Resurrection Celebration!

Easter is a time of celebration; a time when we commemorate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  God celebrates it each year with the passing of Winter into Spring when everything seems to come alive with vibrant color and life. That’s exactly what happened when Jesus arose.  Death was defeated!  Our justification and redemption was assured and secured in Christ’s life and death.  Jesus died that we might have life by becoming our substitute; the sinless for the sinner.  But because He was without personal sin, death could not hold Him!  Easter has become commercialized to some extent.  It seems that the world wants to ignore the significance of the resurrection event and what it means.  But to those of us who are saved by the precious blood of Christ, Easter marks the day we’ve set aside to rejoice in the fact that the tomb is empty; Jesus is alive and will soon come again.  Our prayer is that each one here is ready for that day.  If not, perhaps this is the day that you too accept Jesus into your heart.  

Verses of the Week:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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The LBC Worship Choir did a great job on their Easter Cantata.  We were blessed to have a number of guests and look to see God add to the church through the worship and celebration of Easter as well as the recent Mission Conference.