Easter at The Mission 2026

At sunrise on the first day of a new week, something new happened. A whole new life, a whole new creation was opened up for us as Jesus got up and walked out of the tomb. They couldn't find his body because it wasn't there. Death itself, undone, overthrown. Whatever it is you're afraid of, whatever fears or anxieties you carry around that maybe motivate you to make some really bad decisions like Pharaoh or like the Israelites sometimes, whatever those things are, Jesus has faced it. [00:31:51] (35 seconds)  #ResurrectionMorning

What if we were known for the people who were sharing our rejoicing over what God has done for us. We can leave the old life behind. Enslaved to sin, enslaved to fears and anxieties, enslaved to old habits and old patterns, we cry to all of that and walk a new life with Jesus. Like the Israelites who cried out to God, that's what it says in our Exodus reading, we can cry out to Jesus with faith. [00:33:38] (35 seconds)  #CelebrateNewLife

Death itself, the great enemy that people fear all their lives, death was undone and overthrown. And what is the first thing that Jesus says to the women after he greets them? He says, do not be afraid. How much of our lives do we spend being afraid? How many of our decisions are motivated by fear and anxiety and this, like, grasping mentality like, oh no, what's gonna happen? [00:28:58] (33 seconds)  #LiveWithoutFear

And then Exodus fourteen fourteen, it's a a great verse to to learn. Remember, Moses tells the terrified Israelites, the Lord your God, he will fight for you. You only need to be silent. Some translations say, all you have to do is be still. Watch what God's gonna do. You don't need to say or do anything to defeat this enemy to deliver and save yourself. In fact, you can't say or do anything to defeat this enemy, but God can and God will watch. [00:25:48] (37 seconds)  #BeStillGodFights

Is your mind still in the slum? Are you still thinking about things just the way you thought about them before? Are you still tempted to go try to lift somebody's wallet even though that might actually land you in jail and mess up your chance to go home with your uncle? Are you still in the old patterns? Are you still stuck there? It's interesting if you read through the old testament, but also the new testament. The experience of the people of God again and again and again, that the old patterns die hard. [00:36:41] (38 seconds)  #BreakOldPatterns

Name your fears before your heavenly father honestly, and let the light of Jesus shine on that and cast it out and dispel the darkness. He's not here, said the angel. Don't be afraid. He's risen and death, the enemy is overthrown. Thanks be to God. Let's pray. [00:40:17] (33 seconds)  #NameYourFears

There's no getting around that. Jesus actually promises that. In John sixteen thirty three, he tells it true. He says, in this world, you will have trouble, but take heart. Be of good courage. I've overcome the world. Christ really is risen. He really has trampled down death itself by death, by entering into it and bursting it with his own life. He's defeated the great enemy that lies behind so many of the things that we're afraid of. [00:31:08] (35 seconds)  #ChristHasOvercome

Jesus says, go and tell. If we can get a vision of what has happened, we can see the whole world differently and we can see our mission and our purpose and our in this world, in our relationships. We can see all of that differently and we can experience it differently. You know, sometimes I think when I was growing up, especially in the bible belt, Christians were the people who were kinda known for rightly or wrongly, this is what people said, wagging their fingers. [00:33:11] (27 seconds)  #GoAndTell