Day 72 - Power of the Resurrection

It's Monday and I'm at my office desk drinking lukewarm coffee and typing my journal blog for the day.

Today's topic comes from Philippians 3: 10.


"I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection..."

I'm reading a study guide on the power of the resurrection, and it compares Christ's physical resurrection in the New Testament to the deliverance of the captive Isrealites from Pharoah's control into the Promised Land. This Old Testament miracle is the raising of a dead nation, under the dominion of Pharoah.

In the New Testament, the miracle is the raising of Jesus Christ from the dead. Then, because of Jesus' resurrection from the dead...I can be raised from the dead, too! John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only son...that whoever believes in Him will not die but have eternal life!"

Amazing miracle, for sure!

There was a song my mother used to sing when I was a little girl. The song went like this:

"Would you be free from your burden of sin?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood.
Would you o'er evil the victory win?
There's wonderful power in the blood!

Chorus:
There is Power! Power! Wonder-working Power!
In the blood...of the Lamb!
There is Power! Power! Wonder-working Power!
In the precious blood of the Lamb!

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There's Power in the blood, power in the blood.
Sin stains are lost in its life-giving flow.
There's wonderful power in the blood!

(Chorus.)

Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood.
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There's wonderful power in the blood!

(Chorus.)

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Lord, teach me the power of your resurrection. I want to know You more. Amen.