Blessed Good Friday!
Blessed Good Friday!
Good Friday is good because Jesus Christ died so that all who trust and believe in Him will have eternal life, and we no longer live for ourselves but for Him who died and was raised. Put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today – find out more here or here.
For all who already trust Jesus, may this Good Friday be a day to reflect on our Saviour’s indescribable love for us that led him Via Dolorosa to Calvary, where He died that death we should have died. May we then live the life He wants and wills us to live, with faith, hope and joy abiding in Him. ย Because He lives, we can face tomorrow.
Blessed Good Friday to all, from all of us at EAST!
P.S. See our Holy Saturday reflective post on “Why is there suffering?“
Like Father, Like Son
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“Like father, like son!” speaks of both the DNA and an environment for growth. May the new nature we have in Christ, sacrificially given by our Heavenly Father, be nurtured through the fellowship of the Holy Spirit and fellow saints in molding us to be more like Him!
๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅโ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌโ โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ; ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐บ.โ ~ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ
Happy Mother’s Day!
To all beloved mothers in our lives – biological, adoptive and spiritual, Happy Mother’s Day! You are well described in Proverbs 31:28-30 (NIV):
28ย Her children arise and call her blessed;
ย ย ย ย her husband also, and he praises her:
29ย โMany women do noble things,
ย ย ย ย but you surpass them all.โ
30ย Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
ย ย ย ย but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
We thank God for your unconditional love in our lives.
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How the Virus Stole EasterโOr Not
Ms Kristi Bothur composed the poem, “How the Virus Stole Easter” (with a nod to Dr Seuss, she noted), and published it on her blog site, This Side of Heaven. Here is an excerpt:
Twas late in โ19 when the virus began
Bringing chaos and fear to all people, each land.
People were sick, hospitals full,
Doctors overwhelmed, no one in school.
As winter gave way to the promise of spring,
The virus raged on, touching peasant and king.
People hid in their homes from the enemy unseen.
They YouTubed and Zoomed, social-distanced, and cleaned.
April approached and churches were closed.
โThere wonโt be an Easter,โ the world supposed.
โThere wonโt be church services, and egg hunts are out.
No reason for new dresses when we canโt go about.โ
Holy Week started, as bleak as the rest.
The world was focused on masks and on tests.
โEaster canโt happen this year,โ they proclaimed.
โOnline and at home, it just wonโt be the same.โ
Or is it? For the amazing ending, read the rest of the poem here.
Source: This Side of Heaven blog, 5 April 2020.
It Is Finished!
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“18ย For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19ย but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.” (1 Peter 1:18-19, NIV)
“IT IS FINISHED!” declared the Saviour when He died on the cross that first Good Friday (John 19:30). Worthy is the Lamb that was slain! A perfect, spotless, unblemished sacrifice that saved the world!
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