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God's Hand in our Luck

God's Hand in our Luck

God's Hand in our Suffering

Four chapters, 85 verses. You can read it in about 20 minutes. A great

short story. 

But the message found in this little book has the power to sustain you for

the rest of your life.

It's a story of the redemption that is be found in Jesus and his people, 

and we'll discover how it applies to everyday people like you and me.

God's Hand in our Suffering

Four chapters, 85 verses. You can read it in about 20 minutes. A great

short story. 

But the message found in this little book has the power to sustain you for

the rest of your life.

It's a story of the redemption that is be found in Jesus and his people, 

and we'll discover how it applies to everyday people like you and me.

On Good Friday, Jesus the Christ died on the cross for our sins. As he

hung there dying, last words he spoke were, John 19:30 ”It is finished." 

This phrase can also be translated “It is paid in full."

That's the promise of Good Friday.

Now, what happened on Sunday, the third day? By the power of the Holy

Spirit of God, Jesus was raised from the dead.

And do you know what the Bible tells us?  It tells us that the same power

which raised Jesus from the dead is available to you and me.

That's the promise of Easter.

On Good Friday, Jesus the Christ died on the cross for our sins. As he

hung there dying, last words he spoke were, John 19:30 ”It is finished." 

This phrase can also be translated “It is paid in full."

That's the promise of Good Friday.

Now, what happened on Sunday, the third day? By the power of the Holy

Spirit of God, Jesus was raised from the dead.

And do you know what the Bible tells us?  It tells us that the same power

which raised Jesus from the dead is available to you and me.

That's the promise of Easter.

In Matthew 26:6-13 we discover the story of the woman coming to Jesus and

anointing his head with some costly perfume. This was, in Jesus words, a

good thing, a beautiful thing --an act of worship worthy to be told

about throughout the ages.

In this story we also learn some lessons about what it means to give Jesus

our worship, what it means to truly love Jesus. 

There are some key worship ideas in this story that we all must recognize -

and then live out

In Matthew 26:6-13 we discover the story of the woman coming to Jesus and

anointing his head with some costly perfume. This was, in Jesus words, a

good thing, a beautiful thing --an act of worship worthy to be told

about throughout the ages.

In this story we also learn some lessons about what it means to give Jesus

our worship, what it means to truly love Jesus. 

There are some key worship ideas in this story that we all must recognize -

and then live out

In our modern church we sometimes divorce salvation  - walking through Gods

door - from sanctification - keeping Gods redeemed house clean

And then the danger is the good news we speak of and live out can resemble

“cheap grace” 

We risk losing the beauty of holiness, a beauty that is so essential in

communicating the life of the gospel to people who are sinking.

In our modern church we sometimes divorce salvation  - walking through Gods

door - from sanctification - keeping Gods redeemed house clean

And then the danger is the good news we speak of and live out can resemble

“cheap grace” 

We risk losing the beauty of holiness, a beauty that is so essential in

communicating the life of the gospel to people who are sinking.