Colossians 3:1-4 | Although He is not seen yet He is with us always. He is with us with power having received all authority from the Father. He will come again in glory. This means that my greatest treasures are those things that are not seen. I have been raised from dust to be a son of God. And I will be glorified with Him.

Acts 16:9-15 | He knows this is God's way because God has blocked every other door.

He knows it because he recognizes his Shepherd's voice.

He knows it because he has leaned to leave behind the things of this world.

Acts 11:1-18 | Peter and the early Christians had to learn that there was no longer any distinction between the Israelites and the Gentiles. Now they are all one in Christ. We too need

to learn not to look down on or judge that which God has cleansed. This includes both our fellow Christians and ourselves. The Father has promised that we are clean in the blood of Christ. Who are we to say or think otherwise?

Acts 20:17-35 | This section of scripture is not a list of the great things that Paul did but of the great things our Good Shepherd did through him. Paul's words here show us one who lived every day and in every circumstance under the protection of the Good Shepherd. Paul is one who held Pslam 23 in his heart.

Acts 9:1-22 | Anything we try to do ourselves is less the useless. It is sinful. Jesus must teach us repentance. Jesus must teach us to listen. Jesus must give us the strength to go and do. Then will our lives be worth something.

Acts 5:12-31 |   The result of Jesus resurrection is that the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit, and that whereas before they hid in fear now they went with boldness proclaiming the name of the Lord. Through them the Lord did many signs and miracles, but more than this the Word of the Lord was preached

2 timothy 2:8,11 |   On that first Easter morning so long ago the impossible happened. As the women approached the tomb that first Easter morning, what did they expect? Nothing out of the ordinary. The expected a sealed tomb. They expected a dead body. They expected death. Despite all of Jesus’ promises. Despite all of Jesus’ miracles. Despite

1 corinthians 15:56-57 |   If we live under the law we will receive the wages of sin which is death, but if live in Christ we receive the gift of God which is everlasting life. But what does this mean to live under the law? One way in which people choose to live under the law is that

Luke 23:39-43 | All through Lent we have been discussing what things are important for us to remember. But far more important than what we remember is that Jesus remembers us. That is our theme this Friday. Not that we remember anything, but that Jesus would remember us.

1 corinthians 11:23-26 | Christ gave the Lord’s Supper as an inheritance to the church for all time, so that we would regularly take time out of life to remember Him, to come together as a family and to be united in His power and His love.