Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Peter 1:3, Acts 4:23-37
Dear Church,
What do you pray for on the other side of resurrection? When the risen Lord shows us that none of the powers and principalities that threaten to destroy us have the power to do so, when we see the empty tomb and know that we no longer have anything to fear, when we have seen the eternal victory of love and mercy and grace–what is left to ask God for?
According to the witness of the early church, you pray to be bold and ask the Holy Spirit to make you generous.
Because it’s not all beach breakfast parties with Jesus, the early church faced every kind of persecution, oppression and loss. Every disciple heard the dangerous and costly call to pick up their cross and follow Jesus. We know that nothing can prevail over the glory of God, we know that love has the final victory, but threats and trials still come.
Here and now, on the other side of resurrection, there is real work to do, and real opposition to that work.
And there is the real presence of Jesus with us, showing us, empowering us and making a way for us to overcome it.
I hope you will join me for worship this Sunday at 10am–in the sanctuary or on the live-stream. We will learn from the Spirit and the saints who have gone before us why we are called to live boldly and generously in times like these.
Peace,
Pastor Kate
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