He’s ALIVE!

O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?

Jesus Christ is risen! He’s Alive! And He is seated at the right hand of the throne of GOD! He conquered death and hell for you and for me. We don’t have to die and go to hell for the sins we have committed because, “If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1John 1:9).

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”  John 3:16

“For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him”. John 3:17

Watch these videos tell a story –

RISEN

My Redeemer

HE LIVES!

YOU WERE THERE

WE CRY OUT

GOD OF MY DAYS

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

 

Resurrection Day – O Glorious Day!

This small video clip explains it all – Jesus, born of a virgin, living to love us, dying to save us, buried to carry our sins into the depths of hell, arose to justify us, and one day will return for us who believe. Oh, what a glorious day it will be indeed!  Watch the video and sing along. Lyrics below.

 

O Glorious Day
by Casting Crowns

One day when Heaven was filled with His praises,
One day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin,
Dwelt among men, my Example is He!

Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever;
One day He’s coming—O glorious day!

One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain,
One day they nailed Him to die on the tree;
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected:
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He!

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer,
One day the stone rolled away from the door;
Then He arose, over death He had conquered;
Now is ascended, my Lord for evermore!

Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever;
One day He’s coming—O glorious day!

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming,
One day the skies with His glories will shine;
Wonderful day, my beloved ones bringing;
Glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine!

Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever;
One day He’s coming—O glorious day!

O glorious day!
O glorious day!

Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever;
One day He’s coming—O glorious day!

 

An Easter Story – The Greatest Gift of All

All hail the power of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.

“Jesus died! The Father gave His Son”, states Paul Washer in his Easter sermon, “Jesus Died!”

This week is called different names: Passover Week, Holy Week, Easter. One thing is for sure: Christians celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Do you realize what Jesus was willing to go through, and what He did indeed go through for you? Why? Because He loves you!  He was betrayed, arrested, humiliated, stripped, and beaten. He had His beard ripped out of His face. He was spat upon, whipped, and nailed to the cross, with nails hammered into His wrists and feet. He had placed upon His head a crown of thorns that was shoved forcefully upon His precious head. He was led through the streets carrying His cross to Golgotha, the place He would be hanged on that cross; the place He would surely die. Why was this done?  Because He spoke the truth! He spoke the truth!  What is the truth?

He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6

 

Blog Tour with Kathi Macias

People of the Book
New Hope Publishers

Interview with Kathi Macias

People of the Book is the fourth and final book in your Extreme Devotion series. Each book is set in a different country, with the theme of first devotion and commitment to Christ above all else running through all four. How is People of the Book different, and who/what inspired you to write this book?

People of the Book was the most difficult of the four Extreme Devotion series books to write, but it is also the strongest when it comes to a call to personal commitment to Christ and to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. With each of the books, I began drafting the manuscripts through Internet research, since I had never lived in any of the four countries and had only visited one of them. After the original draft, I worked with someone who either currently lived in the country or who had recently spent many years there. People of the Book was the toughest because the Saudi women I connected with via the Internet were understandably apprehensive about associating with me. Most, in fact, were terrified to do so. I was therefore quite pleased to meet a young woman named Dolly Dahdal here in the States who, until just a few years ago, had spent the majority of her life in Saudi Arabia and understood perfectly why I had chosen to write this book. We shared a passion to help expose the fallacy of “honor killings,” a horrific crime perpetrated primarily against women and girls who in some way bring “dishonor” on their Muslim families, and Dolly was a major contributor to the authenticity of this book.

 

The Passion of the Christ Movie

As we celebrate Passover week, please enjoy the story of the sacrifice Jesus (Yeshua) made for us!  Enjoy the full movie – The Passion of the Christ.

 

(click on the bottom right corner of the video for full screen viewing. Enjoy!)