Holiday Letters

Resurrection Greetings!

We often hear people refer to an unexplainable event as a “miracle,” and we have become a bit too used to hearing the term used out of context and meaning.

When Jesus was here on this earth, the Bible tells us this:
Acts 10:38 (NKJV) 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

The good that Jesus did was miraculous in so many ways and had no explanation for what took place other than it was an “act of God.” We often hear the term “act of God” today as it references tragic events such as hurricanes or tornadoes, etc. but the acts of God Jesus did were good things!

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Resurrection Greetings!

Power. Just the word seems, well… powerful!

As we come to the beautiful time of year called “Easter” or, as some may refer to it, “Resurrection Sunday,” I want to remind you that the same power that raised Christ from the dead is available to us today.

The Bible tells us in Romans 8:11 (NKJV) 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

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Greetings in Christ!

In 1977, Singer/Songwriter Dallas Holm wrote a song that ultimately became the Song of the Year award winner. The song had a simple title but a profound message, and it was “Rise Again”.

Some of the lyrics are as follows:

Go ahead, drive the nails in My hands;
Laugh at me, where you stand
Go ahead, and say it isn't Me;
The day will come when you will see

‘Cause I'll rise, again
Ain't no power on earth can keep Me down!
Yes, I'll rise, again
Death can't keep Me in the ground

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Warm Greetings in Christ!

He has Risen! If the Easter Message can be summed up in three words, most likely, these would be the words we would think of primarily.

One of the reasons, of course, is that these words are scriptural, as we can see in Matthew 28:6 (NKJV) He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

When we look at the birth of Christ, it is clear that the Shepherds came to a place where the Savior was laid in a feeding trough as a child. He was there for them to see, and the fact they could see Him brought tremendous assurance of the birth of the Messiah. The sight of Him produced great faith to the point they wanted to go and tell the world!

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