Post by Woody Williams on Dec 2, 2005 11:31:51 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- I Thessalonians 4:13-18
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But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about
those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have
no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even
so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For
this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are
alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means
precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of
command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's
trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise
first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the
clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will
be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these
words.
Devotional
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We do need encouragement to keep living faithfully toward the
promise of a resurrected life with God. The experience of the death
of a loved one is so traumatic and feels so final. Is that all there
is? No! The Gospel testimony is that Christ has been raised and the
dead shall be raised in him. Find hope in the midst of your grief and
loss.
Prayer
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Keep the hope of a resurrected life alive in me, gracious God. Amen
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But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about
those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have
no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even
so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For
this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are
alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means
precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of
command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's
trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise
first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the
clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will
be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these
words.
Devotional
----------
We do need encouragement to keep living faithfully toward the
promise of a resurrected life with God. The experience of the death
of a loved one is so traumatic and feels so final. Is that all there
is? No! The Gospel testimony is that Christ has been raised and the
dead shall be raised in him. Find hope in the midst of your grief and
loss.
Prayer
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Keep the hope of a resurrected life alive in me, gracious God. Amen