MERRY WEDNESDAY BY PARRIS - “But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.Mary Magdalene turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus…supposing him to be the gardener.” John 20:14, 15 “On the third day the friends of …
HE CALLED MY NAME
Jn.20:15,16 - He said to her, “Dear woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”Mary answered, thinking he was only the gardener, “Sir, if you have taken his body somewhere else, tell me, and I will go and . . .” “Mary,” Jesus interrupted her. Turning to face him, she said, “Rabboni!” (Aramaic …
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Jn.20:19,20 - That evening, the disciples gathered together. And because they were afraid of reprisals from the Jewish leaders, they had locked the doors to the place where they met. But suddenly Jesus appeared among them and said, “Peace to you!” Then he showed them the wounds of his hands and his side—they were overjoyed …
“The Heavenly Gardener”
MERRY MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” John 20:15 Such an encounter Mary had …
RESURRECTION BREATH
John 20:21,22 - So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit”. It finally happened, the day Jesus was raised from the dead, man began to …
EMPTY FIRST
He breathed on them —John 20:2 I remember a funny story about a pastor from another city who found himself in our extended revival meetings back in the summer of 1995. This pastor was actually on vacation in New Orleans when he heard about the services at Victory Fellowship. Those meetings were other worldly with …
Mary! The dawning of faith!
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS- “Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master” John 20:16 Things would not be what they had been. The disciples would be undergoing a drastic DNA when they gather in the upper room. For the next 40 days there would be …
YOU ARE THE AIR I BREATHE
John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit”. Sometimes the things we appreciate the least or seldom think of are the most important things. What am I talking about, things like air or water. They are so common and abundant that we never …
THE BREATH OF GOD
John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. I was having a really hard time receiving from the Lord. Somehow I had gotten stuck in a performance or doing mode. In my head, everything was dependent on my actions. It was my praying, …
WHEN ANGELS AREN’T ENOUGH
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS BAILEY- "But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher. 12, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13. And they say …