Preparing for Easter Sunday
I’m preparing for Easter Sunday. What does your prep for Easter Sunday look like?

* Preparing for a special meal?
* Buying or laying out spring outfits for yourself and the family?
* Filling and hiding eggs?

We don’t know much about what Jesus’ followers were doing on the Saturday after Good Friday.  It must have been a day of unimaginable grief, shock, disappointment and every other traumatic emotion you can think of.

But here’s one thing we know.

They did not expect Jesus to be out of the tomb and meeting with them on Sunday.

They did not expect the power of God to raise Jesus from the dead, although Jesus tried to prepare them for it.

BUT WE KNOW the power of the resurrection.  We know what happened on Resurrection Day.  

So my question is…Are you expecting God to be present in your service tomorrow?  Are you anticipating the same power to be at work in your church gathering tomorrow?  Are you praying to be prepared yourself and for those who gather with you to come with the same expectation that the power of God will be at work?

I am praying for our church and I am praying for you.  What could happen if we would truly grasp the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe Him?




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Meet Beth

 
Beth was blessed to be raised by parents who taught their children to love the Lord.  She trusted in Christ for salvation and followed in believer’s baptism when she was eight years old.  

Beth thanks the Lord for leading her parents to First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Missouri, where the youth choir practiced and sang in the 8:15 am Sunday service each week.   This was great preparation for understanding the joy and the responsibility of serving Christ’s church.

Throughout her adult life, Beth has served in many roles across various church ministries – most of them while working full-time.  Her favorite roles involve discipling women by studying and teaching the Bible and its power for our lives.  

She has taught an adult Sunday School class on Sunday mornings since 2010.  In addition, since 2021, she has enjoyed writing and teaching two Women’s Bible studies each year.  She also blogs at bethipock.com about discipleship and daily Christian living. She recently had an article published at thegospelcoalition.org.

Other church roles include co-directing VBS, singing in the choir, chairing the personnel committee, and filling in at the piano when needed.

Beth and her husband, Ellis, have five grown children, three daughters-in-love, 16 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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