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Tuesday 18th November 2025

“Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. 2 As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money. 4 Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!” 5 The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!” 7 Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened. 8 He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.” Acts 3:1-8 NLT

 “Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today. 25 You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’ 26 When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.” Acts 3:24-26

Father God,

Compassion and words. Sometimes answered prayer is miraculous, thou I do struggle with why sometimes you do not grant healing. And we do not see miracles commonly today. And they do not always lead to a person getting to know You. But when the words can be used alongside then we see the end result a change of heart miracle. The crowd watched and gathered round Peter so he grabbed the opportunity to explain about Jesus as the lame man leaped and jumped.

Being healed is a great witness but greater still is a sinner healed of His sin and receiving life eternal. Peter keeps his conversation based on what His audience knows. They are in the Temple and so would probably know their Scripture. Today Father we sometimes are speaking to people who have no knowledge of the Bible. Help us to find ways to introduce them to it and the story of Salvation.

Help us still see the miraculous in our day and the power of Your Word in listeners lives. Peter and John did not just feel sorry for the man they had compassion. They were not afraid to speak of Jesus to those who may have been among the crowd who shouted crucify. It is a challenging passage for those of us who want to be disciples. Holy Spirit help us. May we go with the same joy of the lame man who was healed praising You God.

Worship Tuesday 18th November 2025
Indulge me, some of these songs plant scripture into young and old hearts.

Peter and John went to pray;
they met a lame man on the way.
He asked for alms and held out his palms,
and this is what Peter did say:

“Silver and gold have I none,
but what I have I give to you.
In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”

He went walking and jumping and praising God,
walking and jumping and praising God.
“In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

Lyrics: Annonymous

Monday 17th November 2025

“In my first book I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit. 3 During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God. 4 Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. 5 John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.””
Acts 1:1-5 NLT

“On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.” Acts 2:1-3 NLT

Father of time,

Everything fits in Your plan. Even when we don’t always see it. Jesus died at the time of Passover. A time to remember when God’s people were saved from the angel of death, who passed over when he saw the blood of the sacrificial lamb on their doorposts. Jesus became our sacrificial Lamb (John 1:29). Fifty days later is the Jewish festival of Shavuot (Meaning weeks). The Festival for the wheat harvest and also a commemoration of the giving of the Law (Torah, 1st 5 books of our Bible) to Moses. on Mount Sinai. So 50 days after we were saved by the blood of the Lamb, Your Holy Spirit came and began the harvest of souls and the Law was written on hearts. As Jeremiah prophesied in 31:33.

Pentecost is the Greek word for 50 and so the day the Spirit came was named Pentecost in the Greek New Testament and after in other translations. It is reassuring to see how You plan unfolded, You were working out the present and the future, and therefore our time to come. Nothing is by chance even in the mess of this still sinful rebellious world You are still in control. Thank you for the birth of the church and the harvest of souls which continues to this day. Thank you that we are a part of the future eternity even if we cannot quite grasp the fulness of what that means. That we are in it together and with You. Help us to live now, in today. Making the most of our time and opportunities (Ephesians 5:16). Strengthened by Your Spirit in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9-11). Trusting in Your plan (Proverbs 3:5-6).

In Jesus name we pray, Amen

Worship Monday 17th November 2025
New hymn to me but I love the timeless prayer.

O Breath of life, come sweeping through us,
Revive Your church with life and power.
O Breath of life, come, cleanse, renew us,
And fit Your church to meet this hour.

O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,
Till humbly we confess our need;
Then in Your tenderness remake us,
Revive, restore, for this we plead.

O Breath of love, come breathe within,
Renewing thought and will and heart;
Come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,
Revive Your church in every part.

Verse omitted in video
(O Heart of Christ, once broken for us,
’tis there we find our strength and rest;
our broken, contrite hearts now solace,
and let your waiting church be blest.)

Revive us, Lord! Is zeal abating
While harvest fields are vast and ripe?
Revive us, Lord, the world is waiting,
Equip Your church to spread the light

Lyrics: Bessie Porter Head.

Sunday 16th November 2025

 “Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. 46 And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. 47 It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ 48 You are witnesses of all these things. 49 “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.” Luke 24:44-49

“Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven. 52 So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy. 53 And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God.” Luke 24:50-53 NLT

God our Father,

Promises, promises, promises. And You have kept them. Not all of them, but then we are learning to trust You for the ones to come, because You have been faithful in the past. Now the message of Your love is being preached to all nations. What a miracle that is! We personally have experienced our sins forgiven and the comfort and strength and power of Your Holy Spirit.

The ascension, mentioned in verse 51, is still celebrated 40 days after Easter and will be on Thursday 14th May 2026. So I been considering why it is so important to be recorded in Luke’s’ Gospel and again in His book of Acts. It officially ends Jesus time on earth being as a man and shows Him returning to the Father. It is the pause before He returns at Pentecost, this time available to all men equally by His Spirit. When he ascended they were filled with joy. Because they knew everything He had said was true, He was truly alive, and He was the Messiah.

We too need to have joy and believe. Jesus is seated at the Fathers throne and He is present with us by His Spirit (Hebrews 12:1-2). Sometimes I think I take Your presence, Holy Spirit, for granted but then when I worship and when I pray, Trinity hears and answers. And we believe the promise, You are with us by Your Spirit but Jesus is coming back one day just as the angel promised at Your Ascension (Acts 1:11). There will be an end to sin and death and a new beginning for those in Christ.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Sunday 16th November 2025
I remember the day this hymn made sense when I learned that Jesus was coming back! Am I ready?

Lo! he comes with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain!
Thousand, thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of his train.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
God appears on Earth to reign.

Ev’ry eye shall now behold him,
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold him,
Pierced and nailed him to a tree,
Deeply wailing, Deeply wailing, Deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

The dear tokens of his passion
Still his dazzling body bears,
Cause of endless exultation
To his ransomed worshipers;
With what rapture, With what rapture,
With what rapture
Gaze we on those glorious scars.

Yea! Amen! let all adore thee
High on thine eternal throne!
Savior, take the pow’r and glory,
Claim the kingdom for thine own.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Everlasting God come down.

Lyrics: Charles Wesley.