8. In a world that only listens to others make music; the church invites us to sing together as a community of praise.
7. In a world where children are controlled and the elderly are warehoused, Christ says the children are a key to the kingdom and the elderly are God’s beloved children.
6. In a world where everyone seems out for themselves, Jesus invites us to love our neighbor and even pray for those who persecute us.
5. While we sometimes bicker and fight like the rest of the world, the final word for us is not who wins but who forgives.
4. In a world that makes us feel insignificant, Christ tells us we each are a valuable part of God’s plan for the entire universe.
3. In a world that treats ethics loosely, the church offers us the opportunity to think deeply about what God says is right and wrong.
2. In a world that tries to eat us alive with all its demands, we have a savior that loves us alive with grace and forgiveness.
1. In a world that dismisses God as unimportant and mocks God’s son on the cross, God doesn’t try to get even but seeks to redeem us for eternity.
And so in this world of excuses, hear again in the announcement that Christ is risen, that God, not death has the final word.
