TMT~Thursday Morning Thought~Apr 3
Apr 3rd, 2008 by steve vanhorn
Long time no write, but I am pumped are you!
Sorry about the delay folks! I hope since reading the last TMT everyone is doing fantastic! You will notice (by all the exclamation points) that I am very excited! We all should be very excited! We just finished celebrating the most fantastic time of year-Easter!!! In the last couple of weeks our children have been learning the most important lesson they will ever hear in their classes on Sunday mornings, which is the story of Jesus’ amazing life, death, burial and resurrection! Our children learned of the great news that Jesus is alive! This week, as I prepared to teach the children about the great gift that goes along with having faith in Jesus I was reminded of a few key things that should give all believers a hope and joy to live passionately for Him! I was reminded about how exciting it is to have a God who not only lowered Himself to dwell among us and die a humiliating death, yet was glorified through His amazing resurrection and ascension to heaven; I also was reminded that this amazing God who is responsible for the new life we can have in Him is preparing the gift of eternal salvation and guarding it by the power of His hand for the “inexpressible and glorious joy” (1 Peter 1:8) we will have when we see Jesus Christ after waiting in anticipation for His debut (1 Peter 1:3-8)! We have an amazingly real reason to be excited because this season is a reminder that the reason we have faith is because Jesus is alive! He is “the goal of [our] faith, the salvation of [our] souls,” (vs. 9) we are assured that we will meet him face to face, and that “inheritance” or “hope” will never fade away or “perish” once we have put our faith in Him! What an amazing God we have to take joy in, and to share with our children!
Prize Question!
I said I was excited about the news that “Jesus is alive!” How many exclamation points did I use in this particular blog? Send your answers in and the first person I hear back from before this coming Sunday (April 6) gets their choice of their favorite candy bar!