To be “in Christ” is to share in His life, in His death, and in His resurrection.
Read: Romans 6:1-11
After my doctor announced that I had cancer, I tried to listen to what he said, but I couldn’t. I went home, pulled a blanket over my head, and fell asleep on the couch, as if sleeping could change the diagnosis.
When I finally gained enough strength to tell my loved ones, my friend Judy Schreur said something especially memorable. After expressing her sympathy, she said, “This is what will happen. You will feel really bad for 3 days. Then you will get up, figure out what you have to do, and get on with your life.” Then she added, “I think it has to do with death, burial and resurrection”.
At the time, I didn’t believe it. I was sure that life as I knew it was over. Nothing would ever be the same again. But she was right. Three days later I woke up and realized that I didn’t feel quite so bad. And little by little, despite the physical misery of chemotherapy treatments, my emotional and spiritual condition improved significantly. I “died” to my old reality and was “raised” to a new normal.
Thankfully, God is in the business of resurrection. For those who have died in Christ, the death of one reality means resurrection to a new, glorious normal so that we can “walk in newness of life”, Rms 6:4. - Julie Ackerman Link
Jesus redeemed us and died in our stead;
In Him we died and rose from the dead.
No longer is death a thing that we dread;
The old is behind us, the new is ahead. - D. De Haan
PRAYER:-
³ Ask God to bless this Easter weekend with a great outpouring of His Holy Spirit so that believers would be excited and passionate about Him and that non believers come to him in faith and repentance.
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