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Dead people don\u2019t breathe. And they surely don\u2019t breathe life that flows into others!<\/p>\n
Just a few days earlier, Jesus had \u201cbreathed his last\u201d (Luke 23:46), and everyone around him had assumed that was the end of him. But here, in John 20, we read about Jesus coming back to life, early on Sunday morning, and in the evening of that day he was breathing the life of his Holy Spirit into his disciples.<\/p>\n
Have you heard of the geyser \u201cOld Faithful\u201d in Yellowstone National Park (U.S.)? The water shoots 130 feet (40 meters) into the air! We can think of Jesus\u2019 breath too as something like a geyser, a geyser of life.<\/p>\n
Have you seen pictures or watched videos of young bamboo plants in a tropical forest? In the searing heat they grow so fast that you can almost hear them stretch. As the earth provides nutrients, the bamboo plant pushes out vegetation. In some ways like that, Jesus\u2019 breath pushes out life.<\/p>\n
Have you been to a worship service that honors the Lord and God of the universe\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Followers of Jesus, striving to live for the Savior in a fallen, broken world, come to worship the King of creation and to share Jesus\u2019 breath with one another. He gives it, and they receive life. Renewal. Revival.<\/p>\n
The resurrection of Jesus keeps echoing as he inspires God\u2019s people to share his love and bring hope everywhere in God\u2019s world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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