Grace & Truth: Who Calls the Shots?

Pastor Kent Landhuis 

THEME - Resurrection messes with our expectations 

TEXT - 2 Samuel 1:1-4, Mark 16:1-8

1. We expect ________ to ____.

·        2 Samuel 1:1-4

·        Genesis 2:16-17

·        1 Corinthians 15:55-57

·        We live in denial of ________.

2. We expect ______  ______ to ______  ______. 

·        Mark 16:1

·        Luke 23:52-24:4

·        Luke 4: 5b. Why do you look for the _______ among the _____?

3. We expect _____   ___________ to _______   ___________. 

·        Mark 16:6

·        Luke 24:3-8

·        Ephesians 2:1-10

·        Thanks be to God for _____  __________!

NEXT STEPS: 

·        Put your faith in the risen Jesus.

·        Embrace the victory of resurrection.

Easter Reflections

Use these songs of praise to continue your Easter reflections throughout the week. Celebrate the gift of life. The gift of resurrection. And the gift of eternal life!

Lord, you have been our dwelling place

    throughout all generations.

Before the mountains were born

    or you brought forth the whole world,

    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

You turn people back to dust,

    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”

A thousand years in your sight

    are like a day that has just gone by,

    or like a watch in the night.

Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—

    they are like the new grass of the morning:

In the morning it springs up new,

    but by evening it is dry and withered.      

Psalm 90:1-6

Show me, Lord, my life’s end

    and the number of my days;

    let me know how fleeting my life is.

You have made my days a mere handbreadth;

    the span of my years is as nothing before you.

Everyone is but a breath,

    even those who seem secure.

Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;

    in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth

    without knowing whose it will finally be.

But now, Lord, what do I look for?

    My hope is in you.                                     

Psalm 39:4-7