“Arms Wide Open” by Joakim Lundqvist

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever thought you were close to someone, only to realize you really weren’t? In this message from our From Death to Life series, Pastor Joakim Lundqvist shows how it’s possible to live your whole life near God, yet never truly know Him. The good news is that Jesus didn’t come to keep His distance—He is always near with arms wide open. This Resurrection weekend, discover the joy of fully receiving the love that’s been reaching for you all along.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast.
0:02.6	Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.
0:08.8	To everyone in this auditorium, to everyone who's gathered in our campuses throughout our prison campuses, anyone watching online at home,
0:18.8	happy Easter, y'all!
0:22.4	Oh, Easter'all. Oh!
0:24.3	Easter is the best weekend of the year.
0:26.5	Now, you might prefer Christmas because of the presents,
0:29.9	but if you ask me, Easter eats Christmas for breakfast.
0:33.3	The spiritual impact of this weekend is absolutely amazing.
0:38.2	This is the weekend where God transformed darkness into light,
0:43.5	where he changed night into day,
0:46.2	where he released salvation throughout all the world
0:50.3	in a never-ceasing well of hope and joy.
0:54.3	If you believe that, can we make some Easter noise all over Gateway?
0:59.2	Praise God for Easter.
1:02.0	Praise God for the cross and the resurrection.
1:05.6	Father, we thank you so much that you send your son, Jesus Christ, to die and rise again so that we know that we can
1:13.8	come to you boldly today. Holy Spirit, we now ask that you will open our hearts and open our
1:19.7	eyes to make us see deeper into the mystery of Easter and the mystery of our own salvation.
1:26.2	This we pray in Jesus' name and all God's people said, amen.
1:31.5	I want to welcome you especially if you, is this your first time in church or you haven't
1:37.4	been in a while?
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