Go and Tell the Good News
Month 7: He Is Risen! — Why We Believe · Loving Others
Today's Scripture
Read together: Mark 16:6-7
6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him. 7 But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”
Memory Verse
“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.”— Matthew 28:6 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Isaiah 7–10
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Isaiah 9 promises a Son who is "Mighty God" — the very One the angel announced was risen.)The Heart of It
At the empty tomb, the angel didn't just share the news. He handed out a job. "He is risen! He is not here... But go, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee." Don't miss that one tender word: and Peter. Just days earlier, Peter had said he didn't even know Jesus. He said it three times. He even cursed. If anyone deserved to be left off the list, it was Peter. Yet the risen Lord made sure his name was spoken out loud. The first thing resurrection love did was chase down a man who had failed and tell him he was still wanted. That is the kind of Savior we tell others about.
Here is how loving others connects to Easter. News this big cannot be kept to ourselves. The women were not told to keep the empty tomb a secret. They were told to go and tell. Love always spills over. When you really understand that Jesus is alive, and that He welcomes back even those who have failed Him, you start to see the people around you differently. The neighbor. The cousin. The kid no one sits with. The family member who walked away. Loving others isn't only about being kind, though it is that. It's about being so glad about Jesus that you can't help wanting them to know Him too. The best news in the world was made to be carried to the people God puts in front of us.
Around the Table
The angel said, "Go and tell!" The good news about Jesus is too happy to keep secret. Who can YOU tell that Jesus is alive?
Let's do it: Practice saying it loud and happy: "Jesus is alive!" Now pick one person to tell tomorrow.
The angel said to tell the disciples "and Peter." Peter was the very one who had let Jesus down. Why do you think Jesus made sure Peter was included?
Let's talk: Is there someone who feels left out, or far from God, that you could be kind to this week?
Resurrection joy spills over into mission. The women were witnesses first, and so are we (). Telling others isn't a burden. It's good news pouring out.
Let's go deeper: Who is one person you could lovingly tell about Jesus? What is one small step you could take toward that this week?
💬 Conversation Starter
Say you found out something amazing. Say you won a huge prize. Could you keep it quiet? The empty tomb is even better news. Who would you tell first?
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Why believe the disciples' message? Why not think they were fooled? Think about Peter. He had just denied Jesus out of fear. Then he became a man who boldly preached the resurrection, and he later died for it. That kind of change is real and lasting, and it happened to people who were there. They went from cowards to brave witnesses. That is hard to explain unless they really did meet the risen Christ.
For Dad · Go Deeper
Sharing the gospel in a family begins with the gospel softening the teller's own heart. Notice that the angel's message was wrapped in grace: "and Peter." Before your kids can lovingly tell others, they need to know deep in their bones that Jesus welcomes failures. They will fail, and they will need to come back. A home where mistakes are met with grace, not just with pressure to perform, becomes a home where children believe the good news really is good. And then they want to share it. Tony Evans speaks of raising "kingdom kids" who see themselves as ambassadors. You grow that not by guilt-tripping your children into telling others, but by living so visibly glad about the risen Christ that sharing Him feels like the most natural thing in the world. Joy spreads. So does the gospel.
Draws on: Tony Evans, Raising Kingdom Kids.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You that the empty tomb is good news. It is too wonderful to keep to ourselves. Make us glad in Jesus. Help us love the people around us. Give us courage to tell them You are alive. Use our family, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen."
Jesus is alive, and He even calls back those who failed. That is news too good to keep to myself.