Today's Topic:
MARY MEETS JESUS OUTSIDE THE TOMB
Bible Reading:
John 20:11-18, NLT:-
11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. 12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying.13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her.
“Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
14 She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. 15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?”
She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”
16 “Mary!” Jesus said.
She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).
17 “Don’t cling to me,”Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.
🔑 Key Verse:
“ Jesus said to her, “Mary”. She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (Which means Teacher) .”
-John 20:16, NIV
The Message:
Atheist Professor Radisson of the 2014 Christian film, God’s Not Dead, decided to live in denial about God due to his unpleasant life’s experiences. He did not stop at that; he also became a crusader of the proposition that ‘God is Dead’. He met his match in freshman Josh Wheaton a theist who refused to be cowed by Radisson’s denial because he was sure that God is alive. Mary Magdalene went to the grave to see a dead Christ when she ought to go there to meet a risen Lord. She was still in mourning when she ought to be celebrating. Because she could not see beyond the grave, she was crying when she should be rejoicing. Jesus brought her to consciousness when He called her name, ‘Mary’. It was then she knew that her Lord was alive.
Mary’s meeting with Jesus changed her story. As Jesus called Mary, He is calling you today to be alive to His presence and let Him have His way in your life. He wants you to let go of those things that get you depressed and disconnected from your life’s purpose. He wants you to let go of doubt and let faith come in. his resurrection is real; and He wants you to let Him come alive in your life.
Birthday Blessing:
“Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame”. Romans 10:11
Read Bible Through Passage:
Leviticus 23; Psalms 30; Ecclesiastes 6; 2 Timothy 2.
Food for Thought:
“Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.”
–Watchman Nee
💥Good morning beloved!
Today, as you march forward in complete obedience, may the Lord cause a deeper love to grow HIM in your life today, in Jesus name. 💥
Do enjoy a PROSPEROUS Thursday .
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