting body is put into the ground, but what is raised won’t ever decay. It’s degraded when it’s put into the ground, but it’s raised in glory. It’s weak when it’s put into the ground, but it’s raised in power. It’s a physical body when it’s put into the ground, but it’s raised as a spiritual body.

SUMMARY
When God renews creation, he doesn't simply toss out the old and start over again. Rather he transforms the old into something new and improved.

DAILY FODDER
What about you is most in need of transformation today?

PRAYER
Lord of the living, how beautiful are your promises about the life to come! Forgive me for wandering into places of desolation and lingering in the graveyards of negative, hopeless thinking. Pull me out of that negativity, Lord! Set my eyes upon your promises that I may live more for eternity and help others to seek and find you. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)

THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
     we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
     so that everything that happens here will align
     with what is happening in heaven.

Give us enough food for today.

Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.