Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

On this Easter Sunday, I want to reflect on and pray according to a verse that specifically speaks to what we celebrate in churches around the world today. Romans chapter 10 verse 9

because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God

raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

That is a promise that we bank our eternity on.

That we celebrate today especially, in a sense we celebrate this every Lord's Day, every Sunday, and all throughout

the week for that matter, where we gather together with God's people, and then particularly on

Easter Sunday. The reality that sinners who are separated from God and headed to an eternity separated from God,

if we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart

that God has raised him from the dead, that God sent Jesus to pay the price for our sin,

to die on the cross, to take the just payment we deserve for our sin upon

himself. God sent him to die for us and then God raised him from the dead. Jesus is not dead.

Sin has been defeated. The grave has been conquered. Jesus is alive. Right now, he is alive,

and he's alive forever, and he offers eternal life, salvation from sin, eternal restoration

to reconciliation with God for all who confess Jesus is Lord and believe in their heart.

God raised them from the dead. So, so we pray God, thank you. Thank you for sending Jesus to die on the

cross for our sins. Jesus, we praise you right now. You are at the Father's right hand. You are alive. We are

speaking to you. We are worshiping you today. You are alive. We are so glad you're alive.

That seems like those words don't even begin to express how glad we are. We praise you.

You are the risen Lord.

You are God over all.

You are the savior of our sin.

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