Hey, my name is Shayanne, and I am so glad you’re here. You just came off an Easter Sunday where something shifted in you. Maybe you felt it and didn’t have words for it yet. That’s okay. That’s exactly why we’re here.

For the next seven days, you’ll hear from different members of Purpose Life Church. We’re not polished voices or platform people. We’re people who are in the middle of the same journey you’re starting right now.

The resurrection isn’t just history. It’s happening in you. So for the next week, let’s walk out what God broke open.

Welcome to Day 1. Today we start with a question that might feel uncomfortable: What came out of the grave with you?

Lazarus walked out alive but he was still wrapped in grave clothes. And a lot of us are doing the same thing. We had the moment. We received the prayer. And yet we are still reaching for the same old fears, the same old labels, the same definitions that were written over us in our darkest season.

Today, I just want you to name one thing. One thing that feels like it belongs in the past but keeps showing up in your present. You don’t have to fix it today. Just name it. Because you cannot unwrap what you haven’t acknowledged.

Day 2. The women who came to the tomb that morning were asking each other, “Who’s going to roll away the stone?” It was a real, practical concern. The obstacle was massive and they had no way to move it.

But when they arrived, the stone was already gone.

I wonder how much energy you’ve spent preparing to fight a battle God already won. Today, take one step toward the thing you’ve been afraid to approach. The stone might already be moved.

Day 3. Here is the detail in the Lazarus story that most people miss: Jesus didn’t unwrap him. He called him out, yes. He raised him, yes. But the unwrapping? He handed that to the people standing around the tomb. “Unbind him. Let him go.”

Some of your grave clothes can only come off with help. There are things you cannot strip off alone. Being unwrapped means being seen. It means trusting people with the parts of you that are still tangled.

Today’s invitation is simple: reach out to one person you trust. Just say, “I’m still working through some things, and I need people around me.” That’s enough to start.

Day 4. Grave clothes weren’t designed for living. Every stitch was made for a body that had no future left. And the honest truth is, they feel comfortable. They fit the version of you that used to live in the tomb. That is exactly why they are dangerous.

Paul says you have already stripped off the old nature. Past tense. In Christ, the removal already happened. You are not trying to become someone different. You already are that person. The work is learning to live from that truth instead of against it.

Today, identify one pattern that belongs to the old you. And the next time it shows up, pause for three seconds before you respond. Three seconds is enough to choose differently.

Day 5. I need you to hear this: God does not just remove. He replaces.

Isaiah 61 is a formal declaration of trade. Ashes for a crown. Mourning for joy. Despair for festive praise. Every line is an exchange. And what you give is always worth less than what He returns. He is not interested in a fair trade. He is interested in your glory.

Today write out your version of that exchange. “For my _______, God is giving me _______.” Make it specific to your actual story. Then read it aloud three times as a declaration, not a request. God already agreed to this trade. You’re just receiving what’s yours.

Day 6. Lazarus did not walk out of the tomb at full stride. He shuffled. He was still bound. The resurrection was complete, but the walk hadn’t caught up yet.

A lot of us are living in that gap, between knowing we’ve been changed and actually moving like we believe it. Mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience — these are not soft qualities. They are the wardrobe of someone who knows exactly how much power they carry and chooses not to abuse it.

Before you leave home today, stand in front of a mirror for sixty seconds and say this out loud: “I have been raised. I have been dressed. I walk in what God has given me.” Then let that be the first thing that goes out the door.

Day 7. The most powerful phrase in today’s verse is three words: more and more. Glory is not a level you reach. It is a direction. The place where you are right now is not the ceiling. This is the floor of the next room God is preparing for you.

You named the grave clothes. You walked toward the stone. You let people in. You chose differently. You made the exchange. You carried yourself like you believed it.

Spend ten minutes today in silence. No music, no requests. Just you and God. Ask one question: “Lord, what do You want me to do first with the freedom I’ve received?” Write down what comes. Then do it. The grave is behind you.

Hey family, it’s Nicole, and if you’re receiving this, you made it. Seven days. You showed up every single day, and something in you is different because of it.

You heard from different voices this week. People who are new to this church family and still figuring out what freedom looks like in the everyday. I hope you saw that resurrection is not for a category of special people. It is for anyone willing to keep walking.

The grave clothes are off. Now walk like it. Purpose Life is right here alongside you. This is just where glory starts.