Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."
The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice.
It is the hour to rend thy chains, The blossom time of souls.
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.
Sherrill On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.
Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.
Christ is risen from the dead!
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.
See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices.
For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
The Bible tells us that God will meet all our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the grass with the splendor of lilies. How much more, then, will He care for us, who are made in His image? Our only concern is to obey the heavenly Father and leave the consequences to Him.
To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The message of Easter is not that Jesus is alive, it is so much more. The message of Easter is that Jesus has risen!
Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here.
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