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Literature:
Destroyer of DeathDestroyer of Death
(based off the song "Destroying Divinity" by death metal band Monstrosity)
He's come to the realm of our flesh,
Ready to die and pay for our sins,
Preaching good news;
The Kingdom's come within our reach.
Betrayed in the dark,
Slain by dead men as God had decreed,
To conquer His foes,
The Son of God shall rise.
Crucified
And buried in shame,
Yet decay failed to strike the One.
Resurrected
And given the Name,
To rule from the Throne of God.
Destroying the works of demonic hordes,
Sending out prophets to call back His sheep,
Proclaiming the might of the Lord of lords,
Shaming false gods, the Caesar and all in-between.
Wage the war on death,
Call upon them who dwell in its fear.
Expose Satan's lies,
So souls return to their Maker.
The Lord swore by His name,
This hope is open to all to come.
The world will see
The goodness of Elohim to make all things new.
The day when Heaven and Earth
Shall be renewed by the power of YH;
Faithfulness
Power of Resurrection Contest“Jesus,” She said,
“I pray to know you.”
Jesus heard her and told
her, “Deny your flesh, the world
and yourself and suffer just as
I have suffered. Do that and
you shall know me.”
She accepts her calling
She has denied
her flesh
She has denied
the world
She has denied
herself
Because she has denied
all those things
She has been mocked
She has been beaten
She has been hated
She has been scarred
and carried her cross
just as Jesus did
Through her sufferings
she has come to know
Christ
She gained the power
of resurrection
And became like Him
in His death
She has become new
in the mind of Jesus Christ
Resurrection Power I opened my eyes to the darkness, a palpable blackness as deep as a tomb, as deep as eternal sleep. The putrid smell of death and decay enveloped me. Then I remembered. I had died.
I waited my entire life for The Promised One to come. But now when I finally found Him, sickness and death carried me away.
A heart beat later I awoke in His presence. Such brightness; such Glory and Majesty. The eyes of mortal man cannot survive in such brilliance. I closed my eyes. I dare not look upon the Sinless One. He touched my burning eyes and I felt myself sinking in a sea of absolute love and joy. I opened my mouth to breathe it in, hoping to drown in it. As my head went under the surface I found myself completely at peace.
He spoke to me with a voice as sweet as an angel choir; ten thousand times ten thousand, and with power that shook heaven and the very roots of earth. “My good and faithful servant. You must return
ValkeaAs the sun began to set, an elf girl named Yulaan headed home with a sigh. She wanted to play just a little longer, but Mama and Papa would worry.
One day while rolling down a hill, (for so did she entertain herself), she went crashing into a small thicket and found herself covered in a dome of white and blue flowers, the sunlight filtering through in thin rays. Delighted by the sight, she made it her personal, secret playground, one that even her only other playmate-- her younger sister-- knew not of.
However, as for her secret friend, Sin, she did not mind disclosing its location to him. Having met the strange little fox-serpent at a very young age, when all the other children had turned away from her, she considered him her closest friend. But she told no one else about him; though her parents had never warned her to stay away from undead creatures, she knew from the other villagers it was the norm to do so, and so she knew she couldn't let anyone discover him.
In any case, it was f
the best of times, the worst of timeswe find our glory in the worst of times:thumb597273286:
more so than better times.
for there we find
a beauty in the weakness once we shunned,
an inner joy that's of the strangest kind.
we know that suffering is not the worst
of evil in the world.
our inner worth
is not depreciated by our pain
or quality of life here on the earth.
we live in joy because our comforter
could not be stopped by life.
with such a strength
and such a love, it was no wonder death
could hardly hold Him down for any length.
RealityHis power rumbled forth, and all it took
To break reality so that it shook
Just like the earth, just like a final breath,
Was life triumphant, rising over death,
Rising like a sun of fervent light
In daybreak never to be touched by night.
And so He rose from grave to galaxies
And then beyond, to all the heavenlies
Which now were His dominion, great and vast.
Without His word an atom would not last;
A soul could never in His presence stand
But for the goodness in His nail-pierced hand
That beckons us, the broken and the lost,
To live the life He gave up on the cross.
So in this shadowed week, be not enticed,
Reality is only found in Christ.
The Resurrection Power of ChristNOTE:A friend and sister in Jesus asked me to post this for her because she would like to remain anonymous so that God can get all the credit and glory for what He did for her personally. This is her story. I hope that you are encouraged by it and that you will not be afraid to share what God has done in your life too.
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Someone asked, "How has Christ's resurrection power been evident in your life?"
Perhaps, this time, I should answer that question more fully than usual.
Most of the time, I don't say much. Some things feel very personal. It is uncomfortable to express them in public. Someone might misunderstand the reasons why I tell it.
The following history is more about Him than about me. I simply witnessed it.
I will not use anyone's real name, except for His. I don't want to distract anyone from Him. The point is not to whom this happened. The point is that He can!
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Decades ago, back when I was about five or six years old,
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Our focus this year is "Resurrection Power" and is based on this verse:
"...that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead." - Philippians 3:10-11
The resurrection is the foundation of Christian hope. The power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is the same power that works in the lives of His believers. Because He rose we have the hope that one day we too will rise and live with Him forever. Also, God gives us the power to walk in newness of life while we live our lives now, here on Earth. Our theme this year is not just the resurrec
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