He is Risen | 2025 Lenten Devotional | Easter

Happy Resurrection Day! Happy Easter!

Today we will celebrate with hallelujahs that new life, transformation and re-birth are possible and for us because of Jesus. The prayer today is that you will experience resurrection like Jesus. May the areas of your life that have been grief-stricken, dead, or complacent be resurrected this season. May God transform that which has been hard to something holy and helpful. May you see new life and growth in yourself as you draw closer to Jesus and his ways. Easter is about Jesus and it can be about you and your resurrection.

Hallelujah!

John 20: 11-18

Jesus appears to Mary

11 Mary stood outside near the tomb, crying. As she cried, she bent down to look into the tomb. 12 She saw two angels dressed in white, seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and one at the foot. 13 The angels asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

She replied, “They have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they’ve put him.” 14 As soon as she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she didn’t know it was Jesus.

15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will get him.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabbouni” (which means Teacher).

17 Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold on to me, for I haven’t yet gone up to my Father. Go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, ‘I’m going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

18 Mary Magdalene left and announced to the disciples, “I’ve seen the Lord.” Then she told them what he said to her.