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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday April 12TH 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Volume 9, Number 7, Edition 407
“Persecution”

From The Beatitudes in The Gospel According To Matthew:

God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. God blesses you when people mock you, and persecute you, and lie about you, and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are My followers. (5:10-11)

That’s happened to all of us – no matter how long we’ve been believing and following our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. But no worries:

Be happy about it ! Be very glad ! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember – the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way. (5:12)

It’s easy and convenient to keep all of this a secret from the world – just to avoid mockery, harassment, and yes – even discrimination. There are people out there who hate us – I mean really hate us – because of what we believe – because of who we follow. But that’s not what God wants for us. God’s Kingdom won’t get bigger if His believers and followers don’t share it with the world. We can’t lay low and stay hidden and keep quiet just because the world wants us to. We don’t answer to the world anymore. We answer to our God Almighty – our Lord of Glory. The world does not hold back on its beliefs. We must not hold back on our beliefs.

Christ said: “Everyone who acknowledges Me publicly here on earth – I will also acknowledge before My Father in heaven. But everyone who denies Me here on earth – I will also deny before My Father in heaven. (Matthew 10:32-33)

A single acknowledgement or denial does not determine your eternity. It must be a lifetime commitment to Christ. Do you believe His promises ? Will you follow Him forever ? Seek Him.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday April 05TH 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Volume 9, Number 6, Edition 406
“Easter Sunday”

Today I observe and celebrate my 20TH Easter Sunday with my brothers and sisters of my church family. Before salvation – back when I lived in the pit of despair – and the mud and the mire – Easter was just another day of the year – 1 of the 365. Now – it’s the most important day of the year – and the reason why I live today.

As the Bible says in the Gospel According to Mark – Chapter 16 (1-7):

Saturday evening – when the Sabbath ended – Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on Sunday morning – just at sunrise – they went to the tomb. On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb ?” But as they arrived – they looked up and saw that the stone – which was very large – had already been rolled aside.

When they entered the tomb – they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, but the angel said – “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth – who was crucified. He isn’t here !  He is risen from the dead !  Look – this is where they laid His body. Now go and tell His disciples – including Peter – that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see Him there – just as He told you before He died.”

HE IS RISEN !  HE IS RISEN – INDEED !  The Lord has really risen !  He appeared to Peter. (Luke 24:34). He was seen by the Twelve, and the more than 500 of His followers at the time, and by James (the half-brother of Jesus), and by all the apostles, and by Paul. (1 Corinthians 15:5-8)

On this day that our LORD has made – we join our brothers and sisters in Christ – God’s children – all across this great nation of ours – and all around the world – as we observe and celebrate the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ – our Lord + Savior.

We join our brothers and sisters of this global church family on this Resurrection Sunday, but we know that every waking moment of each new day is a renewed celebration of Christ conquering the grave, and rising from the dead, and giving us life.

HE IS RISEN !  HE IS RISEN – INDEED !  And since He is risen – we have risen from where we once were.

Jesus keeps His promises – then, now, and forever. He does what He says He is going to do. He is who He says He is. He is risen. He is risen – indeed. He is alive. He sits on the throne of Heaven. He is the King of Kings. He is the Lord of Lords. He gives us life. He breathes life onto our dry bones. Breath of God – breathe on us ! He makes all things new. He gives us hope. He gives us purpose. He makes us vessels of vibrant living water. Rejoice ! Be glad in it !

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday July 06TH 2025, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

As I wrote last #SundayScripture – it’s been a while since I refreshed and posted one of my past sermons on here. Starting with this edition – and continuing through September – I’ll be doing just that.

I’ll be transcribing my original sermon that I preached to my church family in Homestead Florida on Sunday October 16TH 2022. The title of the sermon is “Blessings & Benedictions”, and it’s my 50TH sermon as identified on my SERMONS page.

Here’s Part 1:

You know – I don’t think that I have a good singing voice. There’s a reason why I’ve never been on “America’s Got Talent”, or “American Idol”, or “The Voice” – if you’re familiar with those long-running talent competition shows on TV.

I don’t think I sound good when I sing. But my God – our God – well He thinks that my voice is beautiful. He thinks that all of our voices are beautiful – especially when we sing to Him. I love to sing to our Lord – especially as part of traditional Praise & Worship up here with Ben, and Jen, and Betty. And I love to sing to our Lord in my car – while driving all around Homestead. You know it’s also a great time to pray to our Lord – while driving all around Homestead. (I do some of my best praying to God – while driving.) Sometimes I sing my prayers to God – while driving all around Homestead.

And I love to speak of our Lord – to anyone who will listen to me – even if it’s only the Lord Himself. He’s the One that truly matters. And I know that He is listening.

A couple of weeks ago we sang “I Speak Jesus” to our Lord during Praise & Worship. I had never heard it before Pastor Bob played the video for it. I love it. Next Sunday morning it’ll be one of the videos that I’ll play for Praise & Worship.

You know our God has given us a voice. It’s His gift to us. We must not waste it. We must use it to bless others. We must use it to glorify our God.

Today I want to talk to you about “Blessings & Benedictions”. This is a little bit of a different type of sermon that you may be used to from me. I’m gonna be all over the Bible with this message – both Old and New Testaments, so let’s go on this journey together through God’s Word.

You know at the end of every service I stand up here, or I stand down there, and I recite specific intentional verses of Scripture. That’s the Benediction.

Most churches – no matter their respective denomination – or no denomination – most churches – close their services with a Benediction. At some churches the Pastor will have everyone stand up and recite it with him or her. At other churches (like ours) we don’t do that. I’m not really a big fan of having everyone stand up and recite or repeat something over and over again. I’d rather you hear the Benediction rather than say it. You tend to absorb or take-in speech (or words) more so when you are listening rather than talking. You know – 2 ears – 1 mouth – twice as much listening than speaking.

(To be continued next week.)

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2025 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday June 29TH 2025, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

It’s the 5TH Sunday of the month, so my church family here in Sebring will be celebrating post-service with a potluck luncheon – which we do pretty good. We have a lot of great cooks in my church family. I am not one of them, but I have a great appetite for great food.

Unfortunately I won’t be there this morning. I’ll be down in Homestead again with my former church family there for the 2ND time in 3 Sundays. It will likely be my final trip to Homestead for at least the next 100 days. I’ll write all about this visit to and from Homestead in a future #TravelThursday blog post. #StayTuned

It’s been a while since I refreshed and posted one of my past sermons on here, so starting next Sunday and continuing through July, August, and into September I’ll be doing just that. I haven’t decided which sermon to refresh and post, but it will be posted in 3-to-4-minute reads each week. That means that – just like all of my blog posts – you can read it in 3 to 4 minutes. My sermons are generally about 35 to 45 minutes in length (when preached), so whichever sermon I decide to post will be done so in probably 8 to 10 parts.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2025 Christopher M. Day, CountUp