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1 Corinthians 15:57  NLT

But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.


Good Friday.


Those two words seem to not go together, maybe even an oxymoron (when two words are put together but not alike).  What was good about that Friday?


Fridays are most people’s favorite day of the week.  It is the end of the school or work week.  It is the day when the fun begins or the weekend.  Numerous reasons make Fridays a special day that have been exciting and look forward to forever.


But not this Friday.  We are talking about the Friday of Easter when Jesus died.  


This day was the end of of a era where so many lives were changed, miracles happened, people followed more every day, and there was Jesus in the middle.  Larger than like might describe Jesus. He was not set to be a king but was.  A different kind of king.  A savior king describes the part Jesus was given by His father.


But it is the pain of this Friday that makes it good.  Yes, I said pain made the day good.  We aren’t happy about Jesus’ pain.  But His pain paid the price we couldn’t pay.  


Take in the bad of the day that turned in to so much good.  Jesus did good.  He willingly went to the cross.  The day before He prayed “not my will but your will be done”.  Willingly died.  Willingly the father turned His back on the son.


Philippians 2:8  NLT

he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.


The outcome is our life.  Our eternal life.  Our possibilities and our abundance is what this Friday tapped as good.  The bad became good in the gift that Jesus gave.


That is the truth that makes us shine brighter and brighter.  Keep shining.  Because Jesus is still saving people and changing lives like He did for us.


“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining—they just shine.” — DWIGHT L. MOODY


Again, why is this Friday good?  It is because Sunday was headed our direction.  Take some time to focus on Jesus and to share this with those who need Him.  We all need Him.


Romans 5:8  NLT

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.


NOTE: please join us this Sunday at 10:10am as we celebrate our risen King.

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