Psalm 3

Even in times of trouble and pain, when we are beaten by the world and by Satan, God is there with us.  He will shield us, and hold us high as we do his work. When we cry out to God, he listens and answers us, sometimes not in the way we hope he answers.

Acts 2: 1-21

The speaking in tongues is actually the fulfilling of prophesy from Joel.  Peter then goes on to share the  Gospel of Jesus with the crowd (approximately 3000 people) that are around the Apostles.

Matthew 2:1-12

Even when Jesus was a baby, people of the world were worried that Jesus would conquer the world.  Herod in particular thought that it would a physical/war type conquering even though God had intended it to be otherwise.

Genesis 5-8

God saw that the world was heading in a direction that he didn’t want the world to go, and so he selected Noah and his family to build an ark to house the animals and his family from the flood that God was sending to the earth. Noah did as he was commanded by God.

Matthew 1:18-25

An angel was sent to Joseph by God to tell him that Mary would give birth to Jesus just as was prophesied in Isaiah 7:14. The angel also told Joseph that name he was to give to Jesus.

Acts 1:12-26

Since Judas had betrayed Jesus, the disciples decided to choose one of Jesus followers to replace Judas. They didn’t take the decision lightly and actually asked God for wisdom, something that we as Christians should be doing regularly.

Genesis 3-4

God has given us the chance to live a good life, free of any evil, however we are human and would go with the easier option, often sinning against God. Eve took the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, because she was deceived by the serpent, otherwise known as Satan as he wants all people to turn away from God.

Psalm 2

The Lord looks down from Heaven and sees people who are trying to conspire against the Lord, and he laughs at them at their futility because God has installed Jesus as the King. God blesses those who take refuge in him rather than trying to plot against him.

Prayer

Lord, thank you for sending Jesus down to earth to correct the wrongs that we have done. We are human and need your help to resist the temptations given to us by Satan. I ask that you help us to realise that we need your help and that we should rely on you for tough decisions in everyday life. Amen.

Matthew 1:1-17

Jesus heritage can be traced back to Abraham, the Abraham that is found in Genesis in the Old Testament. This shows that Jesus was not only sent for people of now, but also for the Jews.

Acts 1:1-11

We don’t know, and we won’t be told the time when Jesus is returning, but while we are waiting the Holy Spirit will be amongst us while we are to be witnesses of Jesus.

Genesis 1-2

The formation of the earth, my personal belief is that this isn’t a literal description of the way that God formed the earth, as some people have counted the world to be 4000 years old based on the Bible, but science says the earth is approximately 4.5 billions years old.

Psalm 1

God will bless those who walk in his ways and live their lives in the way that God had intended them to live.

Prayer

Thank you God that you sent Jesus to walk on the earth for all people and that you formed a world that we could enjoy as your followers as it was intended while we await for the return of Jesus. We thank you for sending the Holy Spirit to guide us while we await Jesus’ return. Amen.