and I was made new
in your image
and by your power
I am redeemed
Yesterday is but a memory
and seems as though a dream
for I lived not until this day
for I am born again
and but lost are all moments before
As the east is to the west
so are all my sins
They're gone and out of my life
it is not a fad or a change of style
but a change of heart and my soul
As many times as I fall
you will always be there
and each tear that is shed of mine
is as if it was one of your own
for you loved me even if I was lost
You searched for me and found me
and did not loose faith
I have fallen short of your mark
and for this I plead
and my slate is wiped clean
Each time I go astray
I pray that you will lead me home
for it is with you that my soul belongs
and in your presence is where I strive to be
in your favor is where I desire to live
Love me today Lord
that is my prayer
for I am so empty without you
and in your presence
my joy overflows
QUESTIONS:
2. How does this make you feel when you give Him the glory?
3. How do you think God reacts to this thanks?
Mark 16
The Resurrection
1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
3 And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"
4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back--it was very large.
5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.
6 And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you."
8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
9 [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
Jesus Appears to Two Disciples
12 After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.
13 And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
The Great Commission
14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
Why didn't they believe? Was it that they had seen the brutal beating He had suffered? Maybe it was the shock of seeing his limp body taken from the cross? Maybe even knowing that the stone had been rolled into place had sealed His death fro them and they could not grasp beyond that experience any hope that what they were being told was true.
Its not much different today where the gospel of Christ is shared and people just can't seemed to get their hands around who Jesus is and what He has done. Grace is such a hard concept to embrace when all you know is performance based acceptance and affirmation (look at him walk, wow she is talking so well for a 2 year-old, I am so proud of the way you read/memorized those verses/sung that song/did your homework/chores/etc.). How can we not compromise who Christ is while communicating His acceptance of everyone - not on the basis of what they do, but on the basis of who He is. And then, after presenting the best that Christ has given to us, leave them to the decision-making....
Why didn't they believe? Was it that they had seen the brutal beating He had suffered? Maybe it was the shock of seeing his limp body taken from the cross? Maybe even knowing that the stone had been rolled into place had sealed His death fro them and they could not grasp beyond that experience any hope that what they were being told was true.
Its not much different today where the gospel of Christ is shared and people just can't seemed to get their hands around who Jesus is and what He has done. Grace is such a hard concept to embrace when all you know is performance based acceptance and affirmation (look at him walk, wow she is talking so well for a 2 year-old, I am so proud of the way you read/memorized those verses/sung that song/did your homework/chores/etc.). How can we not compromise who Christ is while communicating His acceptance of everyone - not on the basis of what they do, but on the basis of who He is. And then, after presenting the best that Christ has given to us, leave them to the decision-making....
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