Celebrating a Christ-Centered Easter

Book Details
Author: Emily Belle Freeman
Release Date: February 2015
Publisher: Ensign Peak
Genre: Easter

I SO LOVED the book Celebrating a Christ-Centered Christmas written by this author that I quickly grabbed this book off the shelf to study it :)

I am always looking for ways to be more Christ-centered and Emily Freeman's books really help with that!

In Celebrating a Christ-Centered Christmas the focus was on 7 different pieces of the nativity set.

In Celebrating a Christ-Centered Easter the focus is on

"7 different personal experiences with the Lord that took place just before and just after His suffering, sacrifice, and Resurrection."

You will learn about Christ's experience with Lazarus and how He can help all of us out of the darkest moments we might find ourselves in giving us "unexpected hope."

You will read about Simon the Cyrenian and how he was called upon to carry the cross for Christ and how we might fully understand how to help someone else carry their cross of burdens.

Others that you will hear about are:

* Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
* Mary Magdalene, Mary, and Salome
* Thomas
* The disciples on the road to Emmaus

And finally you will read about Jesus Christ and come to know how to offer up our finest to Him who gave us His all.

Emily also shares with us a "tradition" we might incorporate with songs, scriptures, stories and activities for each experience. It is here you will understand the symbolism behind wheat baskets, forget knots, red eggs, and other things that help make Easter a "High Holy Day."

Use this book daily for 7 days or weekly for the 7 weeks leading up to Easter Sunday.

It will help bring your life and heart more Christ-centered.

AMAZON | GOODREADS

About the Author

Emily Belle Freeman is a coach’s wife, a mother to four children and a few others who have found refuge in her home, author of several bestselling books, and sought-after inspirational speaker. Her days are spent watching over teenagers, her flock of pampered chickens, and a rabbit that she adores. She finds great joy in studying the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Her deep love of the scriptures comes from a desire to find their application in everyday life. For a few minutes every day Emily forgets about the laundry, leaves the dishes in the sink, and writes. She coauthors a blog that is a stopping place for hearts seeking all that is good: www. multiplygoodness.com.

A Christ-Centered Easter

A review copy was provided

Book Details

Author: Janet and Joe Hales

Release Date: January 2002

Publisher: Eagle Gate

Genre: Easter

When the author realized she spent more time with colored eggs and chocolate bunnies for Easter than she did remembering Christ and his atonement she decided to make a change.

How lucky are we that she has shared her ideas :)

Easter Week (from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday) can now be filled with meaningful scriptures, stories, hymns, and activities to bring you more Christ-centered.

Age-appropriate symbols are given to help you decide which activity to do:

P = Preschoolers (ages 3 - 5)

G = Grade schoolers (ages 6 - 12)

T = Teenagers (ages 13 - 17)

A = Adults

F = Entire family

Take a look at DAY 1 ~ Palm Sunday

(Click HERE for a clearer reading)

See what the following days will bring:

Day 2 - Cleansing the Temple and how it applies to our lives today.

Day 3 - Learn of the Parables and Teachings of Jesus

Day 4 - Rest in Bethany

Day 5 - The Last Supper and Jesus' Prayer and Agony in Gethsemane

Day 6 - Jesus' Trial and Crucifixion

Day 7 - The Jewish Sabbath

Day 8 - Jesus' Resurrections and Appearances

Each day as you go through the week and follow the suggested ideas your heart will be drawn closer to our Savior and you will have greater joy in the Easter celebration.

Your testimony of the atonement and the resurrection will be strengthened.

And your hour hope will increase.

This book will change the way you celebrate Easter~

AMAZON | GOODREADS

Easter Book Ideas

A Christ-Centered Easter

When the author wanted more for her own family's Easter than just candy she put together this wonderful book.

Filled with
*Scriptures
*Activities
*and Stories

These hands-on day-to day ideas will help you put Christ back into Easter.

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Easter Walk

Take a walk with Tyler and Amy as their grandpa takes them on a treasure hunt to find 6 items that represent events in the Easter Story

Things like a something sharp to help them remember the crown of thorns

Or something made of wood to help them remember the cross.

Beautifully illustrated this book will be an Easter treasure from many years.

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The Continuous Atonement

I LOVE this book!

Brad Wilcox has a way of explaining the Atonement in ways I have never even thought about.

One story he tells is how when we make a mistake Christ doesn't say to us "Leave and never come back."

NO! That is not how the atonement works

Christ simple says "TRY AGAIN."

The Atonement isn't just a one time thing ~ it is CONTINUOUS :)

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400 Questions and Answers about the Life and Times of Jesus Christ

Susan Easton Black amazes me!

I don't even know which questions to ask let alone know the answers.

How blessed was are that she shares her knowledge!

400 questions to make you ponder...

and then 400 answers to make you more fully understand the life and times of Jesus

I LOVE that the answers are short and easy to understand.

You can read from cover-to-cover OR you can open to one or two questions a day.

A really great book!

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