"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointedme to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me tobind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedomfor the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaimthe year of the LORD's favorand the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair."~fromISAIAH 61 Bible verse for this Blog
APOLOGY to READERS who followed a SEARCH to HERE & didn't find it
On July 18, 2017, I drafted almost 3000 blog posts that I had published since 2008 when I began blogging, rather than edit each one. So if you clicked here from somewhere else and ended up with the post unavailable or error, I am sorry but this is why. It'd be too much work for me to go back and fix them. There's an explanation on7/19/17as I'm still learning.
(explained March 24, 2021 by Lia Martin at iBelieve )
“Christ is risen!” “He is risen, indeed!” or “Truly, He is risen!”
[in case the link does not work it's because it's from iBelieve Plus]
Yet the book I've been using for Lent's FOCUS of a 40 Day Journey:
PAUSES FOR LENT
by Trevor Hudson
writes in the devotional for today that "THIS ...
"... greeting reminds us that God's action in raising Jesus is the bottom line of our faith. On the third day, after His crucifixion, Mary Magdalene, Mary, mother of James, and Salmone find Jesus' tomb empty. The love that Jesus proclaims, the love He lives, the love He is, is not defeated by the powers of evil and death. This is breathtakingly good news! No faith could be more tragic, no belief more futile than Christianity without its Risen Lord. ..."
Trevor Hudson goes on to tell us that:
"The strongest evidence for the Resurrection is the transformed lives of Jesus' disciples."
Truthfully, this entire devotional is worth reading, but I dare not violate copyright by sharing more of his 2 page wonderfully triumphant devotional. This entire book is!
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I could not find this devotional but was able to find a few excerpts from his book:
