How was your Easter???

HAPPY DEATH'S DEATH DAY!!!

I hope you all had a great Easter celebration....for it is a celebration, indeed!!! Pastor Josh's sermon was on I Corinthians 15:53-57. I would like to start at vs. 51 and go to the end of the chapter. Oh, this is exciting news!!!

"But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. Forour dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:

'Death is swallowed up in victory.

O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?'

For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless."

Exciting news....yes, yes, yes!!! Pastor Josh elaborated with a great word picture..... If any of you have ever flown stand-by, you will understand this. My family flew stand-by while we were overseas....cheaper but one does have to be patient!

Well, when we try to get to heaven on our own, by our own works....it is like trying to fly sand-by on a triple-booked airplane. By accepting Jesus, we get that "confirmed plane ticket and seat." Oh, I like the sound of that, don't you?!

I want to begin to share my e-mails from Mark's journey with cancer. This sermon was a blessing to me not just for what was shared, but also when I opened up my Bible, that use to be Mark's, he had this passage highlighted! I had given this Bible to Mark in the midst of his cancer, so these passages were marked during his journey.....Mark knew the promise to come, those ready and waiting.....and those accepting of this promise, this great promise!!!

Have a great day in the Lord. Be a blessing to others and do not be afraid to share God's love for you......debbie