We think of resurrection primarily as the specific time when Jesus returns and begins the process of finally making all things right.

But the reality is that God invites us into a lifestyle of resurrection every day.

Every day he wants to make us new,

to renew us, transform us,

and mold and fashion us more into his likeness.

May God build within us a powerful culture of resurrection today as we draw near to his transformative love and presence.

Welcome to the first of team podcast.

Our verse for today comes from John 11, verse 25, where Scripture says,

I am the resurrection and the life.

Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.

Through the resurrection of Jesus, we've been given the opportunity to live life in a new way.

Romans 6.4 says, We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death.

In order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,

we too might walk in newness of life. The power of the resurrection is not just over our deaths,

but over our lives. God didn't just pay for our freedom for all of eternity, but for right now,

for this very moment. He's calling you and me to live a resurrected lifestyle. He's ushering

us into a resurrection culture. Romans 8.9 says,

You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the spirit,

if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.

Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ

does not belong to Him.

And 2 Corinthians 5, 16 through 17 even says, from now on therefore, we regard no

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