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Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.

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My Redeemer Lives!

Date:
April 23, 2025

Read Job 19:25

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. (Job 19:25)

Too often Christians try to take the hideousness out of death. In doing so, however, we cut short the grieving process. We’re so eager to rush to the end and show the hope beyond the grave that we don’t deal adequately with the pain that accompanies death. For there is no denying it: Death is an ugly thing! Jesus says it is an enemy that He will ultimately destroy.

Hope

Date:
April 22, 2025

Read Romans 5:12; Genesis 3:4

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12 NASB)

The theme threaded from Genesis to Revelation is the plague of death, and all humanity has the disease. Being fallen creatures, we don’t want to face it. We try to anesthetize ourselves against it with denial and isolation.

Transformation

Date:
April 21, 2025

Read Acts 2:32, 36; 17:6; Mark 16:12–13

“This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses....Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.” (Acts 2:32, 36 NASB1995)

Imagine what it must have been like for Jesus’ disciples and followers, who had just seen His bruised and broken dead body taken from the cross and buried.

He Is Risen!

Date:
April 20, 2025

Read Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:3

Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. (Matthew 28:1)

Resurrection comes from resurge or resurgence, in the sense of “coming back” or “renewing” or “rising up.” In other words, Jesus Christ, who was once down, dead, laid aside, crucified, later stood up miraculously and bodily. He “resurged.” He came back to life, never to die again.

Eyewitness Testimony

Date:
April 19, 2025

Read John 20:1

Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. (John 20:1 NASB1995)

Imagine yourself a member of the jury in a courtroom, preparing to decide one of the oldest cases in history: The People vs. Jesus of Nazareth.

The case regards Jesus’ claim that He died and was miraculously and bodily raised from the dead. For centuries, people have disputed this claim, basing their prosecution on one of three theories.

Jesus Understands

Date:
April 18, 2025

Read Hebrews 4:15, 5:2

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15 NASB)

Do you know how Jesus learned obedience? Through lessons taught severely.

A Model for Us

Date:
April 17, 2025

Read Luke 23:48

And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow. (Luke 23:48)

Our Lord has modelled the art of dying.

Into His Father’s Hands

Date:
April 16, 2025

Read John 10:18, Psalm 31:5

“No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again.” (John 10:18)

Paid in Full

Date:
April 15, 2025

Read Luke 23:45

The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle. (Luke 23:45)

Mission Accomplished

Date:
April 14, 2025

Read 2 Corinthians 5:21

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Jesus’ sixth statement on the cross was not a cry of anguish; it was a declaration of victory. He had reached the goal and was able to say, “It is finished. Mission accomplished. It’s over.”

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