Have you had your JOY JUICE
today? Be passionate about drinking your
portion this week of Easter.
When you
hear the word passion or passionate what thoughts come to mind?
Webster’s Dictionary defines passion as "extreme,
compelling emotion or intense emotional drive."
This week we are focusing on the
JOY of Easter. We can’t talk about
Easter without recognizing the passion of Christ. What was the source of His passion? It was His intense love for mankind. Because
He loved you and me so much, he gave his life for the sake of restoring us to
fellowship with God.
Philippians 2:6-7 tells us that “he
made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant by being made in
human likeness.” His passionate
love caused Him to leave the glory of heaven to take human form and live an
obedient life of self-sacrifice required by the holiness of God.
The passion of Christ was directed by the Father’s
will and resulted in a life whose purpose was the cross (John 12:27). Jesus was
dedicated to accomplish the requirements foretold by prophecies and the will of
the Father. All of this…for us! That’s
the JOY of Easter.
May we never take Christ’s passionate love lightly. Instead of focusing on egg hunts, parties, and new clothes for Easter, let’s drink in the passionate love of Christ and experience the sweet JOY of the resurrection.
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