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I am the Resurrection
Scripture

John 11:25
John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33-45

Sermon Week/Year

Fifth Sunday of Lent,
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Sermon Topic

Resurrection,

Lord, today I feel like …
a used firecracker,
a balloon with a hole in it,
a dried-up pen,
an empty soda-pop can,
a worn-out shoe,
a discarded blob of bubble gum,
a crumpled up, yesterday’s newspaper.

Sometimes I feel worthless, Lord
and it seems I can’t do anything right.
Please close my mouth
when I need to listen.

Refill this empty shell with
Your Presence, Lord.
Remind me that I’m special –
If only because when You died
on the Cross —
You did it for me.

RECYCLE ME into something
that will be used for Your glory
as you pick me up
with Your Resurrection Power
along the highway of Your promised New Life.1

In one of the Old Testament prophetic books, the Prophet Ezekiel experiences a vision in which God transports him to a valley filled with dry bones.…

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