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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your daily prayer, where we

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Speaker 2: help you find the words you need to connect to

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Speaker 2: your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening in your

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Speaker 2: life today, you can trust that God wants to hear

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Speaker 2: from you. Right after this short word from our sponsors,

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Speaker 2: we'll pray through today's prayer to proclaim He is risen Indeed.

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Speaker 2: A Prayer to Proclaim He is Risen Indeed, written by

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Speaker 2: Whitney Hoppler, read by Leah Gerard rose that same hour

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Speaker 2: and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and

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Speaker 2: those who were with them gathered together saying the Lord

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Speaker 2: has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon Luke twenty

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Speaker 2: four thirty three through thirty four. During Easter Sunday worship

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Speaker 2: services at many churches, clergy people celebrate the resurrection of

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Speaker 2: Jesus Christ by calling out, he has risen. People in

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Speaker 2: the congregation usually respond, he has risen indeed. But for

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Speaker 2: the two disciples on the road to Emmaeus, the very

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Speaker 2: first Easter didn't start with a shout of victory. It

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Speaker 2: started with a discouraging sense of confusion. In Luke chapter

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Speaker 2: twenty four, we find these followers walking away from Jerusalem.

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Speaker 2: They were grieving the death of the man they thought

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Speaker 2: would change the world. They had heard rumors of an

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Speaker 2: empty tomb, but they didn't yet know the truth of

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Speaker 2: what it hasden happened. It wasn't until they personally met

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Speaker 2: the resurrected Jesus and ate a meal with him that

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Speaker 2: their eyes were opened. As soon as they recognized Jesus,

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Speaker 2: their confusion turned to joy. The Bible tells us in

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Speaker 2: Luke twenty four to thirty three that after recognizing Jesus,

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Speaker 2: they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem, even

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Speaker 2: though they had already walked miles away from the city

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Speaker 2: and the roads were dangerous at night. They were so

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Speaker 2: excited that they couldn't wait for morning to tell other people.

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Speaker 2: When we proclaim he has risen, indeed, on Easter Sunday,

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Speaker 2: we can enjoy the same sense of excitement that Jesus's disciples.

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Speaker 1: Did on that first Easter.

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Speaker 2: After all, we're celebrating the reality that the world's savior

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Speaker 2: has made a way for everyone who trusts him to

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Speaker 2: have a relationship with God forever. The worst event in

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Speaker 2: the history of our world, the death of the Son

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Speaker 2: of God, has been overcome by jesus resurrection. Thanks to

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Speaker 2: Jesus's ultimate sacrifice to save us from sin, we can

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Speaker 2: live with real hope because we can now connect to

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Speaker 2: our Holy Creator. When the two Disciples finally reached Jerusalem,

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Speaker 2: we read in Luke twenty four thirty three that they

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Speaker 2: sought out the eleven and those who were with them.

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Speaker 2: Before disciples who returned to Jerusalem could even get their

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Speaker 2: story out, the group in the room met them with

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Speaker 2: their own testimony in Luke twenty four to thirty four.

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Speaker 2: The Lord has risen, indeed, and has appeared to Simon.

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Speaker 2: God wants us to share our faith with the awe

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Speaker 2: inspiring excitement that the early believers expressed this Easter. We

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Speaker 2: can join a chorus of believers around the world ever

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Speaker 2: since the first Easter, proclaiming He has risen. Indeed, Jesus's

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Speaker 2: grave is empty because he is alive, working in wonderful

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Speaker 2: ways to redeem this fallen world. Since Jesus has risen,

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Speaker 2: the ultimate hope, living forever with God is a reality.

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Speaker 2: This changes our perspective on suffering. We can be confident

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Speaker 2: that the painful circumstances we go through will eventually give

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Speaker 2: way to healing and restoration. Jesus's resurrection also changes our mission.

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Speaker 2: Like the disciples who turned round to go back to

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Speaker 2: Jerusalem and share the hope they found, we can share

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Speaker 2: the hope Jesus has given us by sharing the Gospel

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Speaker 2: message in fresh ways. This also changes our identity. Since

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Speaker 2: Jesus has risen, we're not defined by any of our

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Speaker 2: mistakes or struggles. We're defined by unlimited possibilities instead. Because

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Speaker 2: our relationship with Jesus has given us access to his

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Speaker 2: resurrection power, the Holy Spirit lives within us, empowering us

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Speaker 2: to do whatever God leads us to do.

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Speaker 1: When we say he has risen.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, this Easter, we're reminding ourselves and others that Jesus

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Speaker 2: is a living savior who walks beside us, just as

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Speaker 2: he walked beside the Disciples, waiting for us to recognize

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Speaker 2: him and celebrate his presence.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray, Dear Jesus.

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Speaker 2: Like the Disciples on the road, I confess that there

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Speaker 2: are times when I miss seeing you. I get distracted

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Speaker 2: and don't notice your presence with me. But please open

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Speaker 2: my eyes, let me see you standing in the middle

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Speaker 2: of my life, alive and victorious. I believe that because

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Speaker 2: of your resurrection, I can live forever in Heaven with you,

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Speaker 2: and so can everyone I love who trusts you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for the community of believers.

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Speaker 2: You've placed around me, whose stories of your faithfulness strengthen

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Speaker 2: my own faith. Help me to share your gospel message

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Speaker 2: with everyone You want me to reach, and give me

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Speaker 2: the courage to share your light in this dark world

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Speaker 2: where people are desperate for hope. I proclaim with my

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Speaker 2: whole heart today on Easter Sunday.

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Speaker 1: You are risen. You are risen.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, let this reality inspire me to follow your guidance

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Speaker 2: every single day. You are my living hope, and I

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Speaker 2: worship you this Easter and forever.

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Speaker 1: Amen.

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