Deuteronomy 26:1-27:26, Luke 10:38-11:13, Psalms 76:1-12, Proverbs 12:15-17
Today is the 4th day of April welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is a joy, a privilege and an honor like every day to be here with you very much, especially today because we’re not just greeting a brand-new shiny sparkly new week, we’re embracing a brand-new shiny sparkly new life. Today is Easter. He is risen. All things are being made new. Glory to God in the highest.
Song
The Victor – Keith Green
Swallowed into earth’s dark womb
Death has triumphed
That’s what they say
But try to hold Him in the tomb
The Son of Life
Rose on the third day
Look!
The gates of hell
They’re falling
Crumbling from the inside out
He’s bursting through
The walls with laughter (Hah!)
Listen to the Angels shout
It is finished
He has done it
Life conquered death
Jesus Christ
Has won it
His plan of battle fooled them all
They led Him off to prison to die
But as He entered Hades Hall
He broke those hellish chains with a cry
Just listen to those demons screaming
See Him bruise the serpent’s head
The prisoners of Hell
He’s redeeming (Oh!)
All the power of death is dead
It is finished
He has done it
Life conquered death
Jesus Christ
Has won it
Look!
The gates of hell they’re falling
Crumbling from the inside out
He’s bursting through the walls with laughter
(Hah!)
Listen to the Angels shout
(Listen, oh, listen)
It is finished
He has done it
Life conquered death
Jesus Christ
Has won it
It is finished
He has done it
Life conquered death
Jesus Christ
Has won it
So, happy Easter everybody. What a joy to be able to celebrate and observe Easter together all over the world around the Global Campfire as we do what we do and take the next step forward in the Scriptures. And we have a brand-new shiny sparkly week to live into. This week we will read from the Christian Standard Bible, picking up where we left off yesterday. Deuteronomy chapters 26 and 27.
Prayer:
Father we thank You for Your word. We thank You that it instructs us and counsels us and comforts us and rebukes us and pulls us forward. We thank You that it tells us the story of how we got here. It tells us the story of Jesus. It tells us the story of His compassion and His love and the…the way He operated in this world and revealing what humanity can be and then making that possible. We are restored. It’s beyond belief. We can come boldly into Your presence, it’s beyond belief. It's…it’s the good news. The good news of humanity, that things have changed. And yes, this is Easter Sunday, and this is the day that we pay attention to that but it’s a reality every day. And, so, we have move through a season of considering where our path was leading and what our plight was without You and we’ve sat with what it took to bring us this freedom and now we rejoice with full open hearts we rejoice that You have rescued us and restored us, that we are Your children and You are our Father, You are our Papa, You are our Abba not a distant angry deity that we need to jump through hoops just to survive. You are our Father, and we rejoice in Your victory over darkness, that death is swallowed up in victory. O, death where is Your sting? O grave, where is Your victory? There is an empty tomb, Christ, the firstborn of many brethren and that includes all of us. We are speechless God as we contemplate the magnitude of something we could never ever achieve. And it’s been achieved and handed to us freely. It’s unspeakable. It’s too good. We ask Holy Spirit that You would lead us that we might live our lives honoring this in the name of Jesus, the risen Savior, we ask. Amen.
Song:
Easter Song – Keith Green
Hear the bells ringing, they’re singing
That You can be born again
Here the bells ringing, they’re singing
Christ is risen from the dead
The angel up on the tombstone
Said, He has risen, just as He said
Quickly now, go tell His disciples
That Jesus Christ is no longer dead
Joy to the world
He has risen, Hallelujah
He’s risen, Hallelujah
He’s risen, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hear the bells ringing, they’re singing
That You can be healed right now
Hear the bells ringing, they’re singing
Christ, He will reveal it now
The angels, they all surround us
And they are ministering Jesus’s power
Quickly now, reach out and receive it
For this could be your glorious hour
Joy to the world
He has risen, Hallelujah
He’s risen, Hallelujah
He’s risen, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
The angel up on the tombstone
Said, He has risen, just as He said
Quickly now, go tell His disciples
That Jesus Christ is no longer dead
Joy to the world
He has risen, Hallelujah
He’s risen, Hallelujah
He’s risen, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah