2026 Resurrection Service | Sunday, April 5, 2026 | 10 AM

Main message: The Father raised Jesus and the same resurrection power that raised Christ now dwells in believers, giving them victory over life's "bad hands" and the authority to live boldly in resurrection reality. The preacher used the game of Bid Whist as a metaphor: God is the dealer, and even when life deals you a bad hand, the resurrection flips your circumstance.

Key points:

• Jesus’ rising was an act of God the Father, and Romans 8:11 teaches that that life-giving Spirit dwells in believers.
• Life can deal painful, unjust, or discouraging "hands," but Christians can declare and play a “resurrection hand” — refusing to accept defeat.
• The Bid Whist metaphor: after cards are shuffled and dealt by the dealer (God), how you play reveals faith; you don’t concede when you’re losing.
• “Saturday’s silence” (the period of waiting) often precedes God’s move — silence can mean God is setting things up and will flip what the enemy intended.
• The resurrection’s victory means sickness, despair, and injustice have been cut and set by Jesus’ blood; believers are called to walk in that authority and publicly confess/receive it.

Scriptures mentioned: Galatians 1:1, Romans 8:11, Exodus 34:6, Leviticus 23, John 3:16