Christian Reflection and Prayer

BECAUSE CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD

Scripture: The Resurrection (Matthew 28: 1-20)

Reflection:

When Christ was raised form the dead!

a. It showed us how God demonstrated His acceptance
of Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins! (Ro 8:33-34)
b. It gives us power in our Christian Life.(Ep 1:18-20)
c. It gives us great that we will be resurrected (Ro 8:11-13; Ph 2:
12-13; 4:13; Ep 3:20; 6:10)
d. It requires complete loyalty. Then our lives and services
belong to Jesus. (Ro 14:7-8; 2 Co 5:15)
HAVE YOU ACCEPTED HIS RESURRECTION?


Prayer:

Easter Prayer for Renewal

Lord, send me a surprise.
One that catches me off guard
and makes me wonder.
Like Easter.

Send me a resurrection
when everything looks dead and buried.
Send me light
when the night seems too long.

Send me spring
when the cold and frozen season
seems endless.

Send me an idea
when my mind is empty.
Send me a thing to do
when I am just waiting around.

Send me a new friend
when I am alone.
Send me peace
when I'm afraid.

Send me a future
when it looks hopeless.
Send me Your resurrection
when I die, Jesus.

- Rev. Dr. Herbert Brokering

Perhaps the invisible shield we hang over our
children is made up of the values we instill in
them, our desperate caring, our prayer for their
safety. So we turn to prayer—for our children
and maybe just as much for ourselves. We
join our concern with God’s—the divine parent
who loves them even more than we do.

We do not pray for our children in some wishful
way, superstitiously trying to prevent all harm.
Instead we take an active stance that recognizes
our human limitations at the same time it bows
before God’s power. “I will do everything I can
to keep them safe,” we say. “But I’m imperfect.
I call on you, great God and loving parent, to
protect them when I cannot.”

We ask for an avalanche of blessings, all the
best God has in store for them.

- Kathy Coffey
Christian, appropriate for many faiths
source: “God Knows Parenting Is a Wild Ride”
(Sorin Books), © 2002 Kathy Coffey

Scripture:

"Know that the Lord, He is God; it is He who
has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people."
(Psalm 100:3)

Reflection:

Living in a nation that is built upon freedom can be difficult at
times. It is affirmed in the "The Declaration of Independence".
that God has endowed all people with the right to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness, mainly because God values each one of
us. But the framers of the Declaration of Independence new that
freedom did not mean to do anything we please. You see I believe
that true freedom can never be enjoyed by a people who refuse to
love and fear God. As the Psalm says, God made us, not we
ourselves, we are God's people. Real freedom comes from God.
We are responsible to God, because He has created us in love.
I would like to challenge you to recommit yourself to living as one of
God's people. That's really the way to enjoy true freedom.

Prayer:

Lord I recognize that every blessing is a gift from you above, but I
cannot know true freedom till I trust in Your Grace and Love.
Blessed is the nation whose god is the Lord. THANK YOU GOD FOR BEING
GOD!

Quote for the day

Muriel Lester
Social Activist, Gandhian Pacifist
(1883-1968)

"The job of the peacemaker is to stop war, to purify the world, to get it saved
from poverty and riches, to heal the sick, to comfort the sad, to wake up
those who have not yet found God."