1. If your congregation promotes and supports “family values,” you should be prepared to take this text head-on.
  2. The Father in Heaven is the only one we have legitimate reason to fear. But in Christ, we learn that the Father knows His children intimately and values His children exceedingly.
  3. Before the sending is the gathering. Before the gathering is the compassion. Before the compassion is the seeing. And it all starts with a gracious God.
  4. The Lord, who is with us, retains authority over us. His promise calls for trust and obedience.
  5. Their hearts burned, their feet ran, and their mouths opened. “The Lord is risen, indeed!” they confessed, because this is what Easter does: It makes confessors.

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