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Mark 16:9-10 NASB [Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. [10] She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping.   It has fascinated me for years […]

In each of the four gospel accounts of the resurrection, Mary Magdalene plays a prominent role. In all four gospels, when the names of the women who visited the empty tomb are mentioned, Mary Magdalene is always the first name. Of course, in the gospel of John, we are told that she came alone in

Romans 6:1-8 TPT So what do we do, then? Do we persist in sin so that God’s kindness and grace will increase? [2] What a terrible thought! We have died to sin once and for all, as a dead man passes away from this life. So how could we live under sin’s rule a moment

1 Corinthians 15:12-19 NASB Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? [13] But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; [14] and if Christ has not been raised,

Have you ever asked the question, “Why did the resurrected Jesus reveal himself in different forms at different times to people?” The first person that Jesus revealed himself to after the resurrection was Mary Magdalene in the garden and yet she did not recognize him until she heard Him speak her name. On the Emmaus

1 Corinthians 15:3-10 NASB For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, [4] and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, [5] and that He appeared to Cephas, then to

The resurrected Christ did some normal human things like eat fish (Luke 24:42 – 43), cook breakfast (John 21:12), and show real wounds caused by the nails (John 20:27), but the risen Lord also did things that no human being could do, like pass-through shut doors. In John 20 on the evening of resurrection day

John 20:1 NASB Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.   When Mary Magdalene first went to the tomb that early Easter morning she found that the stone had been moved and

Revelation 5:1-10 NASB I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. [2] And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?” [3] And

I am so grateful for all the extraordinary encounters I’ve had with Jesus, some of them while I was alone with the Lord, but many as I positioned myself before proven men and women of God who spoke into my life, or laid hands on me and prayed for me. The gift of spiritual hunger