Jesus had traveled all over Israel sharing the good news about God's love. He helped people along the way and performed many miracles. Now he was coming to the capital..., a big important city. His word had spread and many had awaited his arrival crowding the streets to cheer. They treated Him as royalty spreading leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. This was an act generally used for a king or important ruler.

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Do you believe in Santa Claus? How about the Tooth Fairy? Surely you believe in the Easter Bunny, especially after last week? Let's get serious and push the envelope... - do you believe in God, and Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord? It's difficult to believe and almost impossible to explain how we know that God's word is true. All we have is the Bible, and the Apostles' Creed we recite during worship. In our teachings we use the story of Thomas to remind us that if we believe we are called blessed. As with many other things in our lives we cannot always know beyond a shadow of a doubt, but through faith and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we trust the reality of the Bible.

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"The Great Commission" is a call to preach the gospel and make disciples, and it's given to all who belong to Jesus.... Jesus most clearly gave this commission in the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, and John. He gave His followers, His disciples, a clear directive. He commissioned and commanded them to preach His saving grace "to every creature" and to make disciples of all nations. This is "The Great Commission." We are to share the good news of Jesus' saving grace, and we are to have confidence in our ability to do so because it's not by our power. God gives us the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells, teaches, guides, and directs us in all things.

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There have been many stories written about a big, bad wolf. You have probably heard about "Little Red Riding Hood"..., "Peter and the Wolf", and one of my favorites, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". But did you know that Jesus once told a story about a big, bad wolf too? In His story, the good shepherd is Him, and the sheep are us. The wolf in Jesus' story is God's enemy.

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In this week's lesson Philip receives instructions from the Lord and immediately obeyed which allowed for an Ethiopian to hear and understand the word of God.... Afterwards the Ethiopian asked to be baptized. Let's imagine for a minute what might have happened if Philip didn't obey immediately. Possibly Philip would not have met up with the Ethiopian at the designated place and the Ethiopian would never have heard the Good News about Jesus. Philip's example teaches us the importance for believers to obey Jesus' voice immediately. We do not know how God is working in the lives of those around us.

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You wouldn't leave your younger children home alone any more than God would leave us alone in the world. God knows it's difficult to live a righteous life.... So when Jesus left us after the resurrection, God didn't leave us alone - he left us with the Holy Spirit. He lives in us. You don't see him but you can be sure He is there. We are comforted by knowing that He never leaves us. We can show evidence of having that Holy Spirit within us when we demonstrate love to one another, and as we follow God's rules and commandments, we prove that the Spirit is alive and working everywhere.

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The Holy Spirit helped the disciples to start the first churches long ago. But did you know... that the Spirit is still with us, even today? We can pray for the Holy Spirit to help and guide our church - no matter how young or old our congregation may be.

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