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A Sunday school teacher was teaching a group of four-year-olds.

It was Easter Sunday and she asked, ''Does anyone know what today is?''

One little girl raised her hand and said, ''It's Easter.''

The teacher complimented her and then asked, ''Does anyone know what makes Easter so special?''

The same little girl raised her hand and said, ''Easter is special because Jesus rose from the dead...'' Before the teacher could compliment her, the little girl added, ''but if He sees His shadow, He has to go back in for seven weeks.''

HE IS NOT HERE

EMPTY ROOM PIC

WE CAME TO CANADA IN 1998 AND FOR THE FIRST YEAR WE LIVED IN CALGARY WE LIVED ON A LARGE “GREEN” AS THEY CALLED IT.

ONE NIGHT I WENT OUT TO HAVE MY HAIR DONE AND MY DAUGHTER HAD GONE NIGHT SKIING WITH THE GIRL OVER THE ROAD AND MY SON WAS HOME WITH HIS DAD AND UNCLE JOE WHO WAS VISITING US FOR THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD.

WHEN I GOT HOME MY HUSBAND WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN AND RATHER GREY AROUND THE GILLS.

HE PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

HE WAS IN THE KITCHEN PREPARING SUPPER AND MATT WAS PLAYING AROUND THE HOUSE AND WHEN HE CALLED HIM FOR SUPPER THERE WAS NO REPLY.

HE WENT TO HIS ROOM AND NO MATT, HE SEARCHED THE WHOLE HOUSE AND CALLED OUT AND THERE WAS NO REPLY.

HE WAS NOT THERE.

PANIC SET IN AS WE HAD ONLY BEEN IN CANADA FOR 6 MONTHS AT THIS STAGE MY KIDS AND ESPECIALLY MATT HE WAS ONLY 4 DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SMARTS TO KNOW TO TAKE A WINTER COAT WITH THEM AS THEY LEFT THE HOUSE.

HE COULD HAVE GONE TO VISIT THE NEIGHBOUR KID HE PLAYED WITH

DAN ASKED TWO OF THE NEIGHBOURS THAT HE KNEW HE WOULD BE AT AND NOPE.

ANYWAY THEY WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND TO NO AVAIL - AS DAN CAME BACK TO GET THE CAR KEYS THE NEIGHBOUR CAME IN WITH HIM AND HIS LITTLE GIRL WAS WITH THEM AND THE DAD SAID LETS TRY ONE MORE TIME LET JENNA CALL HIS NAME OUT.

JENNA CALLED HIM TWICE AND HE CAME STROLLING OUT OF HIS BEDROOM TO SEE HER.

YOU SEE WE HAD BOUGHT HIM A BED WITH BIG DRAWERS AND HE HAD PULLED OUT THE ONE DRAWER CRAWLED IN BEHIND TO HIDE AND FELL ASLEEP AND WHEN JENNA CALLED HIM HE WOKE UP.

YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE AT THAT TIME DANIEL WAS BESIDE HIMSELF WITH WORRY.

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To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

 

 

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Jesus’ resurrection means that death is defeated once and for all.

First, the resurrection witnesses to the immense power of God Himself.

To believe in the resurrection is to believe in God.

Jesus is unique for many reasons, but the most distinguishing factor is without question His resurrection.

The whole Christian faith rises and falls on the truth of the resurrection.

If God exists, and if He created the universe and has power over it, then He has power to raise the dead.

If He does not have such power, He is not worthy of our faith and worship.

Only He who created life can resurrect it after death, only He can reverse the hideousness that is death itself, and only He can remove the sting and gain the victory over the grave

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In resurrecting Jesus from the grave, God reminds us of His absolute sovereignty over life and death.

The resurrection is intellectually feasible, and there is proof for the resurrection of Christ that can stand up to any amount of scrutiny.

First, there is the empty tomb.

Doubters have come up with several theories to try to explain why the tomb was empty.

Some say Jesus wasn’t really dead; He just “swooned,” or went unconscious, and then resuscitated in the cool of the tomb.

But according to

, the soldiers made sure Jesus was dead.

Other people hypothesize that Jesus’ body was stolen.

But the tomb was sealed with a two-ton rock and guarded by Roman soldiers.

Another proof of the resurrection is the transformation of the disciples.

Peter denied knowing Christ the night before the crucifixion, but after Jesus’ resurrection, he preached to thousands at Pentecost.

Paul persecuted the church and murdered Christians for their faith, but after meeting the resurrected Christ he became one of the greatest leaders in Christianity and wrote this:

He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and … He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles; and last of all, as one untimely born, He appeared to me also

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The resurrection of Christ happened in history.

And the power of that resurrection affects us today

The Message (MSG)

9-11 God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ.

He died for us, a death that triggered life.

Whether we’re awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him!

· WE CHOSE TO SIN AND THERE WAS A CONSEQUENCE, WE WOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THAT SIN.

· GOD LOVED US SO MUCH THAT HE SENT HIS SON JESUS TO LIVE AMONG US AND SHOW US THE WAY.

· MAN KILLED JESUS BUT 3 DAYS LATER HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD PROVING POWER OVER SIN AND DEATH.

· IF YOU BELIEVE THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD YOU WILL BE WITH HIM.

THE RAGMAN

Even before the dawn on Friday morning, I noticed a young man, handsome and strong, walking in the alleys of the city.

He was pulling an old cart, filled with clothes; and he was calling in a clear, resonant voice, "Rags!

New rags for old, I'll take your tired, old rags.

Rags!" Now

this is a wonder, I thought, for the man stood six feet-four, with arms like tree limbs, hard and muscular, and his eyes flashed with brightness.

Could he find no better job than this, to be a ragman in one of the rougher areas of the city?

hard and muscular, and his eyes flashed with brightness.

Could he find no better job than this, to be a ragman in one of the rougher areas of the city?

than this, to be a ragman in one of the rougher areas of the city?

Soon the Ragman saw a woman sitting on her back porch.

She was sobbing into her handkerchief, shedding thousands of tears.

Her shoulders shook.

Her heart was breaking.

The Ragman stopped his cart.

Quietly he walked to the woman and asked, "Will you give me your rag; I'll give you another."

He slipped the handkerchief from her eyes, and laid across her palm a linen cloth so clean and new that it shined?

Then as he began to pull his cart again, the Ragman did a strange thing.

He put her tear-stained handkerchief to his own face; and began to weep, to sob as grievously as she had done.

Yet she was left behind without a tear.

"Rags!

Rags!

New rags for old!"

handkerchief, shedding thousands of tears.

Her shoulders shook.

Her heart was

breaking.

The Ragman stopped his cart.

Quietly he walked to the woman and asked,

"Will you give me your rag; I'll give you another."

He slipped the handkerchief from

her eyes, and laid across her palm a linen cloth so clean and new that it shined?

Then

as he began to pull his cart again, the Ragman did a strange thing.

He put her tear-

stained handkerchief to his own face; and began to weep, to sob as grievously as she

had done.

Yet she was left behind without a tear.

"Rags!

Rags!

New rags for old!"

In a little while the Ragman came across a little girl whose head was wrapped in a bandage.

Her eyes were blank and empty.

A single line of blood ran down her cheek.

Now that tall Ragman looked upon this child with pity, and he drew a lively bonnet from his cart.

"Give me your rag, and I'll give you mine."