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March /
April 2010
Finally!!!
Yea Spring!
For me, this has been a very long
winter. Here in Colorado, winter almost refuses to give way
to spring, yet, spring cannot be held back!
God has put within all creation the
power of life. Life that cannot be held captive by the long
winter chill. Even the final thrusts of snow are short
lived. And coming up out of the snow are the early flowers
bursting with brilliance and beauty.
Oh the bountiful hope this time of
year brings. Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life! Just as
winter cannot hold spring captive, so also the grave could
not hold our Savior, Jesus Christ!
HE IS
RISEN! HE IS ALIVE!
As 1 Corinthians 15:55
says:
"Oh death,
where is they sting, oh grave, where is they victory."
Just as the deadness
of winter is swallowed up in the blooming life of spring,
death is swallowed up in the victory of Jesus Christ.
I love this time of
year because it does display the power of life found only in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Life!!!
You will not find this source of
life in any other! Nowhere.
That is why Jesus says of Himself
in John 14:6, "I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
No man can come unto the Father except through me."
He alone is the only way to this
power of life.
Jesus said, "I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly." (John 10:10)
Friends, no matter how things may
appear at times, Jesus Christ and truth shall prevail. All
else will fail!
In many ways these are discouraging
days for America. There seems to be a dark cloud hanging
over our nation. Most recognize this critical point of our
history as a nation. But we must remind ourselves of where
our hope really rest. Our hope is in the One who is
"The Resurrection and the Life." (John 11:25)
Praise the Lord for Life!
God Bless.
Rick Messer / Pastor of a church
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