Joyous Living

So I've been thinking..... So may times we see miracles and answered prayers and just incredibly amazing things happen. And then when things stop happening (or so it seems) and prayers don't seem to get answered when we want them to, or bad things happen in a persons life....the first thought is, God must have forsaken me! (And by the way, not everyone thinks that..just clarifying here). And then they proceed to say God never really loved, cared about me and wanted what's best for me. That of course is all lies from the enemy and definitely not a cool place to be in. See, back in the time when Jesus walked this earth, he did miracles and wonders and the people believed in him. But they believed and trusted in him only when they saw the miracles and amazing wonders Jesus did. But you know, Jesus did not entrust his life to them because he new their hearts. He knew them inside out. He knew they believed him only because of the miracles he did, not because he was the Messi...

So Easter is coming up in a few days, and I've been thinking about the resurrection of the Savior. You know, we hear a lot about Jesus dying on the cross and then we also hear a lot about the resurrection of Christ. But one thing we don't seem to hear too much about is the time in between those two events. The part where he went down to hell. The part were Christ rendered the grave, ransacked hell, defeated and conquered the devil. He took those keys to death, hell and the grave to be victorious of that when He rose from the grave. So as believers to know that Jesus has paid that price for us, and that us believing in Him, not only do we have access to heaven, but we have authority over the enemy because of Jesus' death on the cross. We have authority to rebuke the devil in the name of Jesus, and when we do that the devil trembles. Not only does he tremble but he flees as well. Mark 13:34 NLT The coming of the Son of Man can be illustrated by the story of a man ...