“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead…” Ephesians 1:18–20
Hope is a beautiful word—but at Easter, it becomes something more. It becomes sacred.
This is the season of blessed hope—not wishful thinking or vague optimism, but a living, breathing force rooted in the greatest miracle of all time: the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Hope is not passive. It doesn’t sit quietly in the corner and whisper “maybe.” Hope rises up. It rolls away stones. It shouts into tombs. Hope is what tells us, “This is not how the story ends.”
It is hope that keeps a grieving parent putting one foot in front of the other.
It is hope that stirs the addict to believe that tomorrow can be different.
It is hope that whispers to the lonely, “You are not forgotten.”
It is hope that declares to the world: Love has won. Death has lost. Jesus is alive.
And here’s the extraordinary truth of Easter:
The same power that raised Christ from the dead now lives in you. Not a lesser power. Not a symbolic gesture. The same mighty strength.
Which means…
You can rise from what tried to bury you.
You can love again after heartbreak.
You can believe again after disappointment.
You can breathe again—even when life has knocked the wind out of you.
This Easter don’t just remember the resurrection—live in it. Walk in that power. Stand in that light. Hope with all your heart.
Please join us this Easter Sunday as Pastor Mark speaks to the hope we were made for—the hope we desperately need. Let your soul be filled again. Let your spirit rise.
Your friend for the rest of my life,
Pastor Tim White