U-turn (Day 20) Jesus’ resurrection | Pr Lazarus Takawira

A warm welcome to you all our listeners. My name is Lazarus and I'm

from acts, Botswana. I'd like to welcome you today number twenty of our

uturen Firsting and Prayer season. I want to congratulate you for making it this

far, and I'm sure your life has been blessed and by now you already

have many testimonies. If not, I'm confident that God has so many testimonies

installed for you. Today's topic is Jesus' resurrection, and we take this from

Matthew chapter twenty eight, Versus one to fifteen. The subject of the resurrection

of Jesus is a beautiful one and one that sets our faith apart from many

other faith that proclaims to be true. I am so glad that Jesus is

alive. I'm so glad that Jesus rose up again. I'm so glad that

Jesus defeated death and defeated the graaf. In Matthew chapter twenty eighth, verse

one to fifteen, we see Mary Magdalene and the Other Mary visiting the tomb

of Jesus after he had passed away, only to find out an angel that

had descended from heaven right to earth, rolled the stone away, and set

on the stone, and told the two marys that Jesus is alive, and

you need not to worry. You need not to be afraid, because he

is alive, our father, our savior. He is alive, and he

is living. So the angel tells the two marries that Jesus is alive.

And after that the angel tells the two marries that go your way, and

tell his disciples that Jesus is alive. The two marries departed from the tomb

on their way, and the Bible tells us with fear and great joy,

for they were afraid because the of the angel they had seen was so marvelous

and so glorious that it brought godly fear to them, while at the same

time they were filled with great joy knowing that their savior is alive, knowing

that Jesus is alive again, and they went their way. As they went

towards the disciples, they met Jesus on the way. Jesus himself, Jesus

in flesh, fully alive, defeated death, and the Bible tells us that

the two women they worshiped him. They stopped and worshiped Jesus such a marvelous

moment. It is a moment that is coming from the back end of a

terrible time, when their savior had been crucified, when Jesus had been nailed

on the cross, when Jesus had been killed and assassinated by the ruling a

lid of the day. Yet year is a beautiful moment where their Savior is

alive. The Bible tells us that they spent time worshiping Jesus at his feats,

just spending time in worship because they are Savior was alive, And such

a beautiful moment that you and I get to worship a God that is alive,

our God, as we say it, he ain't no silver near hanging

on the wall. He is real, He's living, and he's living inside

of us. So the two women worship Jesus at the feet. The Bible

tells us that Jesus then commanded them to go and tell his disciples that he

is truly alive. He has resurrected, he has defeated death. He the

tomb is empty, he is no longer bound by the shackles of death.

He has let them loose. He has defeated death, and he is alive,

and while they were going their way to the disciples, having encountered both

the Angel and Jesus. The Bible tells us that on the other side of

things, there was a meeting with the gods and the chief and the elders

of the ruling elite as they come together to devise a plan to speak false

news. In fact, they decided and said, we will give you money

to the gods, and please tell people that the Disciples came and stole the

body of Jesus. And this is the reality of the times we live in

where there is so much fake news, but that can never overcome the good

news. And the good news is that our Savior is alive. And I

just want to give you and encourage you with just three points as we get

into the devotion of today, as we look into jesus resurrection. Point number

one is that our God is alive. What does that mean to say our

God is alive? When we say Jesus is alive, it means that your

prayer, my prayer is not falling on death ears. It means when we

speak, we speak to a God who years, we speak to a God

who addswers. What does it mean that Jesus is alive. When Jesus Love

is alive, it means that you and I have a hope, have a

future. And Jesus has paid the price for us. We no longer have

to pay that price. He has paid the price for us. He has

gone to the cross for us. That means though we may die in flesh

on earth, we will live again as long as we are in Christ.

Jesus. So, our God is alive. And I just want to encourage

you no matter what you're going through, you save a God that is living.

And if God can defeat death, you can defeat your sickness. If

God can defeat death, you can defeat your tough times. If Jesus can

rise back up from the dead, surely he can resurrect your marriage. If

Jesus can defeat death, surely he can resurrect your health. He can resurrect

your business, he can resurrect your career. Maybe you're feeling courage that work.

I just want to challenge you that if Jesus can defeat death, surely

you can overcome depression. Surely you can overcome any challenge you're facing. Because

we know that it is no longer I who live as poses, but Christ

that lives in me, and if Jesus lives in us, we've got power

to defeat the enemy of today. And point number two is go and tell

everyone, Go and tell everyone you see jesus resurrection gives us the power and

the authority to go and share with everyone what it means to have a God

who is alive. As we go through this year, we know the theme

of the year is that all may know, and all may know that Jesus

is alive. All may know that Jesus defeated death. All may know that

we live in God. All may know that if Jesus is alive, you

and I are alive in Christ. You and I have hope. You and

I are not condemned anymore. You and I have a hope. You and

I are forgiven. And go and tell everyone. I want to challenge you

today as you go on with your day Number twenty of prayer and firsting,

find someone to tell about Jesus. Find someone to tell her, to tell

the story of Jesus. To tell somebody about how Jesus was crucified on the

cross for you and I. He died on the cross so that you and

I can be forgiven of our things, that you and I can have our

relationship with the further restored by the act of Jesus on the cross. But

don't let the story end there, because the story of Jesus ends with Jesus

coming back up to life, ends with Jesus defeating death. And everybody,

and I mean everybody, needs to know that Jesus is alive. Jesus says,

Jesus is the only way to the Father. He is the only truth,

and he is the life. No one else comes to the Father except

through Jesus. Imagine if Jesus didn't come there to a lot to life,

but thank God, he came back to life. And because he is alive,

we can come to the Father. We will then come to the Father

boldly. We can come to the Father with such great boldness, knowing that

our Jesus defeated death. So tell somebody, find somebody at work, somebody

at your company, somebody at home, somebody in your streets, somebody in

your phone book, somebody in your family, and tell them so that all

may know that Jesus is alive. Not only is he a life, but

that he's waking in you and he's doing a new thing in you. Behold,

he's doing a new thing in you, Isaiah says, will you not

perceive it? He will even make a way where there seems to be no

way. I just want to challenge your friends that today tells somebody about Jesus.

Tell somebody about the testimony you hold and you have dearly about Jesus.

Point number three. We read from Matthew twenty eight, between verse one to

verse fifteen, that the gods were telling a different story, but the two

mayors were mandated with telling the right story, which is the good news.

In the age we live in, there's so much information. Many of it

is fact, many of it is not true. I just want to challenge

us as believers to carry the good news. Not just consume the good news,

but share the good news. Not just share, but share what is

true. I pray we will have boldness to speak the truth in love to

our friends, our family, and everyone around us. Share the good news

of Jesus Christ. Share the good news of what Jesus has done. I

pray, friends, that you are encouraged. I want to leave you with

a question to ponder one as you finish Day number twenty. What does it

mean? When we say Jesus is alive, What does it mean to you,

beloved listeners, What does it mean that Jesus is alive? Amen?

Amen, Allow me Church to pray for our nation, Malaysia and believe God

for revival. I truly believe that God has a plan for Malaysia. God

has a plan for East West Malaysia. And I believe that the revival that

is about to yeat Southeast Asia and Asia will begin in Malaysia. Let us

pray Father with thank you. We thank you that you send your only bigoden

son to die for us. We thank you that your son defeated death.

We thank you Lord that by your power Jesus is alive again. We are

so grateful that we say a living God, and because of our Jesus is

alive. The same power that brought Jesus to life is the same power that

is within us. For after all, in next chapter one, verse eight,

you say it to us, you shall receive power when the holy spiritual

has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses Judea, Jerusalem and

all the ends of earth. And I pray Lord that your people will have

power and exercise power to ignite and spread revival in Malaysia. Lord, we

bless this nation. We pray for the brody of the Body of Christ in

Malaysia, that it will come together as one and be used by God for

revival. Lord, we pray for salvations in numbers and not just servations.

But we pray for sons as well. In the name of Jesus. For

that we pray that will have disciples, will stand for what is true,

will stand for what is right, will stand for what is godly. Because

revival, Lord will come when signs are revealed, when signs rise up.

I pray in the name of Jesus, that Lord, there will be the

fear of God in the corridors of governance in Malaysia. There will be fear

of God in every street. And I pray that Lord, You'll use the

sons and daughter's Lord to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to bring revival in

the nation. I speak unity in the nation, unity in the Body of

Christ, Unity in the government, Unity among the tribes and races of Malaysia.

Unity from East South Malaysia, unity from a lost attire to Joho,

unity in every state. In the name of Jesus, send your revival,

Send your power, send your holygos fire. Let your power and fire fall

upon Malaysia in the name of Jesus. Use us as your servants for your

glory and for your glory alone. In Jesus' mighty name. I pray and

everyone say Amen. Amen. Our dear listeners, thank you so much for

listening to this podcast, and I pray you have been encouraged. May your

day twenty be nothing short of supernatural and spirit filled. Thank you for listening,

and goodbye, blessings. My name is Lazarus Words Again, God bless you.