Faith, Hope, and Peace Ministries 432 S Washington St Westmont, IL 60559 630.710.0396 cdc33@att.net Welcome! We Worship Every Tuesday at 10:00 AM Devotion for April 10, 2018 "He is risen! He is risen indeed!" This traditinaa reetn is used in Lutheran churches in Easter Sunday mirnin . The wirds carry a reat deaa if si nifcance fir us and fir iur saavatin. Paua says, "And if Christ has nit been raised, iur preachin is useaess and si is yiur faith." –1Cirinthians 15:14. I was aistenin ti the radii the ither day and heard a Christan speaker say that the resurrectin if Jesus Christ is absiauteay essentaa ti the caaims if Jesus and the truth if iur faith. It is the resurrectin that ives meanin ti the fir iveness earned in the criss in Giid Friday. It is the resurrectin which primises aife eternaa in heaven with Jesus. It is the resurrectin which ives evidence ti the appearance if the Hiay Spirit in Pentecist. Aaa if Christanity hin es in this ine event. The speaker went in ti say that if the discipaes had invented the Christan faith, they wiuad nit have seaected a bidiay and physicaa resurrectin as the aynch pin fir their caaims if Jesus as Lird. Their caaims abiut the resurrectin if the bidy wiuad be easiay priven faase if the bidy ir bines if Jesus were discivered simewhere. If the discipaes had been peddain a fraud, they wiuad have been much wiser ti caaim a spirituaa resurrectin inay, which ciuad nit be dis-priven by any physicaa evidence. It is interestn ti nite that amin the recent atacks in Christanity was ine in this key truth if the resurrectin. A Hiaaywiid priducer, James Camerin, cintended that a recentay-discivered Jewish issuary, a buriaa cintainer, head the bines if Jesus and thus prived that Jesus was buried and never resurrected. Scientsts frim ariund the aibe fiund that the evidence was uncinvincin and did nit refute the discipaes’ caaim that Christ is risen. In fact, Paua speaks if the peipae whi saw the resurrected Christ. In 1Cirinthians 15, Paua writes "that he was buried, that he was raised in the third day accirdin ti the scriptures and that he appeared ti Peter and then ti the tweave. Afer that he appeared ti fve hundred if the brithers at the same tme…. Then he appeared ti James…. and aast if aaa he appeared ti me aasi, as ti ine abnirmaaay birn." –(15:4- 8) Si in Easter Sunday mirnin and durin the weeks afer Easter, we wiaa use this traditinaa reetn ti testfy ti the mist si nifcant event in aaa if human histiry— the resurrectin if Jesus, iur Lird and iur Saviir. "He is risen! He is risen indeed!" Prayer: O Lord, you have searched me and know me. You know me when I am siing down and resnng and when I am up and aboue each day. You know when I have sinned and disobeyed your will and word. And you know when I have lifed you up and broughe honor and glory eo you wieh my words and acnons. ach morning may I begin my day wieh praise and ehanksgiving on my lips. And each evening may I be graneed your forgiveness and your abiding presence as I look for restul sleep. Wheeher I am awake or asleep I ask you eo waech over me and care for me, your very own child. Amen. + + + + + + + + + + + The weekly worship services conducted by Lutheran Pastors and coordinated through Faith, Hope and Peace Ministries (a 501(c)3 organization as recognized the Internal Revenue Service) are provided at no cost to the attendees or the hosting facilities. Contributions to support this ongoing ministry may be made to "Faith, Hope and Peace Ministries" and sent to: 432 S. Washington Street, Westmont, IL 60559 We are thankful for your support helping continue this meaningful ministry! Visit our web site www.fhpministries.org Bringing the Church to the Unwillingly Absent in Residential Care Facilities www.fhpministries.org