43 – Happy Easter!

What does Easter mean to you? For many Christians it is a time of great celebration and joy! For others it is about going away for the weekend. For most children in the Western world it is about Easter eggs. People have said to me that they “have to have fish on Good Friday”. When I asked why they did this they weren’t sure. Hmm!

There are so many descriptions every person would give for what Easter means to them it would possibly surprise us all. Why do so many people have these different responses? Perhaps it is simply because we are all totally unique people. We all see things from our own perspective and upbringing.

What does Easter mean to me? It means my freedom to LIVE in this world now and forever more wherever I go! I am so excited about Lord Jesus that I can hardly stop myself from talking about Him to every person I meet on the street or anywhere I travel!

Why? There is a huge reason for me personally. When I met Him in 1995, whilst saying the “Prayer of Repentence” during the Alpha Course ( A course run by a man called Nicky Gumble at Holy Trinity Brompton in London) I experienced feeling and seeing deep within, something I describe as a “black, horrible, sticky tar like substance”, being sucked out of my body. This felt miraculous. The result is miraculous!

At the end of the prayer I felt like I was on a mountain top before pollution, surrounded by the most pure air I have ever breathed, with a rainbow over my head! I had never experienced anything like this in my life! I met Jesus! I knew and know that Jesus is REAL and HE lives! He LOVES me! He wants to give me everything! He wants to help me to live a greater life every day! He is the SON of the most high God! He is everything and more than I have read about Him in the Holy Bible. He lives and wants me to LIVE! LIVE! LIVE! I had no idea at that time He came to bring me “life in abundance”! He wants the same for you!

I had never read any Gospels before. I came from a non-religious background except a religious high school which did its best to also put me off religion. I had never read the Holy Bible. I was very anti-religion. I would never have become a “Christian” because I had experienced so many negative situations with people coming in the “name of Jesus”. I always believed somewhere deep inside that Jesus is real, but had no idea of how to find Him. I had always believed in God however since I was a child and started the search for Him as a small girl.

My dad was a scientist and he told me always to question everything. I kept questioning until I met God the Father! (God says in the book of ‘Jeremiah’ that anyone who seeks Him with their whole heart WILL find Him!) When I found God at the time I didn’t know He is my Father, as it is Jesus who tells us that God is our “one and only Father”, but at that stage I hadn’t met Jesus.

I met God in a very miraculous way. I read one sentence in a book that said, “Jesus said, if we will obey God we can do what He did and even greater things”! This was a huge turning point for my life. I was already awake and searching for God so this was a “mind blowing moment for me! I walked outside looked at the sky and said, “God I give you my life. Tell me what you want me to do for you and I will do it! I want to make a difference for you. I want to do what Jesus did and even greater things”!

A voice spoke to me immediately. I did what the voice told me to do as I knew this voice was from God Himself as I had told Him that I gave Him my life and to tell me what to do for Him. He told me step by step what to do. Very simple steps that led to the next instruction. Interestingly, He told me to start “cleaning”. It was a very special and dynamic method of cleaning that I had never experienced before. It has turned me into a person who truly loves everything to be clean and organised. This has transformed my life forever! I had never been like that before. There is much more to that day however it would take a book to write about it, so it is not for me to write about this now.

The next day, He shouted to me to “STOP” as I was jogging down the road. I stopped, looked around and there was nobody there. I looked down and in front of me, sliding across the bush road was a Tiger snake. If I had not stopped I would have trodden on it or gone in front of it. It’s bite is pretty deadly. I believe that a person can be dead in four minutes if bitten.

I ran back to our home faster than I have ever run. I knew it was God who saved my life. He has been speaking with me ever since. He led me to His Son, my Saviour and the Saviour of any person who meets Him, comes with Him and keeps coming with Him. Living with Lord Jesus every day is a never ending journey. He truly is the Saviour of the world!

Easter for me is a truly joyous occasion as I know He died for me on the cross at Calvary. This is how much He loves every single human being. He said “What greater love is there than one who gives up His life for a friend?” He gave up His life for you. He gave up His life for me. He is our greatest friend.

The really huge joy is that He ROSE! He ROSE UP from being dead in a tomb to speaking to Mary, walking along the road with people who loved Him, seeing His disciples, eating with them and then going back to be with His Father, so that the Holy Spirit could come! We have the Holy Spirit, which is like having Lord Jesus with us, in us (if we allow Him to be) and anywhere we go, any time and any place all over the world!

This for me is a HUGE WOW!!! Lord Jesus said that He is NOT “leaving us as orphans” His Father is sending us a “gift” and this gift is the “spirit of truth” who will reveal all things! He is our “helper”, our guide, our advocate and He is always with us. This is like having part of Lord Jesus with us twenty four seven. Lord Jesus also says that where “two or three are gathered” in His name He will be “there in our midst”! Another HUGE WOW!

If you don’t feel this excited, it is time to ask our Father, Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit for a big break through! I pray for this for you right now!!! Amen!

I pray your next Easter will be greater than your last. I pray you will experience greater days in all ways every day. When you truly come with Lord Jesus you will have a greater day every day. This means your mind as well has to be open to be taught by Him. He says He is our “one and only teacher”. So important to learn every word He spoke in the Gospels which are in the New Testament in the Holy Bible and put His commands into action. He says “if you love me you will obey my commands”!

If you have never met Lord Jesus, you can say this prayer: “Father, I repent of all of my sins and I ask for your forgiveness! Lord Jesus you are my one and only Saviour, teacher, the Son of the most High God, my greatest friend and I ask that you will come and live in me. Please help me to do our Father’s will and obey all of your commands which I know have come from Him. I ask that you Father, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit will come and live in me now. Thank you for all you have given me, this world to live in, my body and all those I love, the whole of humanity and all that I have. I am now in your service, Amen!

You can say your own prayer, this is just a prayer to help you on your way. You can use it if you want to as a guide to your own prayer. The main thing is to repent of our sins and ask God to forgive us, then ask our Father, Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit into your heart to help you to live this second and forever more. It is then so important to learn the words of Jesus and engage in a personal relationship with Him where you ask Him to help you understand and put into action everything He said. You can also ask our Father, through Lord Jesus where two or three are gathered together in His name, to guide you with your decisions and you can ask the Holy Spirit to help you as well. What a truly amazing life to have this help always and forever from Heaven!

God bless you and Happy Easter, love Kelly

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