This is part of the worship series
"The Lord, Our Shepherd"
Introduction
Lent 1 | Lent 2 | Lent 3 | Lent 4 | Lent 5
Palm Sunday | Maundy Thursday | Easter
Home Devotions
EASTER SUNDAY
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Scripture
Psalm 16:9-11; Matthew 28
Sermon
“Secure Forever”
Sermon Ideas
Psalm 23 and Psalm 16 proved to be amazingly appropriate and inspiring for an Easter morning message. We began with the Easter story in Matthew 28, and then sprang from the doubt expressed by the disciples to the doubt we experience today. The words of Psalm 23’s conclusion are not always so confidently spoken by Christians today, and our experience of life does not always seem to be “goodness and love.” We distinguished between the “gift” (our definition of goodness and love) and the “giver” (Jesus—the divine definition of goodness and love.) We then entered into the hope we have with Jesus at our side in life and in death, concluding with the joyful affirmation of our faith and hope in the words of Psalm 16:9–11.
Song Suggestions
“Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen” Brokering
“Celebrate Jesus” Oliver
“Celtic Alleluia” O'Carroll, Walker
“I Know That My Redeemer Lives” (anthem, from Handel’s Messiah)
“Lord, I Lift Your Name on High” Rounds
Revised Common Lectionary
Years A, B, C: Easter—Easter Vigil
Year A: Easter—Resurrection of the Lord
