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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There's Always HOPE!</span></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;One Shining Moment Pt 3</span></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.24.11&nbsp;&nbsp;Easter Sunday&nbsp;</span></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Understanding
Hope…..&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
look for hope even in the </span></strong><em><b><u><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>                                                 </span></u></b></em><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+20%3A1"><em><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>John 20:1</span></em></a></span><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (NLT) <sup>1 </sup>Early on Sunday
morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found
that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. </span></em><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
</span></i><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hope for the
future comes against the </span></strong><em><b><u><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>                                                </span></u></b></em><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+20%3A8-10"></a></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+20%3A8-10"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>John 20:8-10</span></a> (NLT) <sup>8
</sup>Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw
and believed— <sup>9 </sup>for until then they still hadn’t understood the
Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. <sup>10 </sup>Then they
went home. </span></em><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
</span></i><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We often find
hope when we look in tough places.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+20%3A11-12"></a></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+20%3A11-12"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>John 20:11-12</span></a> (NLT) <sup>11
</sup>Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped
and looked in. <sup>12 </sup>She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the
head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been
lying</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ultimate Hope is found
in a Savior who</span></strong> <em><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>                                                   </span></u></b></em><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></strong></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+20%3A16-17"><em><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>John 20:16-17</span></em></a></span><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (NLT) <sup>16 </sup>“Mary!” Jesus
said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for
“Teacher”). <sup>17 </sup>“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet
ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them that I am
ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” </span></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hope
is always to be shared with others.</span></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+20%3A18"><em><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>John 20:18</span></em></a></span><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (NLT) <sup>18 </sup>Mary Magdalene found
the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his
message. </span></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
impact of Hope - Jesus' resurrection:</span></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1)
Disciples died for their beliefs.</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2)
Skeptics were converted.</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3)
Re-structuring of Jewish life.</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4)
Emergence of the Sacraments.</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John 11:25
&quot;I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though
they die like everyone else, will live again.  (NLT)</span></i></p>

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