2. Funeral Service of Baroness Thatcher
“Last night when we were saying
prayers, my daddy said everyone
has done wrong things except
Jesus. I said I don’t think you
have done bad things because
you are the Prime Minister.
Am I right or is my daddy?”
3. Funeral Service of Baroness Thatcher
“However good we try to be, we
can never be as kind, gentle and
wise as Jesus. There will be times
when we do or say something we
wish we hadn’t done and we shall
be sorry and try not to do it again
... our lives can’t be as good as
the life of Jesus.”
4. Funeral Service of Baroness Thatcher
“She applied
herself to her work
with formidable
energy and
passion”
5. Today
‘Fire in our hearts’
Luke 24:13-24
‘New beginnings for the people of God’
6. … some of our women amazed us. They went to the
tomb early this morning but didn't find his body.
They came and told us that they had seen a vision
of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our
companions went to the tomb and found it just as
the women had said, but him they did not see.“
Luke 24:22-24
The walk to Emmaus
7. Downcast
"What are you discussing together as you walk
along?" They stood still, their faces downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, asked him,
"Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not
know the things that have happened there in
these days?“
Luke 24:17-18
How did they feel?
8. Disillusioned
but we had hoped that he was the one
who was going to redeem Israel And
what is more, it is the third day since
all this took place
Luke 24: 21
How did they feel?
9. Opened up the Scriptures
"How foolish you are … Did not the Christ
have to suffer these things?" And beginning
with Moses and all the Prophets, he
explained to them what was said in all the
Scriptures concerning himself.
Luke 24:25-27
How does Jesus raise their spirits?
10. … faith comes from hearing
the message, and the
message is heard through
the word of Christ.
Rom 10:17
11. Opened up the Scriptures
"Were not our hearts burning within us
while He talked with us on the road and
opened the Scriptures to us?“
Luke 24:32
How does Jesus raise their spirits?
12. As they approached the village to which
they were going, Jesus acted as if he were
going farther. But they urged him strongly,
"Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the
day is almost over." So he went in to stay
with them
Luke 24:28-29
13. Opened their eyes
When he was at the table with them,
He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and
began to give it to them. Then their eyes
were opened and they recognized Him,
and He disappeared from their sight
Luke 24:30
How does Jesus raise their spirits?
14. The god of this age has blinded the minds of
unbelievers, so that they cannot see the
light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,
who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:4
