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Do not be afraid, for I know you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, just as he said. -- Matthew 28:5-6
We hear and respond to this call from God’s word to focus our hearts and minds on him in worship
Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; Christ has risen!
He has risen indeed!
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? Death has been swallowed up in victory! Christ has risen!
He has risen indeed!
Thanks be to God! He has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ has risen!
Alleluia! Christ has risen indeed!
PRAYER OF ADORATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
Gracious Father, our Sovereign Lord, King of Kings and God of all Creation. What a joy it is to worship You on this day, in which we remember and rejoice in the great reality that Jesus Christ, Your son, our Savior, is risen from the grave and even now is alive and present with us and in us through the power of your Holy Spirit. God, You who called light from darkness, who with the a word of your mouth brought forth life and created all things, have through the death and resurrection of Your son Jesus, called us out darkness into light, have brought us from death to life and made us new creations in Christ. Lord Jesus, you humbled yourself, taking on the nature of a servant, being obedient unto death for us. Because You died, we died. Our sin is nailed with You on the cross and we no longer live for ourselves. And because You live, we live and participate in your resurrection power, living for You who died and rose for us. We give you all praise and honor this morning O God, and we come before You as those who have been freed from our sin by our risen Savior, Jesus Christ.
We come right where we are today, joined together by Your Spirit with believers across the ages and around the globe, to give you all praise, honor and glory due Your name. And we come in humble dependence upon You in all things, praying together as Jesus taught his followers to pray:
Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not, into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen.
SONGS OF PRAISE
Come behold the wondrous mystery in the dawning of the King.
He the theme of heaven’s praises robed in frail humanity.
In our longing, in our darkness now the light of life has come.
Look to Christ, who condescended took on flesh to ransom us.
Come behold the wondrous mystery He the perfect Son of Man.
In His living, in His suffering never trace nor stain of sin.
See the true and better Adam come to save the hell-bound man.
Christ the great and sure fulfilment of the law in Him we stand.
Come behold the wondrous mystery Christ the Lord upon the tree.
In the stead of ruined sinners hangs the Lamb in victory.
See the price of our redemption see the Father’s plan unfold.
Bringing many sons to glory grace unmeasured, love untold.
Come behold the wondrous mystery slain by death the God of life.
But no grave could e’er restrain Him. Praise the Lord; He is alive!
What a foretaste of deliverance how unwavering our hope.
Christ in power resurrected as we will be when He comes!
Before the throne of God above, I have a strong and perfect plea;
A great High Priest whose name is love, who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands, my name is written on His heart.
I know that while in heav'n He stands, no tongue can bid me thence depart,
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
When Satan tempts me to despair, and tells me of the guilt within.
Upward I look and see Him there, who made an end of all my sin,
Because the sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free;
For God, the Just, is satisfied, to look on Him and pardon me,
To look on Him and pardon me.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Praise the One Risen Son of God.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Praise the One Risen Son of God.
Behold Him there the risen Lamb, my perfect spotless Righteousness,
The great unchangeable I AM, the King of Glory and of Grace!
One with Himself I cannot die, my soul is purchased by His blood;
My life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ my Savior and my God!
With Christ my Savior and my God!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Praise the One Risen Son of God.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Praise the One Risen Son of God.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Lord, we humbly confess that we don’t deserve Your mercy and grace. Like Judas, we have betrayed You. Like Peter, we have denied You. Like Thomas, we have doubted You. Like Paul, we have persecuted You. We have repeatedly failed to demonstrate in our own lives the reality of the love with which You loved us into your kingdom through the glorious mystery of the Cross. Forgive us our sin, O Lord. Draw us near by Your Spirit. Open our hearts to the wonder of the Cross, our eyes to the glory of the risen Christ, and our hands to the service of Your kingdom right where you have placed us, that Your name might be glorified through our lives and that Your gospel might go forth from our lips. Fill us with Your Holy Spirit, that we might walk in newness of life and in a manner worthy of our calling. We ask this in the name of Jesus, Amen.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
Romans 6:8-11: For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
SONG OF PRAISE
Man of Sorrows, Lamb of God; by His own betrayed.
The sin of man and wrath of God, has been on Jesus laid.
Silent as He stood accused, beaten, mocked and scorned.
Bowing to the Father's will, He took a crown of thorns.
Chorus
Oh that rugged cross; my Salvation; where Your love poured out over me
Now my soul cries out, Hallelujah, Praise and honor unto Thee.
Sent of Heaven God's own Son, to purchase and redeem.
And reconcile the very ones, who nailed Him to that tree.
(chorus)
Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full, By the precious blood that my Jesus spilled.
Now the curse of sin, has no hold on me, Whom the Son sets free,
oh is free indeed!
(repeat then chorus)
See the stone is rolled away, behold the empty tomb.
Hallelujah, God be praised! He's risen from the grave!
(chorus)
READING GOD’S WORD Matthew 28:1-20
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell.* The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church,† the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
* Meaning that Christ took upon himself the full wrath of God for our sins on the cross.
† Meaning the "universal" church made up of all true believers in Jesus Christ.
Journey to the Other Side
SONG OF RESPONSE
Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens and earth reply, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Dying once He all does save, Alleluia! Where thy victory O grave? Alleluia!
Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!
Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
TIME OF PRAYER
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Use this time to pray for the specific needs in the Ambassador Prayer Journal, as well as God’s provision, guidance, protection, and healing mercies; His church, our country, the nations; for those who are sick, suffering, in need; for the vulnerable, persecuted and oppressed; for missionaries and ministries; for the gospel to go forth freely and bring salvation to many.)
We receive God’s blessing for his people from his word
Children’s Activities for Easter:
These verses are referenced in the Easter Story:
Matthew 2:1-15, 4:23-25, 19:13-15, 21-28
John 20:1-18
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