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Rise up! And follow Christ.
Have you ever had your hopes lifted so high that you have been impelled to move forward in a new direction? And then seen very encouraging results that lifted your hopes and commitment even higher? And then something occurred that dashed your hopes?
Then you can imagine, in some modest degree, what Christ Jesus’ disciples felt after his crucifixion.
One by one Jesus’ original twelve disciples had spontaneously followed him because of an extraordinary sense of hope he ignited within them. Take Matthew, for example. The Bible records it this way: “And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him” (Matthew 9:9). Something about Jesus evidently stirred Matthew’s heart to such a degree that he spontaneously rose up, left his established career behind, and set forth to follow where Jesus would lead him.
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March 26, 2018 issue
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From the readers
Deborah Caserotti, Janet Showalter, Kaye Patterson
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Easter: how Christ transforms us
Ruth Geyer
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The power of innocence
Laura Clayton
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God’s mercy when you’re in over your head
Judith Hedrick
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Love—is it natural to us?
Susan Oakes
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Lost in Los Angeles and humbled by God’s angels
Hannah Rackham
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‘Perfect and bump-free!’
Harlow
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Healed of debilitating menstrual cramps
Suzanne Smedley
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Inflammation and rash healed
Laura Witney
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Wasp sting healed
Jacqueline Bissonnette
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No more allergies
J. Douglas Wood
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God’s eternal day
Kim Haig
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Getting up close with the criminal justice system
The Monitor’s Editorial Board
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Knowing you’re good
Deborah Huebsch
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Rise up! And follow Christ.
Barbara Vining