Kind Father,
On Friday Jesus thrust himself fully on you
He gave his life for us and the forgiveness of our sins.
And today, RESURRECTION Day - You have not disappointed
You raise up your Son
Your faithful, strong love - gave Him victory over death
We confess that we do not always trust as fully as Jesus
But your faithful and strong love is never failing
And in faith, we rejoice that we can be found in Him
United to You
Full of the Spirit of life
Being found in Him, bring joy and confidence
Joy and Confidence contend for us when the sting of death visits
When sorrow is great
When we are searching for direction in the fog of life
Christ meets us
at the tomb, on the road, in daily life and work
Christ meets us
with joy, with courage, with vision, with victory and love
This day, take our faith - little or great
and grow in us the enjoyment of this Easter happiness
And as you do in us,
do likewise in all nations and in all the earth
With Joy and Confidence we pray. Amen.
(The phrase "the enjoyment of this Easter Happiness" is found in a prayer by Saint Gregory the Great, who served as Pope from 590-604)
2 comments:
Love this Jason - incorporates so beautifully all the life-experience coming your way - some at a very precious cost. The cross reigns - redeeming sorrow and pain as nothing else can. Easter blessings and love from the KY girls - well, one Hoosier, now - I guess?!?
Hello Rev. Duke. It is a beautiful prayer on Easter Happiness a prayer on a resurrection day. I am blessed by going through it and I say Amen to this prayer. I am also a Minister from Mumbai, India. I am glad to stop by your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also blessed and feel privileged and honoured to get connected with you as well as know you and about your family and you being a Pastor. I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 40 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. we also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have young people from your church as well as your young grown up children to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. I am sure they will have a life changing experience. Looking forward to hear from you. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. God's richest blessings on you, your family and ministry also wishing you a blessed and a Christ centered rest of the year 2018. God willing if I happen to be in the States in the next few months I will be so happy to stop by your place and meet you. I did visit Asbury Seminary some years back when one of my class mate in the Bachelor of Divinity came to study in Asbury to do his Phd studies.
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