Treasured Truth

As Pastor Ford begins to talk about how a lot of us need an extreme money makeover, he’ll share about the enticement of debt and how it draws us in. And he’ll point out how the ease of getting credit doesn’t help us resist debt’s allure. But the Bible offers clear and wise advice about avoiding debt and honoring God with our money.

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His death on the cross proved Jesus’ humanity, but the resurrection proved His deity. So, His death was His humiliation, but His resurrection was His exaltation—confirming what Jesus was communicating when He said, “I am the resurrection and the life.”

His death on the cross proved Jesus’ humanity, but the resurrection proved His deity. So, His death was His humiliation, but His resurrection was His exaltation—confirming what Jesus was communicating when He said, “I am the resurrection and the life.”

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Pastor Ford will remind us today that the condemnation of Good Friday was leading to the coronation of Resurrection Sunday. If there were no Good Friday, then there could not be a Resurrection Sunday. And he points out that many of us want the power of the resurrection but we don’t want the pain of the cross.

Pastor Ford will remind us today that the condemnation of Good Friday was leading to the coronation of Resurrection Sunday. If there were no Good Friday, then there could not be a Resurrection Sunday. And he points out that many of us want the power of the resurrection but we don’t want the pain of the cross.

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When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He celebrated. And in His resurrection celebration, Jesus had prayer and praise. So, Pastor Ford will ask us today, if we’ve followed Jesus’ example—has resurrection power caused us to pray more? Has it caused us to praise more?

When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He celebrated. And in His resurrection celebration, Jesus had prayer and praise. So, Pastor Ford will ask us today, if we’ve followed Jesus’ example—has resurrection power caused us to pray more? Has it caused us to praise more?

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As we begin to look at the resurrection of Lazarus, we realize that God wanted everyone to understand that if Jesus didn’t do it, it wouldn’t get done—that is exactly why Jesus delayed His departure to return and help Lazarus. And so we must realize that sometimes the reason Jesus hasn’t come to help with our problems yet is because they may not be bad enough yet.

As we begin to look at the resurrection of Lazarus, we realize that God wanted everyone to understand that if Jesus didn’t do it, it wouldn’t get done—that is exactly why Jesus delayed His departure to return and help Lazarus. And so we must realize that sometimes the reason Jesus hasn’t come to help with our problems yet is because they may not be bad enough yet.

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God has allowed everything we go through, and He has a higher purpose for all of it. Now we may not be able see or sense what that purpose is. And we especially may not like it. But God is sovereign and He’s going to make sure that His purpose is done.