I never get tired of saying that!  Every Easter we say it:  HE IS RISEN! or CHRIST IS RISEN! or JESUS IS RISEN! and every year it affirms and confirms the one truth that makes all the difference: Our God has the power to change anyone and anything!  Whether it's a dead past, or a dead present or a seemingly dead future, Jesus HAS already risen, and is ready to raise your dead-ends and mine, and give us a future and a hope that matters.

I couldn't wait to get up this morning, to get ready to share the Good News with anyone and everyone who needs to know that we serve a RISEN Savior, and because of that, life has meaning and purpose, NOW and forever!  I've seen His resurrection power in many people and many places, but the clearest example of His amazing grace, love and power is in my own heart.  Every day that grace, love and power works deeper and deeper into the center of my being, and the result is a fuller trust, a greater hope, and surer faith than yesterday, last month, or last year.  Jesus is the only one worth living for, dying for and hoping for in this life and the next.  He IS the beginning and the end, the first and the last, the way, the truth and the life--the only way to the Father, and the only way to live abundantly today!  He IS risen. He IS risen, indeed!  Alleluia!