Our Risen Lord

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="1b9005a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Arial" >Living Hope Christian Fellowship</FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Living Hope Christian Fellowship"><B>Home</B></A></div> <div> Back to  <A HREF="prison_ministry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prison Ministry"><B>Prison Ministry</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="32ac8043.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="135" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFCC00" FRAME="ABOVE" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC00 HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>Writings from Prison:</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="peacemaking.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peacemaking Bible Studies">Peacemaking</A></div> <div> <A HREF="my_plea_to_you.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Plea to You">My Plea to You</A></div> <div> <A HREF="my_jesus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Jesus">My Jesus</A></div> <div> <A HREF="the_redeemer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Redeemer">The Redeemer</A></div> <div> <A HREF="the_sacrifice.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Sacrifice">The Sacrifice</A></div> <div> <A HREF="easter_morning.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Easter Morning">Easter Morning</A></div> <div> <B>Our Risen Lord</B></div> <div> <A HREF="the_dream.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Dream">The Dream</A></div> <div> <A HREF="the_abcs_of_god.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The ABCs of God">The ABCs of God</A></div> <div> <A HREF="pentecost.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pentecost">Pentecost</A></div> <div> <A HREF="thanks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thanks">Thanks</A></div> <div> <A HREF="a_testimony.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Testimony">A Testimony</A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="32b00042egerdp.jpg"> <div> <I><B>Our Risen Lord</B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="598" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BELOW" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 859 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0a1faa70.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="167" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Easter is the day of our Lord's rebirth, </div> <div> The most important day for us on earth. </div> <div> Today is the day that once did bring, </div> <div> Jesus' return to us from all His suffering.</div> <bR> <div> He knew His fate the day He was born, </div> <div> To suffer man's cruelties and suffer their scorn. </div> <div> His dying for us redeemed us from sin, </div> <div> Giving us new life with His spirit within.</div> <bR> <div> On that Calvary cross Jesus suffered man's pain, </div> <div> So upon our death heaven we could gain. </div> <div> On that wooden cross Jesus Christ did die, </div> <div> He breathed His last beneath a darkened sky.</div> <bR> <div> The tears of Mary could not wash away, </div> <div> The hurts and sufferings of her son that day. </div> <div> He suffered and died on that lonely cross, </div> <div> So man's eternal salvation, was not a loss.</div> <bR> <div> The power of the Father couldn't save the Son, </div> <div> For without His death, the Father's work was undone. </div> <div> Jesus dying for us showed love so true, </div> <div> What more for us could God's Son do?</div> <bR> <div> His battered and lifeless body was taken down, </div> <div> Bloodied by nails, a lance and a thorny crown. </div> <div> Taken from the mount to a grotto grave, </div> <div> This Son of God, that His father couldn't save.</div> <bR> <div> On an early morn with the light still dim, </div> <div> A woman in sadness went to prepare Him. </div> <div> She saw the stone rolled from the tomb, </div> <div> That no longer contained the joy of Mary's womb.</div> <bR> <div> Jesus was now risen for all to see, </div> <div> He suffered and died for you and me. </div> <div> Never again will sin ever keep us away, </div> <div> From spending eternity with Him some day.</div> <bR> <div> Our destiny is life in eternity with others, </div> <div> With God our Father and all as brothers. </div> <div> This inheritance from God earned by His Son, </div> <div> Jesus Christ our Lord, is the risen One.</div> <bR> <div> We are made new with His spirit inside, </div> <div> We're no longer alone, He's at our side. </div> <div> His death brought hope, a new life begins, </div> <div> by His sad death He paid for our sins.</div> <bR> <div> <I>- David, ACI Cranston, RI</I></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Copyright © 2003 Living Hope Christian Fellowship  -  All Rights Reserved</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>