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October 21
Monday


O GLORIOUS
DAY!

READ:
Matthew 27:27-31;
28:1-6
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He is not here;
for He is risen.
__Matthew 28:6
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It was the day after. My favorite team had just lost its final game and the dream of a championship was now over. It was cold out and a bit gloomy as I got int the car to go to work. None of this should have mattered much, but it was shaping up to be a blue Monday.

But then a song came on the radio that transformed my perspective. It was Casting Crowns singing "Glorious Day. "One day they led [Christ] up Calvary's mountain, one day they nailed Him to die on a tree." Nothing encouraging yet. "Suffering anguish, despised and rejected"__more bad news. But then the song describes the good news of Christ's resurrection and His victory over death.

Out of that worst of days__out of the noontime darkness on that Jerusalem hillside__has come the only true hope for mankind. Because Jesus "took the nails for me," as the song says, "He carried my sins far away." And one day He's coming back_"O glorious day!"

Perhaps today did not start out well for you. Maybe you face a host of trouble that threatens to turn this into a day of despair. Turn your attention to Jesus. Review what He did for you at calvary and how He conquered death by His resurrection: "He is not here; for He is risen"! (Matt. 28:6). That can make any day a glorious day! __Dave Brannon

`````````````````Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;````````````````````
``````````````````Buried, He carried my sins far away;```````````````````````
```````````````````Rising, He justified freely forever;````````````````````````
````````````One day He's coming__O glorious day! __Chapman``````````````````
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Christ's empty tomb fills us with hope.

**********************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 27:27-31; 28:1-6***********************

Matthew 27
27 Then the soldiers of the
governor took Jesus into
the Praetorium and
gathered the whole garrison
around Him. 28 And they
stripped Him and put a
scarlet robe on Him.

29 When they had twisted a
crown of thorns, they put it
on is head, and a reed in
His right hand. And they
bowed the knee before Him
and mocked Him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"

30 Then they spat on Him,
and led
Him away to be crucified.

Matthew 28
1 Now after the Sabbath,
as the first day of the week
began to dawn, Mary
Magdalene and the other
Mary came to see the tomb.

2 And behold, there was a
great earthquake; for an
angel of the Lord descended
from heaven, and came and
rolled back the stone from
the door, and sat on it. 3 His
countenance was like
lightning, and his clothing as
white as snow. 4 and the
guards shook for fear of him,
and became like dead men.

5 But the angel answered
and said to the women, "Do
not be afraid, for I know
that you seek Jesus who
was crucified. 6 He is not
here; for He is risen, as He
said. Come, see the place
where the Lord lay.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Jesus' suffering on Good Friday and the exultant joy of Easter
morning are in stark contrast. Even before His crucifixion, the
ridicule, mocking, and torture made Christ the target of shame by
sinners (Matt. 27:27-31). But Christ's victory over death brought
relief and joy to His followers (John 16:16-22; 20:19-23).