{"id":7169,"date":"2020-04-16T00:06:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T05:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=7169"},"modified":"2020-04-16T00:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T05:06:52","slug":"good-news-youth-devotional-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2020\/04\/16\/good-news-youth-devotional-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News Youth Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7170\" width=\"217\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-3.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-3-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-3-560x186.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><em>By Katie Heishman (Co-pastor at the Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren (Oh.))<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\"> <strong>Matthew 28:1-16      &#8220;&#8230;afraid, yet filled with joy&#8230;&#8221; <\/strong><br><\/h4>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>When Mary Magdalene and the other Mary go to visit Jesus\u2019 tomb, the world literally quakes as an angel rolls away the tomb stone and sits on it. The guards at Jesus\u2019 tomb are so afraid they fall over in shock. The angel encourages the women: \u201cDo not be afraid.\u201d Yet the women are fearful, too, and it\u2019s with fear and excitement that they take off toward Galilee with the news of Jesus\u2019 resurrection. While the women are still fearful, they\u2019re propelled by bravery and joy to share their good news with the other disciples. Once the guards are revived, their fear leads them to act in a cowardly way by taking a bribe and lying about Jesus\u2019 resurrection. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fear is a powerful emotion and Jesus knows that fear can lead us to take the easy way out, like the guards. He greets the women in their fear and excitement, and tells them, \u201cYou\u2019re holding on to me for dear life. Don\u2019t be frightened like that\u201d (The Message). The joy of resurrection is that Jesus seeks to free us from fear that would lead us to be cowardly or stop us from doing hard things. Through Jesus, we don\u2019t need to be afraid of fear or be afraid of hard things. You have good news to share and hard things to do! Do not be afraid.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Good News:<\/strong>    Jesus frees us from fear and inspires us to bravery in the face of hard things.\u00a0  <\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Discussion question:<\/strong>  Where would you like Jesus to release you from fear, which limits you or holds you back?\u00a0 <\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Go one step further:<\/strong>   Breath Prayer <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DixA5xZgvYeo&amp;data=01%7C01%7CBUllomNaugle%40brethren.org%7C9fe0c8e1724f43b0b1ca08d7e169888b%7C74cf6ddc0f344e5180486f967e3e5e67%7C1&amp;sdata=ZuM2DkNzHwnaac%2BphtjaLD3QhBhCCghg1TL23p6QjiI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ixA5xZgvYeo<\/a> (A helpful way to rely on Jesus and let go of fear is through a breath prayer.)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\t\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spiritual Practice: Breath Prayer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixA5xZgvYeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Mary Magdalene and the other Mary go to visit Jesus\u2019 tomb, the world literally quakes as an angel rolls away the tomb stone and sits on it. 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