~ Listen while you read, please! ~The moon and stars they wept
The morning sun was dead
The Savior of the world was fallen
His body on the cross
His blood poured out for us
The weight of every curse was broken
One final breath He gave
As Heaven looked away
The Son of God was laid in darkness
A battle in the grave
The war on death was waged
The power of hell forever broken
The ground began to shake
The stone was rolled away
His perfect love could not be overcome
Now death where is your sting
Our resurrected King has rendered you defeated
Forever, He is glorified
Forever, He is lifted high
Forever, He is risen
He is alive
He is alive
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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Can you imagine what it was like to watch Jesus die that dark, sad day…the day that Jesus and God were separated and our sin died with Him? His mother looked on and so did many others who loved the Son of God, Son of Man. Wasn’t it just last night that He broke bread with His disciples and gave thanks for it? When He poured the wine and drank with them? He knew what the next day held. And one of His own had betrayed Him.
That night He prayed in the garden as His disciples slept peacefully and He begged for His life, But God! His plan was to be carried out and Jesus was to be crucified on the Cross. His body was broken and His blood was poured out so we could live eternal life with Him in Heaven. God Himself, with every nail that was hammered into His hands and feet, cried as only a father would as His only Son became the Savior of the world.
After His death, they laid His dead body in the tomb and rolled a stone in front of it. No man could move it. Three days passed and on the morning of the third day, He was no longer there. He had risen from the dead and He was alive! The earth shook fiercely and the stone rolled away and Jesus watched from above. The veil was torn and we now have access to God the Father, through Jesus the Son. Hallelujah, He has risen! We are no longer dead to sin, but live alive with Jesus, forever!
So as we enter into this time of Lent and Easter, may we remember the sacrifice that He made with His life and that even though He knew this would happen, He still gave thanks to God. Thanksgiving always precedes the miracle and isn’t His resurrection the biggest miracle of all? He loves you with an everlasting love—a forever love. As you listen and meditate on these words today, let His love flow all over you and and let it flow through you. For you are bought with the highest price of all—Jesus Christ!
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Let us pray: Dearest Heavenly Father, thank You so much for the sacrifice of Your only Son. Thank You for tearing the veil and allowing us to come straight to You. You saved us from our sins and sometimes we take this for granted. Help us to never forget and to follow Jesus’s example of giving thanks even in the hardest of times. And for those who don’t know You, help us to be the witnesses we need to be and spread Your love that You so freely give. We love You and we praise You. In Jesus name, amen.
