“We will not succeed in the minimums without drawing close to him who said he’d never leave us nor forsake us.”
Death Could Not Keep Him
“Death ends nothing. Death leads us all back into life. There was a death. There was a resurrection. Now there is new life in Jesus Christ. Again, death ends nothing.”
Ignited By Remembering
“As if on a particular holy day, holiday, we remember again the Lord’s miracles, God’s deeds of long ago. Why? To ignite again our faith in him. I WILL REMEMBER. I HAVE A RECORD.”
He Deserves Our Joyful Praise
“Jesus had told them what was to come when he entered Jerusalem. What was to come was out of their hands. What was most pressing in that moment was to praise God joyfully and loudly. “
What Could Happen Next
“After seeing and hearing of Lazarus rising from the tomb, what could possibly happen next?”
This Is the Gospel
“We’re going to have a wonderful time! My son is here – given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!’ And they began to have a wonderful time!”
They Deserve It
“God’s kindness and mercy are far ahead of our mere human, prejudicial understanding of who deserves what.”
There Are No Dead Ends
“It was Jerusalem that needed to turn around and go back the way it came. That’s what the prophets called Jerusalem to do, and that’s what Jerusalem refused to do.”
Who We Are
“The gospel that we hear is that we are reconciled, conformed, harmonized, settled, brought to terms, patched up, fixed up, kiss and made up by Christ’s death to present us holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation! Alleluia.”
Our Fruit and Our Dwelling
“EVERYONE WILL BE GROWING SOMETHING in this life; you can’t avoid it. And EVERYONE who hears the words of Jesus WILL BE BUILDING SOMETHING.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 