Living in the power of the resurrection

In Mark, chapter 16 we have the quintessential narrative about the resurrection. It says there that “When the Sabbath had passed…” – that is, on Saturday, the Lord was crucified on Friday. He was in the tomb part of Friday, Saturday all day, he rose again on a Sunday like today – “When Mary Magdalene had passed the Sabbath, Mary, the mother of James and Salome, bought aromatic spices to go and anoint him.” They were going to anoint a dead body, a body residing in that tomb. But the Lord was no longer there, glory to Him in his name. "And very early in the morning, on the first day of the week - precisely a Sunday - they came to the sepulcher and the sun had risen." – early morning But they had a problem, "They said among themselves, who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?" And that is the question that we ask ourselves many times when we are going through tribulations, difficulties, when we want to do something great that frightens us, intimidates us. The question is, who is going to remove that stone from us, that inertia that slows us down, that prevents us from reaching our goals? “But when they looked they saw the stone rolled away, which was very large. And when they entered the tomb, they saw a young man – read an angel – sitting on the right side covered in a long white garment and they were terrified. But he told them, “Don't be scared,” – easier said than felt, because they were terrified. “Don't be scared, are you looking for Jesus Nazareno, the one who was crucified? He has risen. Not here. Look at the place where they put him. But listen, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you." That would be a good title for this sermon. He goes before you. “There you will see him, as he told you – and I think that there may have been a little scolding there, as he told you, because he had told them what was going to happen and everything, including his resurrection, but they were not able to believe him. “There you will see him as he told you. And they fled from the sepulcher because they were terrified and terrified.” It seems that the angel's words were not very effective, "Do not be frightened," they were trembling, full of trembling and fear. "And they didn't say anything to anyone." Again, the angel had told them to go and bear witness. “…they didn't say anything to anyone because they were afraid.”

Brethren, the resurrection is the crowning event of the dramja of salvation. The birth of Jesus is definitely one of the key moments of Christianity, Christmas. But the resurrection is actually what garners, strengthens, all the other narrative of Scripture. Because without the resurrection Jesus would be just another martyr, a religious genius like Muhammad, like Buddha, like Confucius, the Asian teacher. None of these men, great as they were and having founded very great religions, ever claimed he or his disciples that they would rise from the dead. Only Christianity has the audacity to say that its Founder was resurrected, that its Founder did not remain in the grave. And the first disciples recognized that the resurrection of Christ was the basis of everything else, and that they had been called to be witnesses to others that Christ had risen. And for this reason, when Judas did what he did and hanged himself and only 11 of the 12 disciples that the Lord had established as founders remained, as balance stones and foundations for the faith, they decided to look for a disciple number 12 to replace them. Judas, it turned out to be Matthias. This is recorded in the Book of Acts. And it is said that they wanted to choose a twelfth disciple who would witness the resurrection of Christ, with the other 11. So for them that apostolate was to testify that Christ had risen. This is how important the resurrection of the Lord was for the first Christians.

First Corinthians, chapter 15, verse 14, the Apostle Paul says that "If Christ be not raised, then our preaching is vain, and our faith is also vain." The resurrection is that point that closes everything else. Now, the resurrection is not only a historical fact that we affirm actually happened in the past, it is not only something that invites us to look at what happened, but also invites us to look to the future also because the Bible says that we too are going to be resurrected with Christ one day, that one day when the Lord comes in his Kingdom, those who are dead say they will be raised from the dust, their bodies regenerated and those who are alive are also going to experience a resurrection in a sense that their bodies will be transformed as they unite with Christ in the air. So, the resurrection invites us to remember that in the future also the resurrection of Christ has implications for our future. And in fact, it is important that we never lose, brothers, the infatuation, shall we say, of the resurrection. Let us always remember that we must look. Last Friday I said that according to the word, that Christ for the joy set before Him despised shame and suffering because He had a joy that He had before Him. He knew that He was going to be resurrected and that He was also going to be origin of many resurrections, of billions of beings throughout history. And that allowed Him to endure difficulties and tribulations. And we must always remember that, brothers. When our muscles ache, when we get up and we are ailing, when the troubles, difficulties, and disappointments of life come, we also have to remember that one day he says that the Lord will wipe away every tear from us. Amen. All ailments will be finished. This world is fleeting. And we cannot forget that, that we are here passing through. We are pilgrims and foreigners who are going towards a future resurrection. This is a moment here only. Let's remember that, let's not forget the glorious future that God has for us.

So, the resurrection looks to the past, a historical fact, it looks to the future, something powerful and glorious to come, but you know what? The resurrection also points to the present, the now and the here. There is also something that we have to remember about the resurrection. The resurrection of Christ tells us a lot about how we can now live each day when we leave here. Paul, for example, talks about how he wants to know Christ and the power of his resurrection. Why did Paul want to know the power of Christ's resurrection? Because he knew in that resurrection there was power for him too. There was a consequence of the resurrection for his own life. The resurrection is, I would say, it is like a virtual, spiritual zone where we inhabit. It is a zone of power, of redemption, of hope, of capacity, of effective and powerful life. We live in the power of the resurrection. The resurrection is the maximum representative of God's power to overcome all darkness, all bitterness. The death of Jesus was a clash of powers, a conflict of powers, between light and darkness, life and death, the devil, Satan, with all his darkness, and the new Adam who is Christ Jesus, and the darkness they were defeated by the resurrection. Amen. That is why Paul says rhetorically, “O death, where is your sting? Where, oh grave, your victory? Sucked up is death," he says, "in resurrection by life."

The Lord's death tells us that every believer, when you enter into Christ something new happens. Something happens and it is that you are literally transferred from this world to the heavenly throne of God. I say that this is like a change of legal status. When you receive Christ, God changes you from being a mere human being separated from God, illegitimate, and adopts you and makes you a son. It enters a new legal, judicial dimension, a new status. Now you dwell, says the Bible, in the heavenly places. You live next to the Father. You live with Christ. So says the word. God seated us next to the Father, at His right hand, together with Christ. We are here right now, we are here in Boston, but in a sense we are also in heaven. Our status that Christ has opened, the place of resurrection.

Colossians, chapter 1, verses 12 and 13, says "The Father qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light, and has delivered us from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of his beloved Son." say amen Hallelujah! You have been translated, you have been transported through Christ in a spiritual transaction, God has transported you. And although you walk in the world physically, but remember that above all, you walk legally, judicially, in terms of the rights that you have, in the heavenly places. This is how the word Ephesians declares it, chapter 1 as well. It says, "The Father has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places with Christ." Do you know that you are rich? You are a millionaire, you are a billionaire in Christ Jesus. You have all the riches, all the spiritual blessings of the Kingdom of God are within you. So celebrate that. Amen. You have a great, great inheritance through Jesus Christ. Now, it is sad that for many of us, for many believers, and sometimes I myself who preach, fall into that doubt, and do not walk like that immensely rich being. For many believers, that wonderful status that the Lord has made possible has not shined for us. Our mind has not made the necessary adjustment. I believe, brother, you know what? That the ability to bear fruit in the Christian life, the ability to enjoy life, lies in that ability for us to change the channel and change our mentality. And for me, it is a continuous struggle to remind myself that I am not a mere mortal struggling with circumstances, that there is power in my life, there are resources that I have, there is a new identity that I have in Christ Jesus and that enables you to deal with life's problems. Who doesn't have problems, by the way, here today? Who can say, I don't have any problem, I don't have anything that afflicts me, I don't have any limitation? None of us. But by the power of the resurrection, we can overcome any situation.

The Apostle Paul says, "In all these things we are more than conquerors." And he just said, who will separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation or anguish, or famine or nakedness, or danger, or sword, he says, "No created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus." He talks about how we walk, we are dead all day, we always participate in the death of this world, but in Christ Jesus we are more than conquerors in all things. So God does not deliver us from troubles and problems, what He tells us is, "I will be with you and I will give you victory over all your giants, all your problems, because I have endowed you with power." The Lord told Joshua, "I have given you all the land that the soles of your feet will tread on." Brothers, we have to get an injection of capacity, of positivity. Then, he says, "See that I command you to strive and be brave." That's the part that's important. But we have to remember that the Lord has already given us victory. You can't be beat. The victory that God has given you as a child of God you already have, and now walk in that victory. We are kings, we are priests, says the Bible. Many times we live like beggars. Ask the Lord to help you change the channel so that you can live in the power of the resurrection. Because that's what this passage in Mark 16 is about. God squeezes it into a very beautiful, very symbolic, very literary narrative.

And there are three things that I want to share with you about that resurrection power. And I have already suggested the first, but I want to point it out now in the light of these women, because they look at their reality and believe that they are impotent, they are incapable. And the first thing that the word reminds us is that the power of the resurrection is already ours, it is already a reality in our lives even if we do not see it. Because these women, they go to a tomb that they believe is occupied by the body of the Master. They do not know that Christ has risen. Reality has changed but they don't know it. They live as if it were still the Friday of the crucifixion. The Master's victory has not dawned on his mind. They believe that the tomb is impeded by a gigantic stone and they wonder who will take the tomb from us? Weak, powerless women, and even if they were strong men they would not have been able to remove such a large stone that covered the entrance. They don't know that all that has lost importance. The Master is not dead. The stone is not in front of the grave. They have already been released to verify the fact of the resurrection. And these women are quite like many of us who have not yet dawned on us that Christ is risen. There are so many believers who are godly but do not live in resurrection power. And our pastoral charge is to invite all of you and myself to never lose sight of the fact that we are not ordinary beings. The Lord, through Christ, defeated the grave, death, the devil, everything that provides inertia in our lives. The Lord wants us to live victorious lives, abundant lives, battle-hardened lives, lives with hope in our hearts. Every day that we get up we have to get rid of those wet and cold clothes that life wants to throw on us and remember that we can do everything through Christ Jesus who strengthens us.

These women are in a sense defeated. She is going to anoint a dead body. That body is no longer dead, it is alive. They are going to contend against a stone that has already been rolled away by the angel. Brothers, we have to battle every day. The Christian's battle is in the mind. I am convinced that what we need is to be awakened to the power that God has made possible through his resurrection. It is an ability to believe the Lord. Athletes know, musicians know, artists know that much of their creativity and ability depends on how they perceive themselves. That is why you see that they always try to speak positively, that they are going to do this, that they are going to do that, that they can do it. And nowadays it has been taken to a point of exaggeration, but the truth is that when a man or a woman begins to doubt their capacity, their identity, they have lost half the battle there. Because according to your faith it will be done to you, according to your visualization, according to what you believe. And I encourage you each day to visualize yourself as already endowed with the power of God, that there is nothing that can defeat you. That although the reality around you says otherwise, it does not depend on your emotions. We have to learn, brothers, that we cannot depend on our emotions, because otherwise we would do nothing. How many times do we get up and the first thing that assails us is that problem with which we are dealing? And that is where we have to not let ourselves be overwhelmed by that feeling and say like Paul, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Christians do not live by emotions, brothers. We have to pull out that plug and take away its ability to communicate that negative energy to us. We have to learn that we do not live by emotions, we live by everything that God has declared about our life, everything that is in the word of God, that God has told us, "I send you in the power of my spirit." Go into that power. When the angel spoke to Gideon in the cave, Judges, chapter 6, I think it is, and said, "The Lord is with you, mighty and mighty man." And what does Josué say? "Ah, if so, why are we here hiding, gathering the wheat and I am the smallest of my tribe, the smallest tribe of all Israel?" He did not listen to what the angel told him, "It is Lord is with you." And when the angel finishes talking to him, he says, "Now go in this power." It was that the angel endowed him with power, endowed him with authority. Gideon when he came out of that cave, fearful, threshing the wheat so they wouldn't see him, now he was a different man, he was a man who had the power of God in him. Now he could do things. And many times God anoints us, empowers us, but nothing changes around us. We feel the same. We feel like nothing has happened.

When David was anointed, I imagine he didn't feel a thing. Samuel poured a vial of oil on him, anointed him as king of Israel but David continued the same as always. But the Bible says that from that day on the spirit of the Lord visited David. And there came a time when he found himself in the field of war visiting his brothers. Note that he was still Davicito, he was not the warrior. His brothers were the ones in the war. David was the one who tended the sheep. After being anointed he continued tending sheep, but something had changed in him. God had prepared him and gifted him. And there he had an atomic force within him. And when the time came that he heard the giant challenge God's people and curse God, that power awoke within him and he charged at the giant and overcame it, because the power was in him. And I believe, brothers, that we have to understand that, that the power is with me. Tell yourself right now, the power is with me. Believe it in the name of Jesus. God is with you. God's anointing is on you, even if you don't feel it. Don't live life for emotions. Fight against emotions every day because it is what the mouth of God has said about you, that is what matters. And we are going to live lives like this, because the power of God is already in us. Those women, although they did not know it, the power of the resurrection was already over their lives. The power of the resurrection is already a fact.

Second, the power of the resurrection works by faith and not by sight. We have already said it. Many times what we see is simply the world around us, the giants. If those women had stayed in the house because there was an obstacle that they couldn't overcome, they would have been defeated before even starting the battle. They were not ultimately intimidated, even though they believed the Lord was dead, but at least they began to walk by faith. How good is what they said, who will take the stone from us? But they didn't stay in the house asking themselves that question. They were walking and asking who is going to remove the stone from us. That's a constructive question, I would say, in that case. I remembered this morning as I was writing this message that almost 30 years ago, when I had the dream with the Lion of Judah over the city of Boston that the Lord put in my heart that call to change my residence from Cambridge, and come to Boston and search for a building We didn't have a penny, brothers, in reserves at that time. When the Lord said to my spirit, “Move your address, go to Boston, find a place,” we had nothing. And I started looking for buildings and I remember that the first building we discovered was and still is in Jamaica Plain, a school that had a problem and the building had been closed. It was a building and it is a big building, with another property next to it, with a lot of land around it and it was worth literally millions. And I called the owners and started talking to them and negotiating between…. More or less, they didn't know that I didn't have a penny. And I myself didn't know how, if they said yes, I was going to get in big trouble because I had nothing.

Long story short, that building was sold before we could do anything, but on the same day that I found out that that building had already been sold, God opened the door for the first building there at 68 and Northampton Street. . At that time a change had already taken place in my mind, I already had ideas of looking for a loan, of challenging the congregation so that they would start giving. And God began then, we negotiated with the owner of the property, that is, God allowed me to speak with our denomination, the American Baptists, that's what the American Baptists denomination is called. I called them on the phone, we negotiated with them, they gave us an initial loan. I challenged the congregation at that time, quite small, to start giving money. We changed the name of the church by faith, including, from Iglesia Bautista Central to Congregación León de Judá. And the Lord began to part the sea before us, the money began to come in, and I didn't really know how much it was going to cost. It was later that I realized the mess I had gotten myself into. But you know what? As we started walking the Lord began to part the sea before us. But if I had waited, I would have said, “No, we have to wait for the money, this and that,” we never would have done anything. Had to start. And it is what happens in life, brothers, that sometimes we set goals, we may not reach the original goal, but the Lord broadens our faith and begins to work, and then he takes us where we need to be. You remember that I told you that when I first stopped across the street, after having visited that building two or three times during the negotiations, I stood in front of it and saw that lion that is embedded there in the front of 68 and Northampton Street, roaring and declaring the Lord's victory over all principality and power. Evidently, that building had been marked for us to occupy, Congregación León de Judá. That was the building, the other was just a step forward.

And many times in life it will be like that. You are going to set goals, perhaps at the beginning you will not reach them, perhaps you will even have an apparent failure at the beginning, but persist, because the Lord has what He wants for you. And many times the Lord in the efforts, He polishes us, preparing, training for what He has for us. The important thing is that we strive and be brave. That is the part that is up to us. These women did not let appearances stop them from stepping out in faith. And when they arrived, they discovered that the stone had already been removed, that the Master was not in the tomb. You have to start walking, like the priests in the Jordan River, and the river opens before our feet. Walk by faith, don't look at obstacles, don't look at the things that lie ahead. Or acknowledge them but know that God is more than powerful to overcome every obstacle in your life. Don't walk by sight, walk by faith. Do not be dominated by your feelings, by what you see. The children of God are always like the heroes of faith in Hebrews, chapter 11, we are looking at a city and greeting it from afar. We are greeting by faith the victories and the dreams, the visions that God places in our hearts. If you don't have a vision right now that intimidates and scares you, get a vision, because we all have to be pregnant with something in life. If we are just existing every day, what is your vision? Is there something terrible that you are asking of the Lord? If not, find yourself something that inspires fear. Anything you say, I can't do, and then put it inside you. Ask the Lord to enlighten you and then, dare and launch yourself in the name of the Lord to pursue your vision. And let that vision attract you and unite all the elements of your life to that vision and then the vision will guide you and take you perhaps further than you think. But where is your vision and what is the stone that you have to remove in your life?

And finally, something very important that we also have to remember about the dynamics of the resurrection. It's just that the power of resurrection, listen to this, is not for the gifted, but for the hard-working. Write that. Resurrection power is not for the gifted, but for the hard-working. The natural thing would have been that these women were not the initial witnesses of the resurrection. These women were not written, I believe, in the script of history as the first witnesses of the resurrection. It should have been the disciples, it should have been theologically educated or wealthy people who witnessed that act. However, the Lord chose them, why? Because they were in the right place. They were available. They wanted to honor the Master. It should have been the men, but unfortunately the men were frightened, they were hidden, discouraged, but these women, as sisters can often be, even in their apparent weakness are often stronger because they have that courage, they have that ability to believe that innocence I think that Simón and Ana… these women at a peak, Simeon and Ana, two old people, Ana was over 100 years old. Simeon was another old man who had been told by God that he would not die without seeing the Messiah. These two old men, humble, simple, without any theological education, without anything of renown, were there present when Joseph and Mary presented the Lord in the temple. And they had the privilege of knowing that history had changed irreversibly because they saw the Child, the Son of God there. They were witnesses, because they were in the right place, at the right time, because Ana was a woman of prayer, of clamor, she was a woman delivered to the Lord. Simeon was a man filled with the Holy Spirit, with a prophetic spirit.

Brothers, what we have to become is antennas so that the power of God can reach us. The Bible says that the eyes of God travel throughout the earth to show His power in favor of those whose hearts are perfect with Him. I believe that the Lord is continually like the sounds in the air, looking for an antenna where to land and transmit His emissions in the world. And I want to be one of those antennas, brothers, I want instead of being there arguing, wasting time, I want to be alert in my life, I want to be fiery, I want to be yearning, hungry for the power of God. The Lord visits those who are hungry, not those who are full. The Lord does not visit the powerful, the Lord sometimes visits the weak who are strong in Him. The shepherds were on their vigils, and to whom did the Lord appear? Not to the rich who were probably sleeping in their beds, to those shepherds who kept watch at night. The Child had been born and it was necessary for there to be a witness to his birth. And there were some little shepherds there, taking care of their sheep. God did not care that they were shepherds, he cared that they were awake and that they could go and see the Child. And so it is, brothers. Who is God going to find? You will find those who are watching, those who are anxious, those who want to do something for the Lord. There are many idle Christians. The resurrection with its power is not for the gifted, it is for the striving. These women when no one else could reach the Master, they went and there was the resurrection waiting for them.

Brother, where are you today? You find yourself fighting to be full of oil, to be prepared so that if God needs you He can find you. Are you working, cleaning yourself, strengthening yourself, reading the word, investing in the things of the kingdom? Because one day God may call you. He will not care if you are a man or a woman, if you are a new convert or for many years, if you know a lot of theology or not, if you have many natural talents or not, I promise you that this is not what the Lord is looking for. To the heart, the prepared heart God will not despise it. To the longing heart that says "As the servant pants for the streams of waters so pants for you, O God, my soul." Brothers, on this day God calls us to seek that power, to know that we already have it, that the only thing we need is to move in it, because God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, love, and dominion. own. We have to strive, we have to be brave, we have to be diligent. We have to be restless. The Lord is looking for workers for his harvest, and you can be one of them or one of them. Remember that the only thing that will distinguish you from the crowd is your ability to believe the Lord.

And this afternoon God calls you. Let's lower our heads. I bless my brothers who are on the other side, at 68 Northampton Street, and I ask that the same anointing that is here find them too. I want to ask you while you are in meditation, and if you visit us today for the first time, have you made your deal with that risen Christ? Have you invited him into your life? Have you made a personal connection to Christ and his resurrection? And if you haven't done it, I want to challenge you this afternoon to dare to invite the Risen One into your life. And if there's anybody right now that wants us to pray for you, where you're sitting there, I invite you to raise your hand this afternoon and make your covenant with the Lord. God bless you up there. Someone else, that you say to the Lord, "Lord, I want to live in the power of your resurrection." God bless you, young man there. God bless those brothers. Will there be someone else? God bless you, my sister. It's good that you are with us. We are so glad to have you. I know that you speak English and yet, here you are. We're delighted to have you and I declare the goodness of God in your life as you receive Christ as your savior.

Is there anyone else who wants the power of Christ coursing through their veins this afternoon? If you haven't before, God bless those hands going up. Someone else. Amen, amen, amen. God sees you. I may not be able to see you where you are, but there are hands rising there. Yes, I see them, that's good. Will there be someone else? Raise your hand because this covenant is with God. He is able to see all of us here. Invite Christ into your heart. Invite Christ. God bless you, God bless you. Those hands that go up. Today is the day of salvation, says the Lord. And perhaps you will think that this act is something merely ritual, but look, it has meaning, because something breaks inside of us when pride falls and we are freed to say, yes, so what? I need Christ, and I want him and I invite him into my life and my heart. Don't resist. There is something powerful and symbolic when you raise your hand and invite the Lord. Will there be someone else? Do not lose this opportunity. Amen, amen. Amen. Receive grace from the Lord. What you are doing right now is saying to Christ, “Lord, I recognize that I cannot live on my own strength. I am a failure." I must say that too. Without Christ I do not deserve to live, brothers. I don't want life. And you invite Jesus into your heart. Receive him now and tell him, Lord, here I am, open for you to enter and occupy my house. I give you my heart and I receive you. I activate your power in me. You are my God, my Lord, my savior, my future, the one who cleanses my past, the one who fills my eyes with hope, the one who gives me a new song and a new reason to live.

You who have raised your hands, either affirming something you already have or inviting something new within you, you brothers have been transferred from darkness to light, says the word of God. You have been transferred from this fallen world to the magical zone of resurrection. You are no longer mere humans living the fall, you are angels and heavenly beings now living in the power of Christ. Hallelujah! Let no one allow the love of the world to take away that right, brothers. Certainly there is a lot to leave behind, a lot to leave behind, but the Lord will be with you, leading you to get rid of yourself. It only takes you to tell him, yes, I want to die. If the grain of wheat does not fall to the ground and die, it remains alone. Many people do not want to die to live, but today the Lord I ask you something heroic. If there is someone still missing here to tell the Lord, “Lord, today I die. Teach me to live." Raise your hand. There is still time. If you haven't and have been struggling, I invite you in the name of the Lord. Dare yourself. It's the biggest decision you can make, if you haven't already. Have the courage to invite Christ into your heart. Don't leave here without taking that step of faith. Dare, die and you will be like the grain of wheat that when it dies bears much fruit.

Oh Father, in the name of Jesus thank you for lives. Thank you for lives that you are transforming on this day. Thank you for the power of your resurrection. Oh Lord, thank you for this mystery that we celebrate every time we come to this holy place, every time we enter this arena we are celebrating something that we don't even fully understand, but that you call us to live, until one day our eyes are opened and we can see the risen Christ, just as He is. Hallelujah! Arise a mighty people, Father. Rise up an exemplary people. Forgive us because sometimes we do not rise to the level of what you want from us, but today we ask you, Father, that this congregation that is here, those who are on the balconies, those who are in their homes, those who are sitting here On this second floor, those who are at 68 Northampton, if there is someone there now who needs to make their peace with Christ, we bless them. Lord, we want to be an even people, a people where there are no cold areas and other hot ones, but where we have all been burned by the same fire of the Holy Spirit, a people burning with desire to see your glory. Thank you, thank you, Lord, for the mystery that you have allowed us to enter.

Father, in this time for us it is post Covid, help us to live having gone through the fire and the floods, Father, and enter us into a new stage as a church. Enter the Lion of Judah in a new stage of resurrection and resurrection power in our lives. Father, we long to see your glory manifested. We long to move in the mystery of your power. We invite your spirit, Lord, to enter us in this church and fill it with a new strength, unlike anything we have known up to this point. I bless those lives that have invited Christ to enter their hearts, with the authority that suits your church, we declare them saved, we declare them sanctified, we declare them new creatures in Christ Jesus. And Father, flood them with the power of the resurrection, flood them with a capacity to live in that battle of warriors that every day will have to battle with the old nature that wants to drag them back to earth. Fill us with your power. My brothers, I bless you and declare the grace of the Lord over your lives, your homes, your children, your jobs, your bodies, your struggles, your afflictions. This is a moment in which the Lord right now alights. I see the wings of the Holy Spirit resting on this town here. Great, powerful wings that cover every life here present, the power of God, the blessing of God is with you. The risen Christ goes ahead of us to Galilee. Tomorrow our Galilee, work, the rest, family life, Christ goes before us. Resurrected Christ. I bless you, I bless you, I bless you in the mighty name of Jesus and we say amen. Glory to God. God bless you. Happy resurrection life. Amen. Amen.