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b'By day, the town of Goshen was like any other. People went to work,\\nchildren went to school, and families gathered to share a meal at\\nsuppertime. But after dark, everything changed. Doors were locked and\\ndrapes were pulled tight over windows. Because here, the dead ruled the\\nnight. They came from the ground and from the sea, their howls and moans\\nand screams filling the darkness. They wanted one thing\\u2014the living. They\\ncoveted their beating hearts and longed to feel air rush through their\\nlungs once again. And though death had severed them from such joys, they\\nwanted them all the same and went searching for them every night. But the\\nliving had been given protection. Every evening, before the sun went down,\\nthey would sprinkle lamb\\u2019s blood in the doorways of their homes. Any house\\nsealed with blood, the dead could not enter. But the sound of their\\nhorrifying cries continued throughout the night, and people huddled away\\nfrom the windows, covering their ears against the terror outside. One day,\\na man no one had seen before walked into Goshen. He went from house to\\nhouse, knocking on each door. \\u201cWho are you?\\u201d people asked when they saw\\nhim. \\u201cI am the Lamb of God,\\u201d he said. He showed them the bloody wounds in\\nhis hands. \\u201cWill you trust me?\\u201d One by one, the people looked down at the\\nblood, then back to his face. \\u201cYes,\\u201d they replied. Then the man dipped his\\nfinger into his own blood and touched it to each of their foreheads. \\u201cNo\\nmore sprinkling blood in the doorway,\\u201d he told them. \\u201cNo more hiding in\\nyour houses at night. I have power over death and have sealed you with my\\nblood. Death can never rule you.\\u201d That night, when darkness came, doors and\\nwindows remained open, letting in a cool, fresh breeze. There were no\\nsounds of terror from the dead, for death could no longer hold its\\ncaptives. Instead, the dead were raised to true life and the serenades of\\ncrickets wafted through the air as people poured into the streets. Men and\\nwomen gazed up at the stars as children chased fireflies across the grass.\\nTheir fear of death and darkness was gone, for now an eternal light glowed\\ninside them. They were the living people of God. \\u2022 Courtney Lasater \\u2022 Read\\nJohn 11:25-26 and Romans 6:23. Why do those who trust in Jesus have no\\nreason to fear death? \\u2022 Do you ever feel afraid when you think about death?\\nYou can talk to Jesus about this and ask Him to give you His peace as you\\nremember the sacrifice He made to save you from sin when He shed His blood\\non the cross. \\u2022 While we will still experience death, we can find comfort\\nknowing that Jesus has defeated death through His resurrection and will\\nsomeday return to raise us to eternal life. How can this truth affect the\\nway we view death now? How much more, then, will the blood of\\nChrist\\u2026cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may\\nserve the living God! Hebrews 9:14 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nExod.12.21-Exod.12.23|Exod.12.29-Exod.12.30|1Pet.1.18-1Pet.1.19|1Pet.2.9|Heb.9.14'