Good morning, West London Alliance Church!

It is a bittersweet thing to write these words to you today. How I long to be with you and enter in to worship with you on this blessed Lord’s Day.

He is Risen!

He is Risen, Indeed!

Catherine and I were talking about the songs we would have led if church was happening as planned, and in the course of that conversation, we joked that maybe we’d have a 20-song playlist for you today.

I narrowed it to 11.

Before we get to the songs, read this account of that morning when the disciples and the women discovered that Jesus had risen.

“But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”— “ (John 20:11-18)

My prayer for us this morning is that through the preaching of the Word and through the singing of these songs and through the meditation and reflection we undertake today, WE WOULD SEE THE LORD! So, let’s enter his gates with thanksgiving this this weekend, and let’s enter his courts with praise! Our Great Saviour lives!

As Jude said in the Maundy Thursday devotional, listen and sing along with these songs every day through this Easter weekend, starting today, and be encouraged as you lift your voice in praise of our Risen Saviour! 

Listen to the Easter Weekend Playlist