Christ the Lord is risen today! Hallelujah!
This Sunday marked the core of our Christian faith: the death on the cross and resurrection of Christ. What a day of celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ!
We truly do have so much to celebrate. I celebrate the churches in South Georgia who show what it means to be Easter people filled with joy and hope. You are offering a great message of hope - a hope that is out of this world! You are effectively reaching the least, the lost, and the lonely. You are challenging and encouraging one another in your discipleship efforts and your spiritual journeys. You are bringing people into a deeper relationship with a Holy God. You are showing that “every one” matters. You are changing your corner of the world.
I celebrate all of this and more!
As we look ahead towards the upcoming General Conference that begins this month I invite you to join me in daily prayer.
Yesterday, we began a prayer initiative called, “Hear Our Prayers.” Daily we are pausing at 4:01 pm to pray for our South Georgia delegation and the upcoming General Conference.
As Easter people filled with the joy and hope of a risen Savior, I call us to focus on the words of this familiar hymn:
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives.
May we remember that Christ has risen indeed; He lives. He holds our future, and He holds the future of The South Georgia Conference and The United Methodist Church. He has come to bring us the life that we need as Easter people seeking a new beginning of reaching new people for Christ.
Yes, we are Easter people! I’m so thankful to be your bishop and to serve alongside you.
In Christ,
David Graves