Devotions For Lent

Third Sunday In Lent

Growing up, I used to be so afraid of dying. Then, one Easter, I heard my pastor read these words from 1 Corinthians 15:55-57:

“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

At that moment, the chains of fear fell away. Years later, when my father died, I held the urn of his ashes in my hands and I spoke to it and said, “You hold nothing over  my dad. You could not hold onto Jesus, and you cannot hold on to anyone in Jesus!”

Today, pray & give thanks to Jesus for triumphing over the grave.