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Amen

He is risen, indeed!

Christ Arose

Low in the grave He lay,

Jesus my Savior,

Waiting the coming day,

Jesus my Lord!

Up from the grave He arose,

With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,

He arose a Victor from the dark domain,

And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.

He arose! He arose!

Hallelujah! Christ arose!

Vainly they watch His bed,

Jesus my Savior;

Vainly they seal the dead,

Jesus my Lord!

Death cannot keep its Prey,

Jesus my Savior;

He tore the bars away,

Jesus my Lord!

Robert Lowry

Happy Easter!!

Thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah!!!

Amen, now it's our turn!

Why WE are loved so much is my greatest mystery.

cigarpal

No mystery here at all my friend.

John 3:16

For GOD so LOVED the WORLD, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Ron

Ron, I know but WHY does HE so love the world/humanity?. I know what the canned/book answer is but all we seem to do is turn our backs on Him every step of the way (you know, as a whole). I know, if we were perfect we wouldn't need Him, we are flawed in every way in order that we might reach out to Him. I know, I know, it's a rhetorical question.

Thank you Lord!

Lucky

Cigarpal,

Truth is, nothing in us, WANTS to seek HIm..its only in our Spirit, right? So as long as we have to deal witht the fallen nature coursing thru our bloodsteam, we wil always turn away.

But man, when we start fellowshiping with Him in our secret place...things do seem to chnage from the inside out!!

...And He is risen,Indeed!!

Paul???

cigarpal

We are all his children.......his creation.Just as the parent of a drug addicted teen,who has done everything in the book to make his parents hate him/her,will literally put their own life/livlihood on the line to save them.......Some never get the results they seek and sadly the same can be said of GOD.

Ron

Find comfort in the Spirit so holy

Sunday my family and I went to church with my sister. It's one of those semi-mega Baptist Churches that has the stadium seating.

The music was amazing! A choir of about 150 and a pit that was blowing it out.

So here is my question.....

If I'm a preacher, I'm putting my very best sermon together for Easter. There is going to be a huge crowd made up of many that only come once or twice a year. This guy was soooooooooooo boring! I've heard him before and he was just off yesterday. Do you think he didn't prepare well, or I've heard an Easter message to many times?

Honestly, I could have left after the music.

I don't mean for this to put a negative turn on this thread. Easter is a great time of year and I enjoyed being around family.

Shoulda yelled "Play some Skynyrd!!!!" That woulda broken the ice and everybody would have enjoyed seeing you get hit by lightning.

I'm not sure it would have disrupted anything.

I call that church "The Church of Competative Worship".

I know I shouldn't judge folks, but it seems they all try to "out-do" each other. The hand raising, the shouting....its just not for me. A while back people would spin around where they stood. They called it "spinning for Jesus". The Deacons had to pull the reigns on that because it was scaring the visitors.

"spinning for Jesus"

...followed by "puking for the Apostles"