On Easter Morning…
Forty-nine years ago this week, for the first time in my life, I thought, Maybe I’ll go to church. There, for the first time, I heard the phrase “He is risen,” and the traditional response, “He is risen indeed!” And as I spoke those words aloud, I sensed that my life would change forever. Because, as the saying goes, “The two most important days of your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why.” That was the day I found out why. Hence, the Easter story is my story.
Is the Easter story your story too? Faith, real faith, is not a spectator sport. It’s hands-on-the-ball, up-to-your-cleats-in-the-mud participation. Jesus’ prayer for his followers, the reason he died and rose again, was so that we “may be one,” just as he and the Father are one, “so that the world may know.”
So the World May Know
Do people see Jesus in you? Do they catch fire when they stand too close to you? If not, check to see if your Pilot light is out. 2 Corinthians 13:5 says, “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ is in you?”
Every Easter for a decade, at a church where I served, I had the privilege of leading fellow believers in my favorite variation on the traditional Easter response:
“He is risen in me!”
Happy Resurrection Day, Mitch.
Thank you, and likewise, Sue.
Thank you for encouraging self-reflection, Mitch. Stoking my pilot light! Praise the Lord for His presence. 🙂
Amen, Nancy❣
Thanks for your testimony. Even though I grew up in a Christian home, it took me a long time to really believe. I thank Jesus for that and for allowing me the opportunity to share Him with others.
Bless you, dear Kathy.
Happy Easter ❤️
October will be my fiftieth anniversary in Christ and every day of those fifty years has been Ressurection Day for me too! 💕 Jesus died for us and lives for us. I’m thankful He lives in me and you.
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He is risen indeed!
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He is risen in ME indeed. Amen.
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Happy Risen In You Jesus Anniversary! My conversion is ongoing.. sometimes, it’s like taking a turn off I-80 / 90 amidst all the Peterbilts and landing in a lost land, lol, but there’s always an angel or two that say, “Over here!”
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Yes it is my story in 1999…. Just a different religion 😊
I don’t consider what I believe a religion, Karima, but a relationship with my Creator. 🧡
I stand corrected. Maybe different path would have been better as it is the same Creator.
What a wonderful variation. He is risen in me!
Amen!
Great post! Love & appreciate your testimony!
Bless you, Tammie.
Indeed! He is risen.
His Spirit dwells in the new heart of all those that receive Him.
( John 1:11-13 / Titus 2:11-15 )
Right you are, dear friend❣
Thank you Mitch for sharing this. My takeaway is for others to feel the Lord’s heat around me
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Hallelujah! He is Risen, indeed!
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“He is risen in me!” Love it!
On reflection – the day we see the lord in others is the day He rises in us. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure, and amen, Bhavin.
Happy Easter, Mitch.
And the same to you, Andrew.
Thank you.
So good! He is risen indeed ❤️ What a great testimony!
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Thanks for lifting us up with this Easter message, Mitch. He is risen!
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Indeed!! He is risen.
Not my cup of tea, and i feel that the Gospel of Thomas is closer to the historical Christ. But i will give you a “like” for your keen pursuit of spirituality.
I LOVE this testimony and this version of the traditional Easter greeting. May Christ continue to be risen in you as you celebrate discovering your purpose once again.
Likewise, my Anonymous friend.
I never thought about it in those words. “He is risen in me.’ Indeed!
Happy Easter!
And Happy Easter to you, Beth!
Well said.. thanks for sharing, At almost 89 with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, each day is a bonus and a new beginning. The love of my children has humbled me. Because they know what is ahead from seeing my mother make this journey without understanding it. I was thirty when I made the leap from agnosticism to faith. I have experienced and witnessed many miracles, so I know that if I’m called to take this journey, good will come from it somehow for someone. And that there will be grace for it.
Your words and faith are such a wonderful example for the rest of us, dear Eileen.🧡
I feel far from where He’d like me to be, but I’m trying to make myself useful and available to Him everyday.
Thank you for the good reminder of our purpose.
Happy Resurrection Day!
Likewise, Peach❣
Thanks for sharing your journey.
Christ is risen in me. Reason for the love I have call Agapic Love.
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That is the greatest personal response!
Blessings
You too, my friend.