Christian School Diary 2016

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Customised Diary Designs Encourage your students to read the Bible daily and reflect on the Word.

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School / College information Important information pertinent to your students and the school/college community can be published in the front of your diary, along with important dates and events noted throughout the diary.

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Your school/college general information Acceptable use of technology

Arrival

The school provides an extensive and wellresourced ICT network and related technology to support learning and teaching across the curriculum. Students are required to use the school’s ICT infrastructure expressly for educational purposes. Any attempt to break or circumvent the network security or any inappropriate use of or damage to the technology will result in the removal of the individual student’s right to access the network.

Equally, any attempt to access or interfere with staff or student files or work will be dealt with as a serious breach of the school’s ‘acceptable use’ policy. Students must keep their password confidential and be aware of the need for personal network security at all times.

• Students are expected to arrive at school by 8.40 am and to attend Home Group at 8.45 am and all subsequent lessons punctually.

• Students report to Home Group each morning of the week.

• Students who arrive after Home Group must sign in. A reason must be provided for lateness.

Accidents, injury and sickness The school has a sick room situated in Student Services. No drugs or medicines are given to students, except by prior arrangement with parents. The legal responsibility for paying ambulance service fees rest with the parents of the student.

Parents are advised to ensure they have appropriate ambulance cover. Parents are contacted as quickly as possible. Parents need to ensure that their contact details are up to date in case of a medical emergency.

Students at school who are not well are sent home after phone contact with a parent.

Leaving class during a lesson • Students who need to leave class during lessons should write a note in their Planner with their destination and time of leaving, have it signed by the teacher and carry the Planner with them.

• Students are required to be accountable for their movements beyond the classroom during scheduled lessons.

Leaving school during the day • Students who are required to leave school early for necessary appointments should have a note in their planner. It should be shown to the Home Group Teacher at the start of the day, to the subject teacher at time of departure. Then sign out in the Focus Room.

Bags St Paul College has a ‘no bags’ policy.

Students must place their bags in their lockers at the start of the school day. All bags must be left in lockers until the end of the school day.

Attendance In pages 6 - 15 Regular and punctual attendance at school are example spreads is necessary for students to learn effectively and of your customised to achieve success in their learning.

The school uses the following procedures to school diary. promote this attendance and the students’ of self-organisation. They are based on the •skillsCustomised school information expectation that the home and the school will •communicate together when students are away Policies from school.

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Boundaries and out of bounds areas Areas are shown on the map at the back of planner. Out of bounds to students: areas where cars are parked, bike areas other than when depositing or collecting bicycles, the front of the St Paul College Hall, the tennis courts unless playing tennis or handball, the soccer field unless playing sport, behind both Middle School 5 buildings, within 5 metres of the boundaries on the football oval. Students are not to gather on the driveway near gate 2.

Students are not to gather along the front fence.

Canteen ‘healthy eating’ A canteen is operated by permanent staff assisted by volunteer parents. It provides a wide range of foods at reasonable prices.

A circular is sent home early in first term seeking volunteers. If parents wish to offer their assistance directly, contact the canteen on 8765 4321.

Christian Pastoral Support Workers The Christian Pastoral Support Workers provide pastoral care and comfort and support to all students and staff, irrespective of their religious beliefs. The role includes supporting students and the wider school community in a range of ways, such as assisting student in exploring their spirituality; providing guidance on religious, values and ethical matters; helping school counsellors and staff in offering welfare services and support in cases of bereavement, family breakdown or other crisis.

Include as many school pages as you like.

Most schools have up to 32 pages.

Club activities

A range of clubs exist in the School, depending on staff and parent support.

They include: Peer Support Program, Choir, Debating, Public Speaking, Chess, Drama Productions, Concert Band, Pedal Prix, Environmental Group, Christian Fellowship, Amnesty International, Tournament of the Minds and Future Problem Solving.

Counselling centre The Counselling Centre at St Paul’s College centralises the services of the two Counsellors Futures Connect Coordination and the Christian Pastoral Support Workers. Counselling begins with Home Group teachers as part of their pastoral care role. Students are encouraged to approach the Student Counsellors directly should they wish to discuss any matter that concerns them.

Custody It is essential for the school to have accurate and current information about custody and access rights for relevant students. If there is anything that the school should know in this regard, please contact a member of the Administration/Counsellors. This information is strictly confidential and is intended for use to protect the students’ and parents’ rights.

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Study notes Setting goals

Taking notes

“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.”

- Sir Edmund Hillary, The first climber to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Taking good notes is a three-stage process.

There are things that you should do before, during and after class.

Before class •

A goal is something that you want to achieve.

Setting goals is the first step to success and to achieving your very best. Clearly defining your aims will help you to be more motivated, to avoid distractions and to be more productive.

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Before you can achieve your goals, you need to identify exactly what they are. Write them down in order of importance. For each goal, be clear about exactly what you want to achieve and when you want to accomplish it.

Get ready to take notes before class by reviewing your notes from the previous class to help you remember what was covered and get you ready to understand new information.

Complete any assigned readings before you come.

During class

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20 T 19 W 18 T 7 M 6 1 S 1 Listen for “signal statements” that indicate T F S13 14 15 12 W 11 T n 10 M important points to note. Examples of these 9 tude 8 r/s ache e t / statements are “this is an important point” and nt Break your goals down into smaller sub-goals. Assign Pa r e date “remember that” and “you will need to know e u a deadline to each sub-goal. For instance, if your D k1 Wee this for your test!” long-term goal is to become a fighter pilot by the 1 er m in your notes anything your • Be sure toTinclude time you turn 25, a medium-term sub-goal might be teacher repeats or writes on the board or to achieve an A in Maths this year. displays on PowerPoint.

A short-term goal might be to complete your Maths ts homework tonight.

•ignmenWrite quickly so that you can include all the / ass k r o w important information in your notes. Write e Put your list in a prominent place so that you canHom ommences C abbreviated words like you would in a text 1 Ter m look at it often. Tick off sub-goals asubyou ct achieve S je message, use symbols, such as % for percent, ay them and reward yourself for your success. ond M and write short sentences.

01 In order to achieve your goals, make sure that • Use flow charts, diagrams or concept maps to they are: summarise information when appropriate.

These are easier to understand and to • Realistic and within your abilities, while still remember. providing some challenge for you, y a d Tues 02 them • Place a ? next to information you’re • Flexible enough that you can adjust unsure about. upward or downward if your circumstances change, After class • Measurable, so that you can monitor your y a d s dne • Rewrite your notes after class if time permits. progress toward a goal and recognise when Weyou 03 If you can type your notes on a laptop in class, have achieved it, this will make it much quicker to tidy them up • Within your control (not dependent on others) afterwards because you won’t need to – unless group work is involved. rewrite them.

Ask your parents, teachers and other significant Thursday • Use your textbook, other students and your people in your life to guide you to setting and 04 teacher to assist in clarifying any questions that achieving your goals. you have. al ar niv ing C imm Clever tip... “Begin with the end in mind.”

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When you’re happy that o o og you’ve allocated all the time that you need for your required tasks, mark in your favourite TV programs or other relaxation time. Use these to motivate yourself to complete your work in the time you’ve allocated. uurree • Keep your planner up tonnaattdate, and each day ntt ssigig PPaarreen you only need to focus on the tasks you have3433 aattuurree rr ssigignn scheduled for that day. panic about hheeDon’t TTeeaacc everything else, simply aim to complete the day’s tasks. Cross off things as you accomplish them.

Clever tip... “Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.” Benjamin Franklin

Study notes and life skills • Insert throughout • 30 to choose from Presentation • Contact us for a You’ve probably been told not to “judge a book liststill do, by it’s cover” butcomplete the truth is that people and good presentation is essential for effective diary@openbookhowden.com.au communication.

Whether you are preparing a short essay in class or a massive report after a semester of work, there are some tips that you can use to ensure that your message is communicated as clearly as possible: •

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Use subheadings to clearly identify each topic. A reader should be able to read only your subheadings and get a good overview of your content.

Carefully choose fonts that are clear, easy to read and stylish. Comical or especially artistic fonts are not appropriate for formal written work. Choose one, two, or at the most, three, different fonts – one for all headings, one for all body text and one for all labels. Use black ink for body text and a dark colour or black for headings and labels.

Use a header to identify the title and author and a footer for page numbers.

Include a title page with details of the title, topic, author, class and teacher.

Charts and tables are a useful way of presenting information so it is easier for the reader to understand. Make use of formats like these: • A flow chart is useful for a series of steps or a process where one link leads to another.

• A bar chart is good for displaying information that needs to be compared.

• Maps are charts to show special features, locations or events.

• List charts are ideal for listing items based on a theme.

• Tables are a useful way to organise information like numbers, data or facts in rows and columns.

• A pie chart displays data by dividing a whole into its sections.

Clever tip... Find a book or a published report or presentation with a format that you find appealing and take note of design ideas that you could incorporate into your own work.

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Study notes Test and exam tips

Revision

“To dream anything that you want to dream.

That’s the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.” Bernard Edmonds

“The real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.”

- Bishop Creighton

Every test is different, so it’s wise to ask your teacher for tips on how to best approach exams in your subject. The DETER strategy provides some general tips that are handy to keep in mind for most tests: • Read the directions carefully.

• Examine the test quickly to see what you have to do.

If you have reading time, use it as constructively as possible by reading the longer questions first.

When you read a question, look for key verbs that tell you what to do, like ‘explain’, ‘describe’, ‘define’, ‘identify’ and ‘list’.

• Before you enter the exam room, have an idea of how much time you will spend per mark of each question. Watch the time carefully. Bring a watch if the room clock is not easy to see. If your watch has a stopwatch, start it when the exam begins.

Aim to stick to the suggested time for each part of the exam.

• Answer the easiest items first. These will help you to build your confidence, as well as giving you as many marks as possible in the shortest time. If you get stuck on a difficult item, leave it and come back to it at the end. Attempt every question, even if you can’t complete them all. Sometimes an incomplete answer to a difficult question will give you more credit than a complete answer to a simple one.

• Always allow plenty of time to review your work.

Double check that you have fulfilled all of the requirements of every question as accurately as possible. Make sure you’ve read the instructions fully and marked your answer sheet correctly.

Check spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Clever tip... “Time is marks” as far as exams are concerned, so don’t waste a second. Do all that you can to prepare your mind and your equipment before you enter the exam room.

Revision is one of the most important skills for success in learning anything, but even the best of intentions often get thwarted by the immediate priority of homework and impending assignment deadlines. In order to get into a good habit, allocate time to revise each subject every week separate to homework and assignment time.

Use these principles to help you to revise effectively: • To help you to think about what you are revising, create a set of summary notes for each topic in each subject. Use clear headings for all of the most important things that you need to know and make notes under each from your class notes and textbook. Highlight key terms, concepts, formulae, questions and issues.

These notes will be your most important resource when exam time comes.

• Focus on one subject at a time. Break it down into small, manageable chunks and complete it in stages. This is why it is important to revise throughout the term and not just in the week before the exam!

• If you encounter a concept that you don’t understand, write a list of questions that you can ask your teacher.

• Schedule your revision time when you are rested and feel refreshed. Your concentration levels will be highest at these times.

• Revise in the same manner that you will be tested. If your exam is an oral interview, revise by having someone ask you questions that you can answer out loud. If your test requires you to write answers to questions, revise by answering questions, not by reading or rote learning. If you need to recall information in your exam, practise recalling information in your revision.

• Try to anticipate the questions that you will be asked, write them down and then test yourself by answering them without referring to your notes or your textbook. If you answer a question correctly the first time, don’t revise it further. Go back over the answers you got wrong, learn them again and retest yourself until you get them right.

Clever tip... Revise actively. Don’t just read, write!

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Here are four more examples of study notes and life skills that you can choose from.

Writing essays

“Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realise you haven’t fallen asleep yet.” - Anonymous

“Either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing.” - Benjamin Franklin

A little stress can be a good thing. It can give you an extra burst of energy that enhances your performance in a challenging situation. But if you’re unable to relax and feel anxious or uptight or experience headaches or mental blanks then your stress has become negative.

When you feel negative stress, there are some things that you can do to manage it: • Your attitude toward your situation is the first step in turning negative stress into positive stress.

A negative attitude only leads to more stress.

Use positive talk. For instance, if you are stressed about an exam, don’t stress yourself about what you don’t know but instead think of it as an opportunity to show how much you do know.

• Getting enough sleep not only makes you more productive but also helps you to maintain a positive attitude.

• A nutritious diet increases your physical, emotional and mental energy. Don’t rely on caffeine, guarana drinks, sweets or junk food to boost your energy levels. After their brief boost has worn off they will leave you feeling sluggish.

• Exercise provides both instant stress relief and long-term health benefits which help you to better manage stress.

• Time management is important for reducing stress. Manage your time well and you won’t feel overwhelmed. Good study techniques will ensure that you understand your work, giving you confidence and reducing anxiety at exam time.

• There are various relaxation techniques that you can use to stay relaxed. Relax your mind and body by taking slow, deep breaths or try progressive muscle relaxation or visualisation (mental imagery).

Clever tip... Don’t keep stress to yourself.

Let off some pressure simply by talking it over with people you trust. Allow them to help you to work on ways to ease your stress.

Let’s face it, writing essays can be daunting. But, as with all tough tasks, they’re much easier to approach if you break them down into simple steps. Here’s a straightforward procedure that will help you to write most essays: • First analyse the topic and highlight key terms.

• Research the topic. Think about what you already know about the subject and what you might need to know (this is what you need to research). Depending on the nature of the topic, your research should include a wide variety of sources like books, newspapers, journal articles, CD-ROMS and internet sources. As you read through your sources, highlight relevant information that addresses what you need to know about the topic. Be sure to note the details of each source for your bibliography or reference list.

• Take notes by reading the information that you highlighted. Your notes should be brief bullet-points, in your own words and not copied directly from your sources. If you find particularly noteworthy comments that you would like to quote directly, put them in quotation marks in your notes and reference them fully.

• Construct an essay plan by writing the topic at the top of the page and listing the main points underneath. You are now ready to organise your notes under your main points. It’s useful if you’ve typed your notes in the first place as you won’t need to rewrite them. Simply copy and paste them under your main points.

• Writing your first draft is a straightforward process. For each of your main points, you simply need to use your notes to write a paragraph in full sentences. Write the body of your essay in this way.

• Only after you have completed the body, write the introduction. It should contain an overview of the topic and introduce the main points that you will address in the body.

• The conclusion is the final part of an essay, and the last section that you should write. It should state the answer to the essay question and relate it back to the main points in the body of the essay.

• Editing your draft is an important part of constructing an essay that flows smoothly. Check it thoroughly yourself and, if appropriate, ask your teacher or a parent to look at it for you. Make sure your paragraphs are arranged in the right order for it to flow smoothly, check that you’ve answered the question fully and that you’ve kept to the word limit. Remember to always check spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your computer will help, but remember that it can’t check for everything.

• Ensure that your references are complete and construct your reference list or bibliography.

Clever tip: Not sure if a sentence flows smoothly?

Read it out loud and make changes until it’s easy to read.

Add a comma wherever you pause.

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Australian National Anthem

‘Advance Australia Fair’ Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free; We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil; Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in nature’s gifts Of beauty rich and rare; In history’s page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair.

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross We’ll toil with hearts and hands; To make this Commonwealth of ours Renowned of all the lands; For those who’ve come across the seas We’ve boundless plains to share; With courage let us all combine To Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair.

Words and music composed by Peter Dodds McCormick proclaimed Australia’s National Anthem by the GovernorGeneral on 19th April 1984. © Commonwealth of Australia

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The Story of ‘The strangest person who ever lived’ is one way of describing Jesus Christ. There has never been anyone like him. Throughout his life, people were faced with the question: Who is this man? That is a question we still face today as we read the Bible account.

From the very beginning there is something strange about Jesus. When his mother is pregnant with him, she says that she is still a virgin! Strange things happen when he is born

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in a stable. Shepherds and wise men who come to visit him call him ‘Christ, the Lord’ (‘Lord’ was God’s name in the Old Testament) and ‘King of the Jews’.

But then nothing much is heard of Jesus for 30 years, until he is baptized, and the time comes for him to begin his work. At his baptism a strange voice is heard, saying: ‘This is my own dear Son’.

The Son of God? Is that who he is?

Jesus begins to preach and teach. He talks about God as his Father. Crowds flock to him, because he seems to know what he is talking about.

‘No one ever spoke like this man’, they say.

And his word has power – special power to control nature and to change people’s lives.

When he speaks, sick people get better, blind people see, lame people walk. Even a few dead people become alive again.

When he comes to some people and says: ‘Follow me’, they obey – just like that! There is something about him that attracts them.

And as they follow and listen and watch, they notice two distinct sides of him. On the one hand, they see power and authority and glimpses of sheer glory; on the other hand, the same Jesus seems so frail and totally human. One minute, he breaks down and cries because his good friend has died; the next, he commands the dead man to come out of the grave, and it happens.

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Who is he? The crowds think he is a prophet.

His disciples say: ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ But the religious leaders find another answer: His power is from the devil, they say. If he has any sort of connection with God, why does he mix with ‘sinners’ and not give ‘good’ people their proper recognition?

Why doesn’t he judge people on their merits?

Jesus’ ministry comes to an end after about three years. The crowds cheer him into Jerusalem as ‘King of the Jews’; they imagine that he will now drive out the Roman occupation forces. But nothing happens – he simply teaches in the temple. The crowd’s mood changes.

Meanwhile, Judas makes a deal with Jesus’ enemies to betray him. Jesus is captured without a struggle. The leaders put him on trial before their council. They find him guilty of blasphemy because of his claim to be the Christ, the Son of God.

They drag Jesus off to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, to have their death sentence confirmed. Pilate wants to know who Jesus is.

‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ he asks.

Though he finds Jesus not guilty of any crime, under pressure from the crowd he sentences him to be crucified.

Jesus is nailed to a cross like a criminal, even though he has never done a single wrong thing.

The people mock him: ‘If you are the Son of God, come down!’ He suffers extreme agony. He goes through hell, totally abandoned even by his Father. He dies.

And the Roman captain says: ‘Truly this man was the Son of God!’ Jesus’ body is placed in a grave.

About 36 hours later, some women, who come to the grave to anoint Jesus’ body, find that the grave is empty. Jesus appears to them and to some of his followers. Again they face the question: ‘Who is he?’ He finally convinces them that he is alive again. Even doubting Thomas now calls him ‘my Lord and my God!’ In the next 40 days, Jesus appears to his disciples on several occasions. He explains to them that his death and resurrection had to happen because this is how God planned to save the world from sin and death. He gives them instructions to preach this good news to all people. Before he leaves them and goes back to his Father, he promises to send the Holy Spirit to answer fully all their questions about who he is and why he came.

To find out more about Jesus life and ministry, read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the New Testament, all share similar accounts of Jesus’ life.

Adapted from ‘God For Us’ Openbook Publishers 1988.

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Jesus’ Miracles in the Gospels Nature Miracles Water into wine at Cana First catch of fish Stilling the storm Feeding of 5,000 Walking on water Feeding of 4,000 Cursing of the fig tree Matthew

John 2:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25 Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-14 Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52, John 6:16-21 Matthew 15:32-38, Mark 8:1-9 21:18-22, Mark 11:12-14

Healings Healing of the royal official’s son Cleansing a leper Cure of Peter’s mother-in-law Healing a paralytic Healing a sick man at Bethesda Restoring a withered hand Healing a centurion’s servant Healing a blind and mute person Healing a woman with haemorrhage Opening the eyes of two blind men Cure of a mute man Healing a deaf and mute man Cure of blind man at Bethsaida Opening the eyes of a man born blind Healing of a man with dropsy Cleansing the lepers Opening blind man’s eyes

John 4:46-54 Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-45, Luke 5:12-14 Matthew 8:14-15, Mark 1:29-31, Luke 4:38-41 Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:3-12, Luke 5:18-26 John 5:1-9 Matthew 12:9-13, Mark 3:1-6, Luke 6:6-11 Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10 Matthew 12:22 Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 8:43-48 Matthew 9:27-31 Matthew 9:32-34 Mark 7:31-37 Mark 8:22-26 John 9:1-41 Luke 14:1-6 Luke 17:12-19 Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43

Exorcisms Demoniac at Capernaum Blind and mute demoniac Gadarene demoniac Mute demoniac Daughter of Syro-Phoenician woman Child with a demon Infirm woman

Mark 1:23-28, Luke 4:33-37 Matthew 12:22-29, Luke 11:14-15 Matthew 8:28-34, Mark 5:1-15, Luke 8:26-39 Matthew 9:32-34 Matthew 15:21-28, Mark 7:24-30 Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:14-29, Luke 9:37-43 Luke 13:10-17

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Luke 6:47-49

New cloth on an old coat

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New wine in old wineskins

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The sower

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Luke 13:18-19

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Hidden treasure

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Pearl of great price

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The unmerciful servant

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Workers in the vineyard

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Two sons

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The marriage feast

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The wedding garment

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Ten bridesmaids

Matthew 25:14-30

The talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Sheep and goats

Matthew 25:31-46

Two debtors

Matthew 25:31-46

Luke 19:12-27

The good Samaritan

Luke 10:29-37

The persistent friend

Luke 11:5-8

The rich fool

Luke 12:16-21

The servants who waited

Luke 12:35-48

The barren fig tree

Luke 13:6-9

The last seat

Luke 14:7-11

The great supper

Luke 14:15-24

The lost sheep

Luke 15:3-7

The lost coin

Luke 15:8-10

The prodigal son

Luke 15:11-32

The prudent steward

Luke 16:1-13

Rich man and Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

The persistent widow

Luke 18:1-8

Pharisee and tax collector

Luke 18:9-14

Used by permission, Religion Time Savers, Lumino Press 2011

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Start to read and enjoy the Bible Did you know that the Bible is the all-time best seller and most widely read book in the world?

The Bible is quoted more often than any other piece of literature and has had more influence on our language, customs and the laws than any other book ever published.

Finding God’s answers to personal problems Why has the Bible been so popular for so long? Because in it God speaks to our needs and gives us answers. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). The Apostle Peter wrote, “Cast your anxiety on Him (God) because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). Even though the Bible is an ancient book its message is very important and relevant. In fact that’s one of the main reasons for its continued, consistent popularity. The following table lists some of life’s most common troubles and where to find answers from the pages of the Bible:

Where to find help when you are: Afraid Psalm 34:4, Matthew 10:28, 2 Timothy 1:7, Hebrews 13:5,6 Anxious Matthew 10:16-39, Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:6,7 Bereaved Matthew 5:4, 2 Corinthians 1:3,4 Bitter or critical 1 Corinthians 13 Defeated Romans 8:31-39 Depressed Psalm 91, Psalm 118:5-6, Luke 8:22-25 Discouraged Psalm 23, Psalm 42:6-11, Psalm 55:22, Matthew 5:11,12, 2 Corinthians 4:8-18, Philippians 4:4-7 Doubting Matthew 8:26, Hebrews 11

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Lonely Psalm 23, Hebrews 13:5,6 Needing protection Psalm 32:8, Psalm 91, Philippians 4:19 Needing guidance Psalm 32:8, Proverbs 3:5,6 Needing peace John 14:1-4, John 16:33, Romans 5:1-5, Philippians 4:6,7 Prayerful Psalm 4, Psalm 42, Luke 11:1-13: John 17, 1 John 5:14,15 Sick or in pain Psalm 38, Matthew 26:39, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10, 1 Peter 4:12, 13,19 Sorrowful Psalm 51, Matthew 5:4, John 14, 2 Cor. 1:3,4, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Facing a crisis Psalm 121, Matthew 6:25-34, Hebrews 4:16

Tempted Psalm 1, Psalm 139:23,24, Matthew 26:41, 1 Corinthians 10:12-14, Philippians 4:8, James 4:7, 2, Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 3:17

Faith fails Psalm 41:9-13, Luke 17:3,4, Romans 12:14,17,19,21, 2 Timothy 4:16-18

Thankful Psalm 100, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Hebrews 13:15

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Teachings about some of life’s problems:

Revenge Matt. 5:43 -48 Worldliness 1 John 2:15-17

Christian virtues and character: Abundant life John 10:10

Adversity Matthew 10:16-39

Cleanliness 2 Cor. 7:1

Anger Matthew 5:22-24

Contentment 1 Timothy 6:6

Anxiety Matthew 6:19-34

Courage Psalm 27:14

Conceit Luke 18:9-14

Diligence Romans 12:11

Death John 11:25,26

Endurance Luke 21:9-19, 2 Timothy 2:3

Doubt Matthew 14:28-31

Faith Matthew 8:5-13, Mark 11:22-24

Enemies Matthew 5:43-48

Faithfulness Matthew 25:23

Excuses Luke 14:15-24

Forgiveness Mark 11:25,26, Ephesians 4:31,32

Extravagance 1 Timothy 6:7-12 Faultfinding Matthew 7:1-5 Fear Luke 12:5 Greed Luke 12:15-31

Freedom John 8:31-36 Fruitfulness John 15:1-8 Godliness Titus 2:11-14

Hatred Matt, 5:43-48 Judging Matthew 7:1 Pride 1 John 2:15-17 Your school name

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A new day Thank you God – for a new day, a day in which I can enjoy the life You have given me; for the comfort You have given me; for the comfort You give me: That during all this day I am Your very own, because Jesus has restored me to You and forgiven all my sins.

Help me – to live this day in the best way and with a right spirit; to approach my work cheerfully and do my tasks faithfully; to be courteous and kind to the people I meet; to be more patient in time of disappointment, when I am frustrated and things don’t seem to go right; to keep control of myself and not lose my temper; to accept praise with modesty, and criticism without anger; to remain calm throughout the day. I ask this in Jesus’ name.

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When I’m happy I feel happy today, Lord, and my first thought is to share it with You. Thank you, Lord for surprising me with joy. May it refresh and recharge my life and my faith in you, and may it bring some joy to the life of others. I know I won’t always feel this way, but when I trust in You. You are always with me. Thank you for making today so special for me. Amen

A student’s prayer Sometimes I wonder where all the study is leading me, but I want to thank you God, that You are in control, and that You have a wonderful purpose for me in this life. Lord, I want You to take my talents and use them for Your glory. Lord I want You to help me study to the best of my ability. I have given myself to You. I know that I have the strength to face everything with the power You have given me.

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s r e y Pra The future Lord, Your love is as ‘fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise’. Help me today to put behind me the things of yesterday: the disappointment and frustrations, the anger and bitterness, the thoughtless things I said and the things said to me that hurt, and help me to start again. Lord, let me follow Your example and be a servant to others.

If there’s a kind word to be said, let me say it; if there’s a helping hand needed, let me give it; if there’s an understanding ear asked for, let me lend it. Thank you, Lord for the chance to start again. Thank you that your love is unfailing. Amen

I need your help Dear Father God, there seems so much around me I don’t understand, so much I don’t know, so much that I am afraid of, I often wonder where it is all heading. But one thing I do know is that You are God, the Almighty One, my Friend. You are the Good Shepherd of the sheep. You are my Saviour. I put my faith in You Lord for You know my every need. Amen

Before a test Lord, I need Your help.

I need a calm mind – give me Your peace I need a clear head – give me Your wisdom I need to be careful – give me Your patience I need to be inspired – give me Your enthusiasm.

Keep me from panic as I put my faith in You to keep me today. I leave all my worries with You because You care for me Lord. Amen

The goodness of God Lord, Your constant love reaches the heavens, Your faithfulness extends to the skies.

Your righteousness is towering like the mountains and Your justice is like the depths of the sea. Men and animals are in Your care.

How precious, God is Your constant love.

We find protection under the shadow of Your wings. Amen

When I’m distressed Things are not going well, Lord Jesus, and I don’t even understand exactly why. Forgive me for feeling this way. I know I shouldn’t because I have so much to be thankful for. Stay very close to me this day. Touch me with Your healing love and send someone whose smile can lift my troubled spirit. Thanks for hearing me, Lord, and thanks for being such an understanding friend. Amen

When I need reassuring It’s not much fun losing, Lord. Everybody expects so much and when you don’t meet their expectations you feel a failure. I get tired of demands to succeed, to get good marks, to be a certain kind of person, to be involved.

Sometimes I give of my best, but my best is never good enough Lord, I only want to serve You. Help me to believe that success or failure isn’t the only thing, help me to use the gifts You have blessed me with to the best of my ability.

Help me to be patient, not to be jealous, to be more concerned about the standards You set rather than the standards of others. Thank you for loving me. Amen

Lord’s prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

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1 John 4:1-21 We ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us.

God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

(Verse 16) God’s defining characteris tic is love.

One cannot associate with God and be unaware of that . The coming of God in per son, as Jesus bor n to Mar y in Bet hlehem, leaves us in no doubt: God showed us his love by entering into our wor ld, descending to our level, and joining us in ear thly exis tenc e.

He gave up all the ‘comfort s of heaven ’ to illus trate the extent of his love. He spe nt years with ordinar y people demons trating God’s love in action. Then he died so that we, the undeserving, could live. He has gone to prepare a place for us, promising that we would always benefit from his presen ce, and that he is ever mindful of us.

Now this same God wants to live in you and to love through you. When God ente red your life, whether or not you can rememb er the occasion, his love came to live in you .

That love has changed you and will con tinue to change you. It has given you confide nce, for where there is love there is no fear.

May his love comfort you and grow in you.

Prayer Ever-loving God, because of your love for me I need not be afraid. Let your love con tinue to do good in and through me. Amen.

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Psalm 72:1-7,10 -14 He rescues the poor who call to him, and those who are needy and neglected. He has pity on the weak and poor; he saves the lives of those in need. He rescues them from oppression and violence; their lives are precious to him.

(Verses 12-14) ‘The papers and news commentaries are full of dissatisfaction with our politicians and bureaucrat s. Citizens feel that they are not listened to, they are treated with arro gance and contempt. Even the opposition seem s more intent on sorting out their internal squ abbles than proposing sound policy alternat ives .’ Pick any term of government, any dec ade, and you might hear such criticism. The peo ple whom we trus t with power are failin g us. How we long for a premier, a minister or bureaucrat to reflect the qualities spoken of by the psalmis t! Where is such a ruler?

The king the psalmis t speaks of has come to us and he will always be with us. He is Jesus Chr ist, our Lord and Saviour. It is Jesu s whose character, love and power enable him to be the rescuer and saviour whom we nee d.

No mat ter how dramatically or how often humans fail us, Jesus will not fail us. Ou r lives are precious to him. He is, and always will be, our Saviour and our King.

Prayer Father, I thank you for Jesus, the one who can be relied upon and is able to do all that you have promised. Amen.

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1 John 5:13-21 My children, keep yourselves safe from false gods! (Verse 21) Any thing and everything that we des ire and depend upon, apart from God as we know him in Jesus, is potentially a false god . Even religion and mor ality can be! Family and friends, wor k and vocation, savings and investments , study and sport, achieve ment and self-sacr ifice – all can become our false gods.

Keeping our selves safe from false god s sounds not just challenging, but near impossi ble!

We are reassured, however, by the verses that precede it: ‘You have eter nal life – you that believe in the Son of God . . . no child ren of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One can not harm them. We know that we belong to God even though the whole wor ld is und er the rule of the Evil One.’ Belief in Jesus gives us eter nal life. Beli ef in Jesus means that we do not travel thro ugh life alone. Belief in Jesus means that he give s us courage and that God hears our pray ers.

Belief in Jesus protect s us from the Evil One and enables us not only to identify the false gods that threaten to take over our life, but also to resist them. What a relief! Jesu s is with us. I am not alone. Neither are you.

Prayer Lord Jesus, plea se keep me aware of life’s pitfalls, and save me from false gods.

Amen.

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Luke 3:15-22 A voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved ; with you I am well pleased’. (Verse 22) Fathers have a tendenc y to place thei r hopes in their sons. Per haps their sons will achieve what they have not . Per haps a father will find in his son satisfaction which life has den ied him. Sadly, these sometimes express ed hopes and expectations can place tremend ous pressures and stresses on sons and on relationships. A son may feel that he is always being examined, rated, judged by his father.

Some sons feel that they are never goo d enough for their dad. This can be a sou rce of much tension and sadness.

God the Father is not like a human dad . He is the father that human dads aspire to be. His identification of and with his Son is very clear: he is ‘ver y plea sed’ with him. He, too , examines his Son, his beloved one, and in his Son he finds delight. What a great out come for this father and son !

There is, however, more to this . God the Father is plea sed with you and with me.

Because of his Son Jesus, who has pre sented himself to his Father in our place, he is also plea sed with us. What great delight for you and for me!

Prayer God our Father, because of Jesus you are plea sed with me. That is all I really nee d.

Thank you, Jesus. Amen.

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Matthew 1:1-17 This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham. (Verse 1) You may think this a strange verse to use for a devotion. Jesus’ lineage or family tree is not often regarded as a reading to encour age or enthuse readers. Yet to some people this is not only interesting but even exciting . Ancient cultures, such as that of the Aus trali an Aboriginal people, place great importa nce on knowledge of ancestors (as do roya l families).

To know where one is supposed to go, one needs to know where one comes from .

So, Mat thew lists Jesus’ ancestors, all the way from Abr aham. He shows that Jesus is a descendant of King David, from who se family it was prophesied the Messiah (the Saviour) would come. Not only does this valid ate Jesus’ claim to be the Son of God, but it also shows us that Jesus’ birth is par t of God’s plan . It was meant to be, and Jesus was aware of that . He made several references to doing the wor k that he was bor n to do, and of being about ‘his Father’s business’.

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by God for a pur pose. You have a job to do.

Do you know what that is?

Prayer God, as you were quite intentional abo ut Jesus’ birth and role, you have a plan for me.

Plea se make it clear to me. Help me to follow Jesus. Amen.

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Matthew 1:18-25 While [Joseph] was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived.’ (Verse 20 ) When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mar y to announce that she was to be the mot her of Jesus, she was frightened. Gabriel reas sured her, telling her not to be afraid, as God had been gracious to her.

Joseph was also afraid. He was afraid that he would be doing the wrong thing to mar ry a woman who was pregnant, but not to him.

The angel appeared to him, reassuri ng him that he need not be afraid.

It is not uncommon for us to be afraid to be involved in God’s plans. When God calls us or leads us into things that are his idea , they may not fit our plans or expectations. At such times, we may be afraid. God assures us that there is no need to be afraid as he is in control . He has things covered, no mat ter how frighteni ng or unfamiliar the situation may appear.

Remember, a situation that is out of your hands remains in God’s hands. His han ds are safe and sure. Do not be afraid.

Prayer Loving God, I may not underst and you r plans for me, but you assure me that they are good.

Give me the courage I need. Amen.

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Matthew 2:13-23 An angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, ‘Herod will be looking for the child in order to kill him. So get up, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave.’ Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and left during the night for Egypt.

(Verses 13,14) Poor Joseph. Not only was he confron ted with a mys teriously pregnant fiancée, he then discovered that a murderous king wan ted to kill their little boy. Once more an ang el appeared to him, and he was given instruc tions. Some time later, the ang el gave him more instruc tions, this time to retu rn from Egypt.

Each time the angel appeared and gave clear instruc tions, Joseph promptly obeyed . His obedience saved the life of the little Jesus, and his further obedience ensured that pro phecy was fulfilled. You can read it for you rself.

Joseph, a humble carpenter, was give n an ama zing role in God’s plan to save the wor ld.

You and I will not be asked to do wha t Joseph did, yet we can lear n from his prompt obedience to God’s commands.

I don’t expect to have an angel speak to me, but God’s word does. It speaks to you , too.

It is up to us to hear and obey.

Prayer Lord God, help me to listen carefully to what you are telling me, and help me to obe y your commands for my life. Amen.

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Drawing Attention To Jesus Matthew 3:1-12 [John said,] ‘I baptise you with water to show that you have repented, but the one who will come after me will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am.’ (Verse 11) John the Baptist (or ‘Baptiser’) was sen t by God to prepare the way for Jesus. Mat thew writes, ‘John was the man the prophe t Isaiah was talk ing about when he said, “So meone is shouting in the desert, ‘Prepare a roa d for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!’”

John did his job well. Though he gain ed a lot of attention, it was not his intention to seek fame or fortune. John was , in fact , fina lly executed illegally while in prison, with out any public outcry.

John understood that his God-given task was to draw attention to Jesus and to give him all the glor y. You and I have the same task as Chr istian witnesses. We are not the ones who mat ter, but Jesus is. Like John, we sho uld not seek the attention or approval of peo ple, but rather point people to God’s love for us in Jesus. There is no loss in doing this , as we know that God loves us so much that he sent Jesus to die for us, and to give us his gift of the Holy Spir it, just as John predicted.

Prayer Dear God, let my attention always be directed to Jesus, and use me to point others to him.

Amen.

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1 Corinthians 1:18-31 We proclaim the crucified Christ.

(Verse 23) I wonder why Paul made such a big deal about the ‘crucified’ Chr ist. Par t of me wou ld much rather focus on Jesus as the teacher, mir acle wor ker and healer. At leas t that mak es sense.

I can hear what he says , see what he does and be drawn closer to the kingdom of God . But the crucified Chr ist? Why focus on that ? Why proclaim that ?

Paul acknowledges that the crucified Chr ist is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles . The cross was for criminals . The shameful death of Jesus on the cross could not be God’s last word, could it? Surely, truth is to be found somewhere else. What goo d is a dead body on a cross?

Yet on the cross, in that weak and foo lish death, God’s strength and wisdom is shown.

In the cross of Jesus God’s justice is satisfied and his mercy is revealed. Through the cross he draws us to himself, forgives us and gives us life. Such is the power and wisdom of God !

Prayer Lord Jesus, give me faith to see your strength and wisdom in the weakness and folly of the cross. Amen.

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Psalm 22 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me ? (Verse 1) It was a terr ible cry! Even the mocke rs surrounding the cross felt a twinge of dread and fell silent.

The whole wor ld should hear that cry, and be shocked into silence.

Is it possible that anyone should, or could, ever be totally abandoned by the God who created all things and loves his creation – loves it to death?

Oh yes, we deserve it! We are all like that thief on the cross, as he calls out to his fellow criminal, ‘We are justly punishe d for our misdeeds, but this man has don e nothing wrong!’

No wrong! Yet he suffered the Fath er’s rejection – instead of us. As Jesus hun g on that cross God turned his back on his own Son, so that he could turn to us with open arm s and eyes filled with tear s of love and invi te us, ‘Come, my children ! Come home!’

Abandoned by God ? It’s not going to happen to us. Ever!

Prayer Lord God, the wor ld, circums tances, people may turn their backs on us, but you never will, and all because of him who died in our place.

Thank you ! Amen.

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Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus . . . came to John at the Jordan to be baptised by him.

But John tried to make him change his mind. ‘I ought to be baptised by you’, John said, ‘and yet you have come to me !’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.’ (Verses 13-15) The apostle Peter echoed John’s wor ds on the night before Jesus’ crucifixion. When Jesus bent to wash his disciples’ feet , Pete r protested. He thought that it was mo re fitting that Jesus should allow Peter to was h his feet .

At the Jordan, John thought himself unworthy to baptise Jesus.

Jesus cor rected them both. He knew what was appropriate. Both Peter and John were smart enough to get the message and do it Jesus’ way.

How often we assume that we know bes t, usually with the mos t helpful intentio ns and a desire to help God out ! How ofte n we discover that we’ve got it wrong! How much bet ter to be like John and Peter; to take cor rection, listen intently, and let God show us what he requires!

We’d be in good company!

Prayer Dear Jesus, I know that your plan is always bes t because you love me, and that you are always obedient to God the Father.

Give me the wisdom to accept your directions with a grateful heart. Amen.

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Matthew 5:1-10 [Jesus said,] ‘Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the kingdom of heaven belongs to them! Happy are those who mourn ; God will comfor t them!

Happy are those who are humble ; they will receive what God has promised ! Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully! Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them! Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God! Happy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children ! Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the kingdom of heaven belongs to them! ’ (Verses 1-10) Read these ‘beatitudes’ (words of bles sing) carefully again and again. They are ‘hap piness clauses’. They are good news, because they proclaim God’s blessing on people who don’t deserve and don’t expect it. They are also God’s way for us to live. Where you see a clash with God’s way and the wor ld’s way, stop and think about it. What differen ce might it make to the wor ld if we all lived this way ?

Prayer Jesus, thank you for your wise teaching . Help me to accept it. I thank you also for the happiness you proclaim to those who m you acknowledge in this teaching. Amen.

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Psalm 19 The law of the Lord is perfect; it gives new streng th. The commands of the Lord are trustworthy, giving wisdom to those who lack it. The laws of the Lord are right, and those who obey them are happy.

The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind. (Verses 7,8) The word ‘law’ carr ies some negativ e connot ations. It is sometimes observe d that ‘the law is an ass’, because of its blin dness to the needs of individuals. Human rule s and regulations and the laws enacted by governments are sometimes ignored or selectively enforced. Some laws mad e to govern society become outmoded, or are regarded as unfair to some people.

God’s law suffers from the same bad press.

Many regard God’s word, revealed in the Bible, as irrelevant in the moder n wor ld. Many think that society has advanced beyond the need for God’s wisdom.

God’s law is a blessing, intended for our happiness and wellbeing. God’s law not only reflects his wisdom, it also reflects his love.

Jesus summed up God’s law : ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind’, and : ‘Love you r neighbour as yourself.’

Thank God, Jesus met the demands of God’s per fect law for us and paid for our bre aking of God’s law.

Prayer Loving God, help me to happily acce pt your laws and to live according to them in love.

For give me when I fail; for Jesus’ sake . Amen.

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Luke 4:14-21 [Jesus said,] ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people.’ (Verses 16-19) Quoting from the prophet Isaiah, Jesu s announces his mission to his family, frien ds and folk from his home town. His appeara nce in the synagogue did not have a happy ending; the townsfolk tried to kill him.

Per haps Jesus was misunderstood. Per haps he still is, because so many people have chosen not to hear or underst and his message . The one who came with ‘good news’ for the poor, liberation for the captives and healing for the blind, is often por trayed as an inef fect ual do-gooder or a harsh judge, ready and willing to send people to hell because they are not good enough for him. How far from the truth this is!

Jesus came to do just as Isaiah foretold . He came to liberate people from their sin and save them from the death that leads to oblivion. He came to demons trate by his words and actions that God is a God of eter nal love. Good news indeed!

Prayer Lord Jesus, you followed your words with actions , and you came with power and love to save me, body and soul. Thank you.

Amen.

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Psalm 71:1-6 Because you are righteous, help me and rescue me. Listen to me and save me ! (Verse 2) When I read a book with an intr igui ng plot or watch a tension-filled movie, I cannot help wonder ing if the good guys are really the good guys. So often the character who app ears as the stalwar t saviour, the trus ty rescuer, turns out to be a double- crossing skunk! The poor heroine or hero is betrayed and end angered by someone who has only their own interest s at heart.

Author s and screenwriters know we will be enthralled by such drama because we realise that , sadly, this kind of thing hap pens in real life.

The psalm-writer is also aware of ene mies and betr ayer s. He believes that he needs protection ‘from wicked people, from the power of cruel and evil people’. To whom will he turn ? He turns to God, the one he can trus t, as he knows that God is always on the side of what is right, he is implacably opposed to evil.

He is totally trus tworthy.

Like the ultimate hero, he was willing to give up his own life, in Jesus, to help those who needed rescuing.

To whom can you go? You can go to God. He is the righteous one.

Prayer Always trus tworthy God, you have already shown your deep love for me by sen ding Jesus as my Saviour. In all the dramas of my life, help me to turn to you with complete trus t. Amen.

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Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 [Jesus said,] ‘ Your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (Verses 4,6,18) Are you a good enough Chr istian?

I guess we all wor ry about that at time s.

So much of life today judges and valu es us on the basis of our per formance and achievements and not on who we are.

But what does God expect of us? And by what criteria does God evaluate us?

The Pharisees of Jesus’ day said it was per formance. How much offering do you give ?

How much do you give to charity ? How often and how long do you pray ? Do you make sacr ifices? Because that is how God evaluates your life, your faith. It’s all up to you , they said.

Jesus says that it doesn’t wor k that way .

God does not score per formance. Rat her God loves you as his child unconditionally.

And how you give, how you pray, and what sacr ifices you make – all these kinds of things happen out of the goodness and wor th of that relationship.

Prayer Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me as your child. May my life reflect in all I am and do the mys tery and the goodness of your relationship with me through Jesus.

Amen.

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Matthew 6:19-24 [Jesus said,] ‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on ear th . . . But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.’ (Verses 19,20 )

Today Jesus reminds us of life’s greatest struggle.

Do you remember the temptation of Adam and Eve ? They were confronted with the ultimate challenge. Would they mak e for themselves the decisions over what would be good for them and what would be evil for them, or would they leave that to God ? (read Genesis 3) Jesus reminds us here that the temptat ion Adam and Eve faced has never gone away.

If the ‘eye’ of our lives is good, Jesus says , focused on God, then we will leave our lives in God’s hands. If the eye of our bod y is evil, however, focused on how we need to preserve our own lives , then we will be investing our energies into outcomes that have no potential to save us at all.

In Jesus, God has recreated us to trus t him again. He encour ages us to entr ust our lives into his hands.

Prayer Lord Jesus, help me to make the dail y choice to entr ust my life into our Father’s han ds.

Increase my consciousness of your pre sence with me. Amen.

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Matthew 6: 25-34 [Jesus said,] ‘Your heavenly Father knows . . .’. (Verse 32) What would happen to the econom y of our wor ld if we really did what Jesus enc our ages here? Do not wor ry what you will wea r, eat or drink or about what will happen tom orrow.

But we do wor ry about a whole lot of things: our superannuation or investments , our mortgages, our job security, our app earance, our health, our weight and whateve r else.

Jesus tells us that focusing our lives on these things means being no different from pagans (people who do not know they have a Father in heaven who loves and cares for them ). Jesus reminds us that our heavenly Father knows us and our needs. And even more than he cares for the wor ld and all its diversity of creatures, God will care for us, his children. Bec ause of Jesus we are guaranteed the truest, the mos t per fect security.

Let God be God for you in everyday life.

Your heavenly Father knows and care s.

So don’t wor ry!

Prayer For give me, dear Father, for my wor ry. You are my Father and I am your child. I believe my life is in your care, because of Jesus. Am en.

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Matthew 7:1-12 [Jesus said,] ‘In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets’. (Verse 12) That is not easy – doing to others wha t you would have them do to you. Yet so many people say that is the way they live thei r lives .

Jesus says here that it embraces not judging others, knowing where to draw the line in abusive relationships, and when to step back, and being able to place it all prayerfu lly in God’s hands.

Relationships are the very essence of our lives .

Where relationships disintegr ate so doe s human exis tence. That is why the way we wor k out our relationships needs to image the way God wor ks out his relationship with us. That mea ns that we hold everyone in our lives in love, a love that does not let them go, even if we som etimes have to stand back for a time. And we always entr ust them and our selves to God.

Prayer Dear God, let my relationship with oth ers always reflect your relationship with me.

Let me love as you love, and forgive as you forgive; for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

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Luke 5:1-11 [Jesus said,] ‘Do not be afraid ; from now on you will be catching people’. (Verse 10) The call of God to Isaiah to be God ’s prophet was a powerful life- changing momen t for Isaiah (Isaiah 6). But this call to the first disciples of Jesus was just as radical.

They were fishermen. They knew thei r wor k: how to fish, when to fish, what kind of fish they were look ing for. But this time they had fished all night and caught nothing.

Then this ‘Ma ster ’ tells them to laun ch their boat in the middle of the day, go out into the deep and let down the nets . We kno w the result. Fish and more fish. And more than that .

Peter and the other fishermen know that someone has entered their lives who is more than ‘Ma ster ’; they call him ‘Lord’, and life will never be the same again.

As Jesus says , they will now be his fish ermen for the kingdom – entering people’s lives in the name of Jesus to bring his kingdom to them.

Prayer Lord Jesus, you have also touched and entered my life. Remind me that I am to brin g your presence and your kingdom also to others.

Amen.

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Matthew 7:28 – 8:4 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing’, he said. ‘Be clean! ’ (Verse 3) A leper comes to Jesus completely unc ertain of what attitude Jesus would take tow ards him. He can scarcely believe he might be healed. ‘If you are willing’ he says , ‘you can make me clean.’

I wonder what it mus t have felt like to hear Jesus say, ‘I am willing’.

Sometimes it is hard for us to know what we should expect from Jesus. Just as he assured the leper, Jesus assures us that he wan ts our healing, too. But it is healing of our who le being, not just of the specific physica l ailment .

In drawing us to himself and into the fellowship of his people, Jesus brings us into a plac e where the fullness of healing can take place.

It is the place of his presence, a safe place, a plac e of reconciliation, a place of healing and hope. It is a place where we can be made whole.

Prayer Lord Jesus, let me never doubt your will for me, for you want my life to find hea lth and healing and hope in you. Let your pre sence fill my life and bring me peace. Amen.

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Psalm 99 O Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God. (Verse 8) If someone asked you today to describ e your experience of God, what would you say?

Many people struggle to underst and God in our wor ld today. They look at the trag edies, the suffering, the evil, the inequity that divides people, and they ask where is God in all this ?

It is hard to answer that . All of us are tempted to ask at times how God can allow thes e things to happen.

As long as we make God a par t of the problem, we will never find a satisfact ory answer. Only when we begin with wha t God was doing in our wor ld in Jesus will we begin to find some underst anding. For God in Jesus is the beginning of the solu tion.

We live in a wor ld that is separated from God and experiences all the consequences of that separation. In Jesus, God steps into our wor ld to bring that separation to an end.

As Israel found, God is a forgiving God .

Prayer Dear God, help me to underst and wha t it means that you came into this wor ld in Jesus.

Amen.

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Matthew 12:14-21 ‘Here is my ser vant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him’. (Verse 18) There is such a fundamental differen ce bet ween the way Jesus lived and the way the Pharisees taught that life with God was meant to be lived. So different in fact that the Pharisees could see only one solu tion , and that was getting rid of Jesus. Kill him !

Jesus was a per son of God’s Spir it. In his first sermon he said, ‘The Spir it of the Lor d is on me because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to rele ase the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour’ (Luke 4:18 ,19) .

The way of Jesus was the way of hea ling, forgiving, being totally commit ted to God’s goodness for everyone.

Our wor ld and the relationships we share with others need us also to be people of the Spir it.

Others need us to be people of pea ce and forgiveness, just like Jesus, so that they , too, may be led into the life of God’s Spir it.

Prayer Lord, make me an instrument of you r peace.

Let my life reflect more of you and you r love for us all. Amen.

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(Verse 5) Herod doesn’t come off too well in this stor y.

He wants to kill John the Baptist, but is afraid of the people. And then he makes a foolish promise to do any thing for his stepdau ghter (who is also his niece – it was a com plicated family). She asks for John the Baptist’ s head on a plate. What would Herod do? He was afraid of the crowd, but he had made a pro mise in front of witnesses, who could underm ine his authorit y if he didn’t keep his promis e. In the end his fear of the court was greater than his fear of the crowds, and he had John executed.

It seems that Herod made decisions more on the basis of what others might do to him rather than on the basis of love or a sense of right and wrong.

How do you make decisions? Do you make decisions because you feel trapped, or because you know what is right and wrong? Do you make decisions to avoid trouble for yourself, or because you seek to reflect Jesus’ hea rt of love ? Do you make decisions to advanc e your own interest s, or to please Jesus?

Prayer Lord Jesus, protect me from the trap of mak ing decisions to plea se myself rath er than you. Give me your love so that I can be loving to others. Amen.

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Matthew 14:13-21 [Jesus] took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, and gave thanks to God. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. (Verse 19) It all star ted with five loaves and two fish.

That’s all the disciples had to give to Jesus.

And Jesus per formed a mir acle with this small lunch. Somehow – don’t ask me how – 5,00 0 men, plus the women and children, all ate that day. I wonder if the disciples had any idea that the five loaves and two fish could mak e such a difference.

You have five loaves and two fish to put into the hands of Jesus!

‘What?’ I hear you say. ‘What do you

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You have your gifts and abilities , your time, your money. All these things can be transfor med and multiplied by Jesus to make a differenc e. Just as the five loaves and two fish accomplishe d much more in the hands of Jesus, so your gifts and abilities , your time and your money can do ‘mir acles’ when they are blessed by Jesu s and multiplied in his hands.

I wonder what would have happened if the five loaves and two fish had been gob bled up by the disciples before Jesus could get his hands on them.

Prayer Lord Jesus, use all that I am and all that I have to do your will in the wor ld. Amen.

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Matthew 14:22-36 ‘Come !’ answered Jesus. So Peter got out of the boat and started walking on the water to Jesus.

(Verse 29) Have you ever been called to ‘get out of the boat’, to do something for Jesus that is entirely out of your comfort zone? Some peo ple call that ‘stepping out in faith’. We step out even though we are not sure what will hap pen, but we trus t that Jesus is with us, so it will all be okay.

It’s interesting that Jesus doesn’t still the stor m before inviting Peter to step out in faith . Peter steps out in the middle of the stor m.

Peter, keep your eyes on Jesus. Everything will be alright. But Peter’s eyes and fear s are drawn to the waves. The fear of the waves is bigger that the trus t he has in Jesus. ‘Lord, save me’, he cries out .

What Jesus does nex t is ama zing. He doesn’t cha stise Peter for his lack of faith or tell Peter to believe harder. He reaches out and helps Peter. Instead of leaving Peter to his own devices when his faith was weak, he reaches out to help.

When Jesus calls you to ‘step out of the boat’, he’s also there to help you when faith is weak.

Prayer Lord, give me courage to step out of the boat even when the stor m is raging. Thank you for always being ready to reach out and help me.

Amen.

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Isaiah 55:1-9 ‘My thoughts’, says the Lord, ‘are not like yours, and my ways are different from yours.’ (Verse 8) Some people can be frus trating. It’s as if they are wired up differently from what we are.

They think differently and see as imp ortant different things from what we see as important.

Sometimes that’s a cultural thing and sometimes it’s just that people think differently.

God says that his thoughts and ways are not like our s. That could be frus trating. God doesn’t think like we do, so how are we going to underst and him ?

But look at what God says before he declares how different his thoughts and ways are. He invites us to come and eat and drink the bes t things. He promises eter nal love, loya lty and mercy. And he gives us everything free ly. We are not like that . We want payment for what we provide. Our love is tempor ary, our loya lty conditional and our mercy laced with contempt.

God’s grace, love, loyalty and mercy are decidedly non-human. His ways are always bet ter than our ways. That’s not frus trating at all – it’s fant astic!

Prayer Lord God, thank you that your per fect ways are above our imperfect love, loyalty and mercy. Amen.

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Matthew 15:29-38 Large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the dumb, and many other sick people, whom they placed at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them. (Verse 30 ) What a stir Jesus mus t have made as he ministered on the shores of Lake Gal ilee ! Blind people could see, crippled people cou ld walk and the dumb could talk . As people were healed, they didn’t just quietly go bac k home: they celebrated. They praised the God of Israel.

You and I have been healed by Jesus, too.

Maybe not in the form of a cure from a physical problem, but we have been healed.

We have been healed from the sick ness of sin in our lives . Sin makes us spir itually blin d, crippled and dumb. Jesus’ forgiveness releases us from the guilt and power of sin in our lives .

We are able to see God’s love for us, walk in his love, and give voice to thanking him for all he’s done!

How do you celebrate Jesus’ healing ?

Thanking him and praising his goodne ss would be a great star t.

Prayer Thank you, Jesus, for healing me from the sick ness of sin. Give me the grace to praise you with my words and with my life.

Amen.

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Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 [The father answered,] ‘But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found’.

(Verse 32) This stor y has been called by many titles: ‘The prodigal son’ emphasises the was tefulness of the son. ‘The lost son’ indicates his lostness and inability to help himself. ‘The wai ting father’ recalls the father’s patience, or ‘The forgiving father’ highlights how the father freely forgives his way ward son. Rec ently, I heard this stor y referred to as ‘The prodigal father’, in recognition of the extrava gant, almost was teful way that the father welcomes his son home. It has also been referred to as the par able of ‘The unforgiving bro ther ’, reflecting the hard-hearted attitude of the older brother.

Whatever you call this parable, it’s a wonder ful stor y of God’s grace. God offers us a place in his family purely by his gracious will.

We can never be so bad that the Father will not welcome us home. We can never be so good that we can earn a place in the Father’s home.

It’s all grace.

That’s something to celebrate!

Prayer Heavenly Father, thank you for your grace and for forgiving and accepting me as your precious child. Amen.

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Matthew 17:1-13 A voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my own dear Son with whom I am pleased – listen to him !’ (Verse 5) There are many voices that compete for our attention every day. The voices of exp ectation ask us to do things and demand that deadlines are met . The voices of our own des ires for money, popular ity, power or comfort remind us of the things that we lack . Listenin g to these voices can leave us confused, unsettl ed and dissatisf ied.

The voice from the cloud – the voic e of God – draws our attention elsewhere. We are encour aged to listen to Jesus. As we listen to Jesus, we listen to God. We hear wha t is on God’s heart. Jesus tells us that we are loved

by God, forgiven for our sins , mis take s and shortcomings, and we have the futu re hope of heaven.

What voices will you listen to? Will you listen to the demanding, accusing voices of expectation and desire, or the healing , life-affir ming voice of Jesus?

Prayer Lord Jesus, give me faith to listen to your voice. Amen.

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Matthew 18:1-9 [Jesus said,] ‘The greatest in the kingdom of heaven are those who humble themselves and become like this child’. (Verse 4) Some people mea sure greatness by the size of a per son’s bank balance. Others mea sure greatness by the number of friends a per son has . Still others see greatness in term s of how much power, or knowledge or influenc ea per son has .

Clearly, Jesus mea sures greatness by another standard. His example of greatness is a child.

Children are not the powerful ones of this wor ld; they depend on others; they have to trus t others to take care of them. The greatest in God’s kingdom are not those who assert themselves and rely on their own stre ngth and ability, but those who have the hum ble trus t of a child.

Greatness in our wor ld is about who can be the mos t independent and not have to rely on anyone or any thing. In Jesus’ kingdom greatness is about realising that we nee d Jesus, and relying on him for everything.

Prayer Lord Jesus, remind me that trus t and dependence on you leads to true grea tness.

Amen.

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Matthew 19:16-30 Jesus . . . answered, ‘It is impossible for people, but for God everything is possible’. (Verse 26) What’s the mos t ama zing thing that you can think of? A sudden injection of $1,0 00,0 00 into your per sonal bank account ? A cure for an incurable disease ? The ability to fly thro ugh the air like Superman? It’s all pretty ama zing stuf f!

But what about entering the kingdom of heaven ? When you think about it, bein g where God is and under his gracious rule mak es all these other ‘amazing’ things seem pre tty insignificant. When we are in the eter nal presence of God, our bank balance bec omes irrelevant, our health is no longer an issue, and flying through the air would seem just a bit silly.

When you think about God doing the impossible, get an eter nal per spectiv e. It’s God who makes the mos t ama zing thing possible – our salvation and life with him in his kingdom. That’s what he did for us thro ugh Jesus. It’s impossible for us mere hum an beings, but not for God !

Prayer Heavenly Father, thank you for mak ing the mos t ama zing thing possible. Thank you for giving me life with you now and fore ver in heaven. Amen.

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Luke 1:5-25 But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John. How glad and happy you will be, and how happy many others will be when he is born! He will be a great man in the Lord’s sight…” (Verses 13-15a)

This is a long reading, but it is a great introduction to the Chr istmas stor y.

It shows how God was at wor k in the lives of people, mak ing use of seemingly insignificant details.

God unfolds his plan of salvation for hum ank ind, fulfilling ancient prophecies and prepari ng for the appearance of his son, Jesus, in the flesh. In this, John was to play an important part . He was to prepare the hearts of people by pre aching repentance, and introducing people to Jesus, as God’s Messiah. Because of the message of repentance that he brought, John may not always have been popular with people, but he was great in the Lord’s sight. He was a herald who pointed out to people the Saviour of the wor ld, whom they needed for salvatio n.

God is at wor k in our lives too. The re are people whom God calls to remind us of our sins and weaknesses , and who also poin t us to Jesus as the place to go for cleansing, forgiveness and renewal. Anyone who does that is great in the eyes of the Lord.

St James says : Remember, whoever turns a sinn er back from his wrong way will save that sinn er’s soul from death and bring about the forg iveness of many sins . (James 5:20 )

Prayer Lord, use me when you will, to lead sinners to you, and to rejoice with me in the forg iveness of sins and in the love of Jesus. Amen.

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Luke 2:1-14 “Don’t be afraid ! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people.

This ver y day in David’s town your Saviour was born – Christ the Lord! And this is what will prove it to you : you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” (Verses 10-12) Chr istmas means lots of things to diffe rent people – holidays, family get-together , roa st turkey and plum pudding, Chr istmas tree and decorations – but the heart of Chr istm as is a very humble stor y: a pea sant couple, a manger, and a baby. Not much for the wor ld to sing about, but everything for the sinner to rejoice in! Of course, without the mes sage of the angel to the shepherds, we really wouldn’t have known what it was all about.

The message of the angel is inclusive . It is to bring joy to all people. It is per sonal.

It is for you. It says that in this manger in Bet hlehem your Saviour was bor n. It is a message that can remove your fear, because Jesus cam e to save you from your sin. It introduces you to your Saviour, Chr ist the Lord. Therefore it is a message that can bring great joy and hope.

How will you celebrate Chr istmas? Pray that however you celebrate it, you will abo ve all see and experience the heart of Chr istmas.

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John 1:1-14 The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father’s only Son. (Verse 14) This is the great mys tery of Jesus. The eter nal Word has become a human being, and lived among us. The Greek original could be translated: he tabernacled among us, or even, he pitched his tent among us. When we go camping, we are interested in who pitc hes his tent nex t to our s. It could be a doc tor or sporting celebrit y. Tenting together put s us all on the same level. Tenting people ofte n cook together and share the same campfir e. Jesus, as the eter nal Word who has becom ea human being, is close to us. He has lived through all human experiences from birth, upbringing, per secu tion, fame, rejectio n, suffering and death. He underst ands us completely. Through his Holy Spir it he is still camping among us, and close to us.

At the same time he is still the eter nal Word, and in faith we can see his glor y, as the one and only Son of God, full of grace and truth.

All of this means that he is close eno ugh and underst anding enough to help us in every need. And also strong enough ! That is why Chr istmas is such a great time to wor ship him, and to come to him in faith. Some of the old Chr istmas carols are full of great theo logy, and per sonal faith.

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Colossians 1:15-20 For it was by God’s own decision that the Son has in himself the full nature of God. Through the Son, then, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself.

God made peace through his Son’s sacrificial death on the cross and so brought back to himself all things, both on ear th and in heaven.

(Verses 19,20 ) Wow! Who can comprehend all this ?

The heart of Chr istian theology is con tained here. Jesus is truly God. In himself he has the full nature of God. Through him the universe was created, and through him it was redeemed. But Jesus is also, at the sam e time, truly human. He is the brother and representative of the human race. The refore what he did by his sacr ificial death on the cross, he did for all people, for the who le of humanit y. This means nothing less than that the whole of humanit y has been red eemed.

God through Jesus has made peace, and brought reconciliation to all people.

What will you make of this theology ? Where do you fit it? You are par t of the hum anit y that God has reconciled. You are par t of the people to whom God has brought his peace.

Therefore embrace this reconciliatio n in faith ; live every day in this peace. Go forw ard each day as a redeemed child of God and rejoice in your salvation.

Prayer Jesus, true God and true man, help me to underst and the implications of your great sacr ificial act, and help me to live as a grateful and believing child of God. Amen.

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Romans 3:21-31 For we conclude that a person is put right with God only through faith . . . (Verse 28) On crowded, frail, leak y boats they come, seeking a bet ter life in Aus tralia. Som e die on the way, and although others know the dangers , still they come. The boatpe ople put their lives into the hands of dubious strangers and their bodies into little boats unw orthy of such trus t. Is it too much to call this a kind of desper ate faith ?

To have faith in Jesus means far more than saying, ‘I believe that Jesus Chr ist is my Lord and Saviour ’. Faith is what you do with your life, to whom you entr ust it, and with whom you are prepared to risk it. Faith is entr usting your life to an unseen God, about who m you cannot know everything. You believe he is not of dubious character, but you have no way of proving that . You believe that the cros s of Jesus is a safe craf t for crossing the wid e, wild ocean, yet sometimes it appears mo re like a leak y boat.

Yet , like those desper ate people, you cast off in faith. There is no other way across.

Baptised into the life of Chr ist, the man who walked on the waters and calmed the stor my sea, you rest in his care.

You don’t know everything about God , but because of Jesus you know enough to entr ust your life to him. He won’t let you dow n.

Prayer Dear Jesus, help me float calmly in you , as a little boat floats on a wide ocean.

Amen.

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2 Peter 2:10b-22 They have left the straight path and have lost their way. (Verse 15) Many Roman roads built 200 0 years ago remain bur ied directly beneath moder n European motorways. The road rou tes that were established by the Romans hav e been continually used for centuries because the roads were carefully surveyed along straight lines. The Roman engineers followed the mos t direct rou tes from ‘Town A’ to ‘Tow n B’ to ensure that travellers arrived at thei r des tination in good condition.

Peter teaches us to follow the straight and narrow path of faith in Chr ist. He war ns believers about the many false teacher s who give alternative pathways to God. Pete r rejects these other ways as deceitful. These are the voices that suggest that we mus t earn God’s love. These are the false teacher s who say that we have to gain salvation by good wor ks.

St Paul writes about the one straight path in Ephesians chapter 2, ‘For it is by grac e you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by wor ks, so that no- one can boa st’.

Prayer Lord Jesus, set a straight path for me to follow.

Amen.

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Matthew 24:36 -44 The Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him. (Verse 44b) Not so long ago, you might have set your bedside alar m clock by twis ting a sma ll dial on the front of the clock, until it was poin ting to the time that you wanted the alar m to ring.

You could look at the analogue face of the clock, with its number s and hands, and you could see the small alar m-hand. The n you would know straight away when the alar m was going to go off soon.

When you set a digital alar m clock, you can’t straight away see the time that is set.

If someone else sets the alar m time on your digital clock, it will go off unexpected ly and may catch you unawares.

So it is with the end of time. People are always eager to suggest days and date s, but only God has set this clock. The end will come at a time that no- one knows. Our grea t consolation as men and women in Chr ist is that the end of time is when our Lor d Jesus is going to return. He will gather us into his everlas ting arms and carr y us to the place that he has prepared for us.

Prayer Come, Lord Jesus, into our wor ld, and free us from sin and evil. Amen.

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Matthew 1:23 Now all this happened in order to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet.

“A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel” (which means, “God is with us.”) (Verses 22, 23) So often we think of Chr istmas as a time when we have to do many things, get presen ts, prepare for a great family dinner, get and decorate the Chr istmas tree. But the great message of Chr istmas is that God com es to us.

He comes to us first as a tiny baby, then as a human being who is our brother and truly human like us, then as the saviour who died for our sins , then as a risen Lord who is always with us. Never before has God com e so close to human beings that he is actually with us.

What a time to stand or sit or kneel before him in awe and wonder ! What a time to be still, and try to take in the great mir acle of the incarnation! To do this can be life- cha nging.

Never again will life be the same. God is with us. We can go forward into old situatio ns and new situations with renewed confide nce that we are not alone.

Even though we walk through the valle y of the shadow of death, we are not alone.

He is there with us.

Prayer Eter nal God and Saviour, Great Com forter and Friend, thank you for your promis e that you will never leave me not forsake me. Keep me in your love and mercy always. Am en.

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