Run With Christ

One evening (5 April 2017), I was standing in my kitchen making tuna salad. While doing that I was praying and worshiping the Lord. I prayed for the Holy Spirit to speak to me and while I was praying I saw the following: A bride was getting ready for her groom. She was doing her best to look and be her best for the groom. I saw all the time that was put in to prepare for this moment, the moment the bride will meet her groom and she will be ready. And then the words: WHAT ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST DOING? The Holy Spirit then reminded me of the verse about the 10 virgins with oil lamps (Matt 25). 5 were wise and made the necessary preparations by taking extra oil, the other 5 were foolish. When the time came that the Groom was coming, the 5 foolish girls did not have enough oil in their lamps and had to go back to get more. While they were gone, the Groom came and the 5 girls who had prepared and had the extra oil went with the Groom into the marriage fest and the doors were s...

Jesus defeated death by rising up after three days. This is marked as the final day of Easter. Final... the word bothers me. Final usually marks the end of something or the completion of something. Jesus' death made us new and therefore it is the beginning of new life. What does the word of God say? Matthew 28:1-10 (NIV) Jesus Has Risen 28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly...