Devot. When Jesus said "It is Finished," He was Talking About You!

 Hi Folks,

I pray you are having a blessed day reflecting on Jesus' sacrifice, His death for you and looking forward to celebrating His resurrection on Sunday.  

I was thinking of 2 things today:  Thought 1.  The value of your soul to the Lord is very precious.  His death and suffering was for you!!!   (The first devot. focuses on this.) 

I found a quote the other day that stood out to me in regards to this,  "Over two thousand years ago, Jesus ended the debate on which lives matter.  He died for all." (Toby Mac #speaklife).    

Romans 2:11 states, "For there is no respect of persons with God."  God sees each person as equal in His sight and He died for all (that includes you!).  "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Thought 2.   If Christ had not risen from the dead, our faith would be useful, hollow, in vain.   

1 Corinthians 15:14 says that , ".....if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty."  The hinge point of the Christian faith is Christ's resurrection-we do not serve a dead Saviour, we serve a LIVING SAVIOUR, so we can rejoice this weekend!!  (The second devot. focuses on that topic)

I have below our devots.,a song that matches with Devotional 1 and is very powerful (please take a listen), links for 2 church services that livestream (and have been a tremendous encouragement to me, please check one or both out this Sunday or even after the fact), details for Sight and Sound's production "Jesus" airing tonight and a link for an "Resurrection Musical" called The Living Cross (I've included a link and you can pick which year you would like to watch.  Each one has a different theme.)  (I think the kids could enjoy either play as well:).  

I pray that you and yours have a blessed Resurrection Weekend!!

When Jesus Said "It is Finished", He was Talking About You: (Really liked this one!)

https://www.dayspring.com/articles/when-he-said-it-is-finished-he-was-talking-about-me?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEBNANN20210402WhenJesusSaidItIsFinishedArticles&utm_term=DaySpring%20Newsletter%20%2B%20Daily%20Devotion%20List

(Used by permission.   Taken from https://www.dayspring.com/)

Song: It is Finished: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He40CaX4VyY

In person and Livestreamed Resurrection Services: 

(Even though this post is after the fact, still tune in! The services and sermons were great! 

https://www.opendoorchurch.org/

10:45 service: https://livestream.com/opendoorchurchlive/services/videos/219555292

(move cursor to 25:16 for a beautiful song and then the preaching)

6PM service: https://livestream.com/opendoorchurchlive/services/videos/219581472)

move cursor to 20:30 for a beautiful song and then the preaching)

~https://www.rccbaltimore.org/easter

(9 and 11Am and 1PM on Sunday) 

Even if you do not have Facebook, if you click the Facebook link, you may have come up "See more of Redemption City Church on Facebook" "log into your account"(something like that), just click "not now" and you can still go to the page.  I know for a fact you can watch services after the fact via doing it this way too :)

Living Cross Play: https://www.opendoorchurch.org/page/614?Item=77

Sight and Sound: Jesus

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 "Over two thousand years ago, Jesus ended the debate on which lives matter.  He died for all." (Toby Mac #speaklife)

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16