I think I’m like a lot of military professionals in that I pride myself in being able to make a good plan. After all, I’ve had over 20 years of training and practice in making plan after plan and having them tested, refined, tested again, criticized, tested again, refined and the final test of all, executed. We in the military should be good at making plans, and not just one plan either. We have Plan A, Plan B and Plan C, each of which have branches (contingency plans) and sequels (follow on plans) – all designed to ensure that when we set out to achieve our mission, our execution is robust and effective. The success of our plans in achieving a mission is where the rubber hits the road in the military. It can accelerate or decelerate our careers. It can lead to honor or to shame. Plans are pretty important, and I haven’t restricted my planning only to what I do in the military.

Hope! “It’s Friday . . . but Sunday’s Comin’!”
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Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” — John 11:25,26
My Christmas celebration includes listening to the delivered words of Dr. S. M. Lockridge in his sermon, “That’s My King!” And a similar joy comes at Easter when I listen to his preaching “It’s Friday. . . but Sunday’s Comin’!” I trust you will be encouraged by his powerful presentation put together with scenes from Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ.” The video clip captures joy which Christians are experiencing because of the truth of the empty tomb on Resurrection Sunday:
What are you going to do with this truth? The Apostle Paul wrote: “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. . .” I Corinthians 15:3,4
We live in a world of pandemic, turmoil, and war, desperately in need of hope . . . . the hope that can only come through knowing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Can you share that hope with someone today? “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. . . ” I Peter 1:3
Questions to Share:
1. What difference has the understanding of Christ’s resurrection made in your life?
2. Who could you share with about Christ’s atonement for our sin made possible by His death on the cross followed by His resurrection?

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