Order of Family/Small Group Devotion – Easter
Leader: In the Name of the Father and the + Son and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen
-SILENT PRAYER-
Leader: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
Psalm
118:1-2, 17-24 (ESV)
Leader: Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
All: Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever."
Leader: I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
All: The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
Leader: Open to me the gates of righteousness, which I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
All: This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.
Leader: I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.
All: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Leader: This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
All: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Glory
be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Leader:
Matthew 28:1-10 (ESV)
Now after the
Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the
other Mary went to see the tomb. And
behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from
heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for
I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where
he lay. Then go quickly and tell
his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before
you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you."
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran
to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!"
And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers
to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."
Leader: Let us bless the Lord
All: Thanks be to God
Leader: The almighty and merciful God, the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit, bless us and keep us.
All: Amen
<Back