May God bless all of you on this Easter holiday. Believe the Good News!

Luke 24:1-12  (1) On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. (2) They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, (3) but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. (4) While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. (5) In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? (6) He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: (7) 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' " (8) Then they remembered his words. (9) When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. (10) It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. (11) But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. (12) Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. (NIV)

Thank you Jesus. There is nothing that I have ever achieved in my personal or professional life without your grace and providence. All that I am, all that I will be, all that I have, all that I will ever have, all that I've done, and all that I will ever do is 100% due to you. I am nothing without your blessings and I don't even deserve any of them. Therefore I submit the following prayer of confession to you my Savior: My almighty God of grace and glory, I join your people all over the world today singing songs of praise and adoration to you. This glorious day of hope and victory for you has broken the powers of sin and death. I confess to you that I have walked in the ways of sin for too long. I have been weighed down by disappointments and despair. Forgive me for not living in the hope and power of the new life given to us by our Lord. Cleanse me and renew me. Finally, help those that have stood against our witness for you, who have attacked our faith and our ministry. Help those who publicly ridicule our works and the way we use them to share your glory with others. Help these lost individuals to discover your love and redemption as we have. I ask this in the name of our risen Savior Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.