Reading: Psalm 47

LORD God,
I thank you for the victory of Jesus!
He is my forerunner.
Help me to live and reign
through Him in my life
today and forever.
Amen.

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For what I received I passed on to you
as of first importance:
that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Cephas,
and then to the Twelve.
After that,
he appeared to more than five hundred
of the brothers and sisters at the same time,
most of whom are still living,
though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles,
and last of all he appeared to me also,
as to one abnormally born.
(1 Corinthians 15:3-8), NIV)*