OUR DAILY BREAD : RISE UP!

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February 6
Friday


RISE UP!

READ:
John 20:1-8, 19-20
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You, being dead in your
trespasses,.... He has
made alive together
with Him.
__Colossians 2:12
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On February 6, 1958, a chartered plane carrying most of the members of the English football (soccer) club Manchester United crashed on takeoff from Munich, Germany. With so many of their star players lost, some despaired over prospects for the club's survival. Yet today it is one of the best-known teams in the world. Fittingly, the man who rebuilt the team, Matt Busby, survived the crash himself.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus' arrest and subsequent crucifixion caused many of His followers to despair. The disciples themselves had lost hope. But their despondency evaporated on that first Easter morning when they found that the stone sealing the tomb had been moved aside (John 20:1). Jesus had risen!

Jesus soon appeared to Mary Magdalene (vv.20 NIV).

Perhaps your world has crashed around you. It may be a deeply personal loss, a tragedy in your family, or some other great trial. Jesus' resurrection proved that He is greater than the greatest obstacles. he can rebuild your life--as He did with His disciples--starting today. __C. P Hia
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````````He rose! And with Him hope arose, and life and light.`````````
`````````Men said, "Not Christ, but death, died yesternight."``````````
```````````````And joy and truth and all things virtuous`````````````
``````````````````Rose when He rose. __Anon```````````````````
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God can turn any difficulty into an opportunity

*************Today's Bible Reading __John 20:1-8,19-20************

1 Now the first day of the
week Mary Magdalene went
to the tomb early, while it
was still dark, and saw that
the stone had been taken
away from the tomb. 2 Then
she ran and came to Simon
Peter, and to the other
disciple, whom Jesus loved,
and said to them, "They have
taken away the Lord out of
the tomb, and we do not
know where they have laid
Him."

3 Peter therefore went out,
and the other disciple, and
were going to the tomb. 4 So
they both ran together, and
the other disciple outran
Peter and came to the tomb
first. 5 And he, stooping
down and looking in , saw the
linen cloths lying there; yet
he did not go in. 6 Then
Simon Peter came, following
him, and went into the tomb,
and he saw the linen cloths
lying there, 7 and the
handkerchief that had been
around His head, not lying
with the linen cloths, but
folded together in a place by
itself. 8 Then the other
disciple, who came to the
tomb first, went in also; and
he saw and believed....

19 Then, the same day at
evening, being the first day
of the week, when the doors
were shut where the disciples
were assembled, for fear of
the Jews, Jesus came and
stood in the midst, and said
to them, "Peace be with
you." 20 When He had said
this, He showed them His
hands and His side. Then the
disciples were glad when
they saw the Lord.

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Mary Magdalene has often been represented in film as a former
prostitute, but the Bible nowhere says that of her. However, we are
told that she had ben rescued from demonic oppression, and that
she and her friends faithfully supported the work of Christ and His
disciples financially (Luke 8:2-3). __Bill Crowder