Eyewitnesses
1 Corinthians 15:5-10 Dear Father, God of real history, Thank you for the testimony of eyewitnesses who saw Christ alive after his crucifixion: Cephas, the twelve, more than five hundred brethren, and James. Thank you for the testimony of the apostles and for Paul. I am grateful that I am not following cleverly devised myths, […]
Christ in My Heart
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Dear Father, God of the living, Thank you that Christ’s revelation of himself within my soul as LORD of my life and as the living Spirit of truth and holiness testifies that he is not dead but alive forevermore. Thank you that he lives in my heart. By your grace, and by […]
Resurrection Hope
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Dear Father, confirmer of truth, Strengthen me against all that Satan and the world can bring against me. Confirm my understanding of what you did in resurrecting Jesus and what you will do in resurrecting me and all your saints. If there is no resurrection, I know that the gospel is false, […]
Life through Christ
1 Corinthians 15:21-23 Dear Father, worthy God, You have declared that just as death came through the sin of one man, so life comes through one man’s resurrection from the dead. As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ first, then at […]