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“Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I
preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken
your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the
word, I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 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”

(1 Corinthians 15:1-4).

Describe a time you had good news you couldn’t wait to share.
That college acceptance letter. The promotion at work. A baby born,
championship won, job offer in hand.
Whatever it was, you were excited to let others know.
What was it—and how did you feel when sharing the news? Describe
that experience below.

Devotion

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Read the following Bible passages:

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this
is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that

no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ
Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us
to do” (Ephesians 2:8-10).

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