Mark 16:15-16 (NIV)
15 And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. 16 Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.
“Picture the women sprinting, bolting out of that tomb—trembling, bewildered, alarmed, afraid. Imagine their hearts pounding in their chests, carrying this message to the disciples and Peter… this message that’s going to change everything, and how they look at everything—what just happened to Jesus, and what happens next. Can you imagine? Their minds were probably racing as they rushed to where the disciples and Peter were hiding. This reminded me of what Will Willimon (a Methodist pastor) once said, I’m paraphrasing… Christians aren’t people who simply know something that non-Christians don’t know yet… Christians are people who’ve had something happen to them that the world appears not yet to have experienced. ‘The risen Christ has come back to us. In one way or another, you are here because the risen Christ sought you, met you, caught you, and commandeered you for God’s purposes.’” [Adapted from P. Jason P’s Sunday message]
Pray for one person who has yet to experience Christ. Let’s also pray that God will give us the courage to preach the Good News!
Prayer: Father, give me the courage to preach the Good News to those who have yet to experience Christ. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Let’s worship to “Glorious Day” by Passion (click here).
-DP