john 20:11-18

John 20:11–18 (ESV)

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Welcome! Resurrection Sunday-----Easter 2024…..I’M SO fired up LET ME HEAR YOU, TELL SOMEBODY……HE IS RISEN!!!

…..you see some friends or family missing you need to message them, RISE UP!!! JESUS IS RISEN you need to too!

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I AM Mike Pastor of Spearhead and we don’t meet here regularly…..like if come here next weekend I don’t know what’ll happen, there might be like a birthday party or something going on, CLOSED--- let me in, BE LIKE OH NO IT’S THE RAPTURE,I’M LEFT BEHIND!!

CALM DOWN………we actually meet down the road STM BUILDING 8 & 9AM

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SO THIS ISN’T a NORMAL SETTING…..we were expecting more….and I hope your expecting more!!!

WORLD IS CRAZY…..again END OF THE WORLD….IT’S ALL OVER…..YES THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN THIS WORLD AS WE KNOW WILL BE FINISHED………BUT NOT YET!!!

GOOD FRIDAY, Jesus, on the cross, said IT IS FINISHED ....BUT THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR US!!!

RIGHT NOW GOD IS SAYING I’M NOT FINSHED!!!

God’s NOT FINISHED!!! say HE’S NOT FINISHED!!

JESUS PUT AND END TO SIN, AND DEATH, AND CONDEMNATION……BUT HIS END WAS YOUR BEGINNING!!!!!I hope that fires you up!!!!

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NO CORNY JOKE BUT DO WANT TO SAY IM SO EGGCITED

TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF BELIEVERS

Now I’m not anymore special than anyone out there…….don’t let the microphone and this sweet SHIRT my wife probable got form TJ MAX for me FOOL you I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING (first TIME ever MY WIFE just hollered AMEN….THX BABE LUV U)

Some of u maybe haven’t been to church in awhile little FREAKED OUT, WELL IM JUST AS FREAKED OUT

I’M JUST ORDINARY…….FACT is WE ARE ALL ORDINARY ……TELL SOMEBODY, YOURE ORDINARY!!!

SOME of ya’ll waiting for that chance YOU AIN’T SPECAIL……HAHA…I didn’t say that. But we’re all ordinary!!!

That’s the thing about our Christian faith is we serve a God who loves doing EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THROUGH ORDINARY PEOPLE!

GOD wants to do something extraordinary through you!! HE CALLED A GROUP OF ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN, FISHERMEN, TAX COLLETERS, DEMON-POSSESSED OUTCASTS….and THROUGH THOSE ORDINARY PEOPLE HE DID SOME EXTRAORDINARY THINGS…….HE CHANGED THE WORLD!! HE WANTS TO DO THE SAME THROUGH YOU!!

JUST like he called them, Youre here because God has called you…we’ve prayed for you….EVERY CHAIR.

NOT HERE ON ACCIDENT!

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THE POWER OF SILENCE

EASTER QUIZ

Easter QuizWhat were the angel’s first words to those who came to Jesus’ empty tomb Easter morning?What were Jesus’ first words after rising from the dead that Easter morning?What is the most repeated command in the bible?

MOST COMMON

OLDEST: first

Genesis 3:10 (ESV)

10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

NOT ME, I DON’T HAVE THAT PROBLEM, IM NOT FEARFUL

FEAR OF DISAPPROVAL, REJECTION, CRITISICM, MAKING A MISTAKE....WHAT IM GONNA WEAR TOMORROW

SYNONYMS

Troubled? Nervous? Worried? Sleepless? Anxious? Stressed? Distressed? Tense? Upset? Angry?

BIG SCREEN----YOUR HIDDEN FEARS

FEAR OF PAST, FUTURE....LOSING CONTROL, FAILURE OR BEING SEEN AS FAILURE, SICKNESS, CANCER, LOSING JOB, LOSING LOVED ONES, LOSING YOUR MIND

EASTER IS ALL ABOUT LIVING FEARLESSLY, EASTER IS ALL ABOUT HOPE…EASTER IS ALL ABOUT CONQUERING SIN AND DEATH!!!!

****FIRST EASTER LOOKED SCARY BUT THERE A FEW AMAZING LESSONS WE CAN LEARN THAT HELP US LIVE FEARLESSLY!!!!

SETTING:

***TO EVERYONE, THE TOMB LOOKS LIKE THE END, TO JESUS, HE KNOWS IT’S JUST THE BEGINNING

DEPENDS on which side of the tomb ur looking at

WRONG PERSPECTIVE

TO EVERYONE, THE TOMB LOOKS LIKE THE END, TO JESUS, HE KNOWS IT’S JUST THE BEGINNING

EASTER EGG HUNT STRATEGY

GOD SEES WHAT’S BEYOND….WHERE HIS PEACE IS….WHILE CHAOS BACK HERE

SCATTERED, HIDING, DOUBTING

John 20:19 ESV

19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Luke 24:1–12 (ESV)

1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.

5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”

8 And they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

Easter shows us you can trust God’s word, HE’S TELLING THE TRUTH!!!!!

Easter shows us God is faithful even when we’re NOT!!!

Easter shows us that your DOUBTS ARE NOT YOUR DEADEND!!

Easter shows us God is working in the SILENCE!!!

John 20:16 (ESV)

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).