The danger of being a Christian - Acts 8

Daily Bible Reading

Acts 7. 54-60, 8. 1-3, Acts 9. 1,2

Scripture Text

1 Timothy 1.15 

Paul said ‘This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, 

that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief”

Ø  In some countries being a Christian is easy but in many places it can be very dangerous. I don't know where you live but I know that it is hard for some people to follow Jesus. Jesus never pretended that following him would be easy. Sometimes He seemed to scare people off who wanted to follow him by telling them how tough it could be. Why did Jesus do this? I think it was so that people understood how hard it is to be a Christian. If they were going to follow Him it would be with their eyes open to the problems that they could face.

It couldn't be done

The Poetry Foundation website has this poem by Albert Edward Guest entitled ‘It Couldn’t Be Done’.  

Somebody said it couldn’t be done but he

with a chuckle replied 

That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be

one who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. 

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin 

on his face, if he worried he hid it. 

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

that couldn’t be done, and he did it! 

Helping out other Christians - Acts 6

Scripture Reading - Acts 6. 1-7

Key Verse - Acts 6.4 ‘And the word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied’

When you woke this morning were you

grumpy? Did it make you cross when

someone else had something that you

wanted? We can all be a bit like this at

times! It’s better not to be, but it

happens.

Do not lie to God - Acts 5

Daily Bible Reading - Acts 5. 1-11

Key Verse

Acts 5.4 ‘You have not lied to men but to God’

“Liar, liar pants on fire” – maybe you shouldn't say this but I

think you know what it means. Telling the truth can be harder

than telling lies but lies will always catch up with us in the end!