Alive!

Last night at our home group, we were reminded that the reason we celebrate Easter is not only because Jesus died, but more importantly because He rose again! I came across this song today and have been listening to it on repeat {it's the KLove free music download song, you can get it free here :) did I mention it's free?!!}. 

The words of this song are exactly what we were reminded of last night. 

This music video is totally worth the 5 minutes :)

Alive

by Natalie Grant

Who but You

Could breathe and leave a trail of galaxies 
And dream of me?
What kind of Love 
Is writing my story until the end 
With Mercy's pen?
Only You
What kind of king 
Would choose to wear a crown that bleeds and scars 
To win my heart?
What kind of Love 
Tells me I'm the reason He can't stay 
Inside the grave?
You. Is it You? 
Standing here before my eyes
Every part of my heart cries

Alive! Alive! 
Look what Mercy's overcome
Death has lost and Love has won
Alive! Alive! Hallelujah, Risen Lord
The only One I fall before
I am His because He is alive.

Who could speak
And send the demons back from where they came 
With just one Name?
What other heart 
Would let itself be broken every time until He healed mine?
You. Only You 
Could turn my darkness into dawn
Running right into Your armsAlive! Alive! 
Look what Mercy's overcome
Death has lost and Love has won
Alive! Alive! Hallelujah, Risen Lord
The only One I fall before
I am His because He is alive.
Emmanuel, the promised King 
The baby who made angels sing
Son of Man who walked with us
Healing, breathing in our dust
The author of all history
The answer to all mysteries
The Lamb of God who rolled away
The stone in front of every grave

Alive! Alive! Look what Mercy's overcome
Death has lost and Love has won
Alive! I am His because He is alive.
Alive!

{Then the angel spoke to the women. "Don't be afraid!" he said. "I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you." Matthew 28:5-7}

HE IS ALIVE! 

Church

Church this morning was a winter wonderland! 

It was beautiful.

Here is a verse Pastor Rob encouraged us to memorize...

Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. 

In quietness and confidence is your strength. 

Isaiah 30.15

{isn't it amazing to know that by resting in God we are saved?!}

Isaiah 53

We read this in church this evening. It gave me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes. We have an awesome God! 

There was nothing beautiful or

 majestic about his appearance,

nothing to attract us to him.

He was despised and rejected-

a man of sorrows, acquainted with 

deepest grief.

We turned our backs on him and

looked the other way.

He was despised, and we did not 

care.

Yet it was our weakness he carried;

it was our sorrows that weighed 

him down.

And we thought his troubles were 

a punishment from God,

a punishment for his own sins!

But he was pierced for our rebellion,

crushed for our sins.

He was beaten so we could be whole.

He was whipped so we could be

healed.

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.

We have left God's path to follow

our own.

Yet the Lord laid on him

the sins of us all.

He was oppressed and treated harshly,

yet he never said a word.

He was lead like a lamb to the 

slaughter.

And as a sheep is silent before the

shearers, 

he did not open his mouth.

Unjustly condemned,

he was led away.

No one cared that he died without

descendants,

that his life was cut short in

midstream.

But he was struck down 

for the rebellion of my people.

He had done no wrong

and had never deceived anyone.

But he was buried like a criminal;

he was put in a rich man's grave.

But it was the Lord's good plan to 

crush him

and cause him grief.

Yet when his life is made an offering

for sin,

he will have many descendants.

He will enjoy a long life,

and the Lord's good plan will 

prosper in his hands.

When he sees all that is accomplished

by his anguish,

he will be satisfied.

And because of his experience,

my righteousness servant will make it

possible

for many to be counted righteous,

for HE will BEAR ALL their SINS.

I will give him the honors of a

victorious solider,

because he exposed himself to 

death.

He was counted among the rebels.

HE BORE the sins of many and 

interceded for the rebels.

ISAIAH 53