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Deuteronomy 30:19ESV
19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.
Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Introduction
THERE ARE 2 WONDERFUL VISIONS OF RESURRECTION NEW LIFE THAT SPRING
FORTH FROM THE PENS OF 2 OF GOD’S AWESOMELY CREATIVE WRITERS AS WE
GATHER IN THIS 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER CELEBRATION…THE FIRST IS OF A BRIDGE
FROM LIFE BEFORE TO NEW LIFE NAMED HERE:
“A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare
to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.”
― Aberjhani
THIS IS THE OFFER OF NEW LIFE, &FORGIVENESS WHERE HURT AND UNFORGIVENESS
ONCE HAD SWAY.....A NEW LIFE THAT BEGINS WHERE THE LENTEN JOURNEY BEGAN
IN ASHES AND SADNESS FOR OUR HUMAN CONDITION......ABERJHANI’S IS ONE
POET’S TRIBUTE AND VISION OF WHAT NEW LIFE OFFERS TO US BELOVEDS.....
A SECOND ONE IS OFFERED BY PRIEST/WRITER AND CONTEMPLATIVE BRENNAN
MANNING....AND HE CAPTURES FOR US THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHAT LIES AHEAD
FOR CHRISTIANS THE WORLD OVER, THE CHALLENGE TO LIVE OUT CHRIST’S CLAIMS
ON OUR LIVES, THE CHALLENGE TO BASK IN THE GLORY OF THE RESURRECTION AND
YET PULL OTHERS ON AND OUT INTO THIS NEW LIFE TOO....BRENNAN MANNING
DESCRIBES OUR CHALLENGE THIS WAY:
“For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.”
― Brennan Manning
A PRESENT RISENNESS IN CHRIST, THOUGH WAR WAS RAGING BEFORE EASTER DAY
AND RAGES ON TODAY TOO, A PRESENT RISENNESS THOUGH HOPES CAN HARDEN
ALMOST AS FAST AS THEY CAN BLOSSOM.....A PRESENT RISENNESS IN CHRIST IS OUR
CHALLENGE BELOVEDS.....
THIS MASTERMIND SERIES THAT WE WILL ENGAGE OVER THE COMING 5 SUNDAYS
TAKES SERIOUSLY THE NOTION THAT OUR GOD IS IN CHARGE OF
EVERYTHING.......AND THAT IN EVERYTHING AND IN EVERY WAY GOD OFFERS US NEW
LIFE IN THE PRESENT RISENNESS OF CHRIST THAT WE CALL AND NAME THE
RESURRECTION......HOW BEAUTIFULLY THE PSALMIST REMINDS US THAT WE PURSUE
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BY EVEN REFLECTING ON WHAT GOD’S OWN
THOUGHTS MIGHT BE......WE CELEBRATE THAT GOD CAN RECEIVE US WITH ALL OUR
CURIOSITIES, OUR DESIRES AND OUR HOPES.....THE PSALMIST CELEBRATES THIS
WAY:
YOUR MIND MATTERS TO GOD
THEOLOGIAN ERWIN LUTZER WROTE:
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORLDLINESS AND GODLINESS IS A RENEWED
MIND
WHEN WE FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND TURN TO
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE PHILIPPIANS WHERE IT READS:
Philippians 4:6–7 (ESV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
WE BEGIN TO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MINDS TO OUR CREATOR,
WHAT’S MORE IS THAT GOD’S WANT OUR MINDS AND HEARTS AT PEACE WITH JESUS
CHRIST AT OUR CENTER......THOUGH OUR MINDS OUR ENGAGED IN A MIGHTY BATTLE
DAY TO DAY AND HOUR TO HOUR.......
OUR JOURNEY TODAY AND IN THE 5 SUNDAYS AHEAD WILL TAKE SERIOUSLY THIS
BATTLE IN THE LIVING LIGHT OF THE RESURRECTION.....THE BATTLE ITSELF IS REAL,
ONE THEOLOGIAN WROTE ABOUT THIS BATTLE THIS WAY:
THERE IS A BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND.
EVEN THOUGH YOU SEEK THE LORD WITH
YOUR WHOLE HEART, YOUR THOUGHTS ARE GOING TO WANDER OFF FROM
KEEPING YOUR ATTENTION ON THE LORD.
YOU’RE ENCOURAGED TO
UNDERSTAND
WHEN YOUR THOUGHTS STRAY AWAY.
THAT THIS HAPPENS TO EVERYONE
HOW TO USE THE JESUS PRAYER TO CENTER YOURSELF AGAIN
IN ONE OF OUR EARLIEST GENERATIONS OF CHRISTIANS, CALLED THE DESERT
MOTHERS AND FATHERS, THEY DETERMINED THAT ONE WAY TO GET CENTERED ON
JESUS AGAIN, WHEN OUR THOUGHTS WANDER OR WE GET DISTRACTED IS TO USE
THE JESUS PRAYER....THE WORDS OF THE JESUS PRAYER ARE SIMPLE, YET
PROFOUND.....AS YOU CHOOSE AND RE-CHOOSE TO BRING JESUS BACK TO THE
CENTER OF YOUR LIFE, YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND TRY THIS IN THE WEEK AHEAD,
USE THIS PRAYER AS A MANTRA TO REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN:
“LORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME
IT IS IN PRAYING THIS PRAYER, THAT MY HOPE IS: YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FILL YOUR
HEART AND MIND WITH THE POWER OF THE RESURRECTION....THE POWER TO KNOW
CHRIST LIVES IN A WORLD AND TIME WHERE SO MUCH DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
COMPETES FOR THE ENERGIES OF OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ALL DAY LONG....
IT IS MY PRAYER, THAT WHEN YOUR PRAYER IS…THE JESUS PRAYER..YOU WILL
EXPERIENCE AGAIN, THE PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING
YOU WILL GAIN A SENSE OF HOPE WHERE DESPAIR MIGHT OTHERWISE THREATEN
YOU.......
IT IS MY PRAYER THAT AS YOUR PRAY, THIS COMPELLING AND SIMPLE PRAYER, YOU
WILL GAIN A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE WHERE FEAR MAY OTHERWISE GRIP YOU
WITH HESITATION AND POWERLESSNESS....THIS JESUS PRAYER, THEN, CAN BE A
TOOL FOR YOUR MENTAL STRENGTH, YOUR SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE, AND YOUR FAITH
FORTIFYING SORTA’ LIKE KELLOG’S CORN FLAKES FOR YOUR SOUL
REAL RESURRECTION HELPS US CHOOSE LIFE
MY PRESBYTERIAN COLLEAGUE LOOKED OVER HER LIFE TO REFLECT ON THE PLACES
SHE NEEDED THE FULL IMPACT OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION TO REIGN AS REAL
RESURRECTION FOR HER......SHE WROTE ABOUT IT SO POIGNANTLY THAT I HOPE IT
HELPS YOU TOO....I HOPE IT HELPS YOU SEE PLACES IN YOUR OWN LIVES WHERE
RESURRECTION CAN RENEW, RE-SPARK AND RE-IGNITE YOUR WALK WITH THE GOOD
LORD TOO.....REV KARA ROOT WROTE OF RESURRECTION:
It had better be real.
As real as the contractions that ripped new life from my body.
As real as the rattle that strangled life out of JESUS’ OWN BODY.
I've GOT no use for a spiritual resurrection.
If Hope for the drowned, damaged, disfigured, disowned,
is emotional ease,
if the pain of flesh and bones
is answered with mystical comfort,
if Guns are stronger than god, then count me out.
But tell me that Death Loses,
tell me that Life Prevails,
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