Daily Reading - "He Has Given Us...A Living Hope." 1 Peter 1:3 NIV

Here is how it read today...

Easter Sunday April 12
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"HE HAS GIVEN US...A LIVING HOPE." (1 PETER 1:3 NIV)
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Jesus conquered death for you! (2)

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Mount Auburn, America's first cemetery, was so beautiful it became the number one tourist attraction in Boston. When they created Central Park in New York they modeled it after Mount Auburn. The rallying cry was, "Why not have it all, but without the graves?" We keep trying to have it all, but without the graves! But we can't. We live only a heartbeat from eternity. So here are two truths you must keep in mind:

........(1) God put you on this earth for a specific purpose. Have you found yours yet? Are you pouring your life into it and making every moment count? Paul did, and he ended up writing: "The time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing" (2Ti 4:6-8 NKJV). (2) When you know Christ as your Savior, the best is yet to be. It is said that on his deathbed, D.I. Moody suddenly sat upright, opened his arms as though embracing something wonderful, declared that earth was receding, heaven was near, and that it was his coronation day. What a way to go! You don't need to fear death because Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" (Jn 11:25-26 NKJV). Believe it, it's true!