Matt 27:55 – 28

Connect: What is your earliest memory of Easter? What is the most significant part of Easter for you?

Engage: Read Matthew 27:55- 28;
What do you know about the Crucifixion? What is the most disturbing part for you of the Crucifixion?
Have you ever wondered why Jesus waited 3 days to rise from the dead?
Have you ever wondered what the disciples thought the first Easter?

(They did not know what we know – they thought he’s dead period.

Behold – Gaze at – Saw the value of people – Mary Magdalene, Matthew, – Where has Jesus seen the value of you personally?

Despair- Where do you experience despair? Where do you need Jesus to come in to that Despair?
What is your deeper story? Where is the heaviness of winter in your life?

The Light breaks through- anticipation – Christ has risen! What does look like in your life? The risen Christ living in you?

Where is God not done with you?

Apply: What is the invitation for you with this message?
Where are you going to share the Risen Christ with others ?